What are retail activation roles? Category marketing vs merchandising Retail activation roles are the jobs that carry a promotion from an approved plan to a shopper's hand at the shelf. In Australian FMCG they fall into three groups: category marketing…
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What is a brand partnership agency? A brand partnership agency is a marketing agency that finds, negotiates and designs collaborations between two or more brands so that each gains something it could not buy alone: a prize with more pull…
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An experiential marketing agency designs live, physical brand experiences — sampling, pop-ups, tastings, roadshows, in-store demonstrations and event activations — so that a shopper can see, taste, hold or try a product before they decide to buy it. In Australia,…
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An in-store marketing strategy is a brand's plan for influencing what a shopper does inside a retailer's store: which single objective the activity is chasing, which stores and shelf positions are worth fighting for, what the shopper is shown and…
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Bamboo Marketing is a retail activation agency in Sydney. Since 2004 we’ve designed the in-store activations that change what a shopper does in the aisle — not just how the aisle looks. Displays, mechanics and retailer-ready campaigns that earn their…
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How do you choose a shopper marketing agency in Australia? To choose a shopper marketing agency in Australia, judge it on four things: whether it thinks about the shopper at the shelf rather than the consumer in general, whether it…
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What is a shopper experience agency? A shopper experience agency designs the sequence a shopper moves through on the way to buying something, and is accountable for how that sequence works as a whole rather than for each piece of…
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The retail marketing trends that matter in Australia in 2026 come down to three shifts: shoppers are hunting value harder than they have in a decade, the major retailers are rebuilding their businesses around private label and first-party data, and…
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The most useful brand activation campaign examples have three things in common: the activation does one job, it makes the shopper's decision easier rather than just louder, and the mechanic fits the moment it lives in. Below are recent Australian…
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Bamboo Marketing is an FMCG shopper marketing agency in Sydney. Since 2004 we’ve designed the promotions and in-store experiences that move fast-moving consumer goods off the shelf — in grocery, liquor and convenience, where the person buying often isn’t the…
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