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Why seeking perfection in drinks marketing misses a major consumer opportunity – Comment

Chris Tyas
Last updated: 06/10/2026 at 5:41 AM
By Chris Tyas
4 June 2026
7 Min Read

The more perfect something looks, the more people question it. Perfection starts to feel like a signal in itself.


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A lot of younger LDA consumers have got pretty good at spotting when something’s been overworked. It comes from growing up in a feed where half of the content is engineered, and the other half might not even be real. AI faces, fake comments, reviews that don’t quite ring true, influencers who feel more like actors than people.

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In drinks marketing, there has long been a tendency to overdo things; to turn everything up. Lighting. Pour shots. Packaging that looks like it belongs in a gallery. You can almost feel the budget before you’ve even clocked what the product is.It’s often impressive, just not always convincing.Sometimes it feels like the work is trying a bit too hard to prove something, and in doing that, loses the thing you actually came for.A lot of younger LDA consumers have got pretty good at spotting when something’s been overworked. It comes from growing up in a feed where half of the content is eng

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Chris Tyas is chief strategy officer at independent creative agency Impero - the creative agency for impatient brands.
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