Category — Sales

Google, Schmoogle

Charlie Tarzian, CoActive

Search engines should help people aggregate, sift, and create a consideration-set prior to purchase.  By Charlie Tarzian. (download pdf)

September 1, 2007   Comments

Shopping Simplified

Russ Meyer, Landor Associates

A new study reveals eight simple factors driving shopper satisfaction, loyalty and word-of-mouth. By Al Wittemen. (download pdf)

September 1, 2007   Comments

Chain Reaction

Chris Hoyt, Hoyt & Company

How Wal-Mart is changing the supermarket business and why it means more work for you.  By Chris Hoyt. (download pdf)

July 1, 2007   Comments

What’s That Sound?

Chris Hoyt, Hoyt & Company

If the reasons for getting into shopper marketing "ain’t exactly clear," then stop and "take a look at what’s goin’ down."  By Chris Hoyt. (download PDF)

March 1, 2007   Comments

The Safeway To Grow

Kevin O'Mahoney, Meridian Consulting

Safeway supermarkets satisfies its shareholders by putting its shoppers first. By Kevin O’Mahoney. (download PDF)

January 6, 2007   Comments

Just the Facts

John Clevenger, Meridian Consulting Group

The road to growth requires straight talk with your retail customers. By John Clevenger, managing director, Meridian Consulting Group. (download PDF)

June 28, 2006   Comments

No Pain, No Gain

Chris Hoyt



Train it, hire it or acquire it — agencies must be prepared to deliver account-specific marketing. By Chris Hoyt, president, Hoyt & Company. (download PDF)

June 28, 2006   Comments

Jul/Aug 2006

HUB magazine issue 13



The entire Jul/Aug ‘06 issue of the HUB magazine (28 pages), featuring interviews with Nissan’s Jan Thompson, Donna Sturgess of GlaxoSmithKline, and eight other articles. (download PDF)

June 28, 2006   Comments

How’s It Growing?

Growth Roundtable



A roundtable discussion about what it takes to achieve growth in today’s marketplace, featuring Donna Sturgess of GlaxoSmithKline, Rick Ridgeway of Patagonia, John Gilbert of Dunkin’ Donuts and Michael Shinall of Meridian Consulting Group. (download PDF)

January 10, 2006   Comments

Jump Starting Top-Line Growth

Mike Shinall, Meridian


Today’s renewed emphasis on growth has implications on all aspects of how brand marketers go to market. By Michael P. Shinall, ceo, Meridian Consulting Group. (download PDF)

March 1, 2005   Comments

Bridging the Sales & Marketing Divide

Gordon Wade


Business is suffering a serious global epidemic of organizational schizophrenia … the internal, dysfunctional, self-defeating backbiting between sales and marketing. By Gordon Wade, principal, EMM Group. (download PDF)

March 1, 2005   Comments

Mar/Apr ‘05

If you would like to download the entire Mar/Apr ’05 edition of The Hub, please click here. (PDF Download)

March 1, 2005   Comments

Microsoft’s Halo Effect

Peter Moore, global marketing chief of Microsoft’s Xbox, explains how Halo 2 videogame sales blew past any first day opening movie that’s ever been recorded — and how difficult it can be to keep a hot brand cool. (PDF Download)

January 3, 2005   Comments

The Total-Store Pharmacy Solution

Multiple complex forces are shaping the retail pharmacy challenge. To ensure collective, long-term profitable growth, manufacturers and retailers need to work collabortively to create genuine value for shoppers. By Carol Lauer, principal, Interscope. (PDF Download)

January 3, 2005   Comments

Jan/Feb ‘05

If you would like to download the entire Jan/Feb ’05 edition of The Hub, please click here. (PDF Download)

January 3, 2005   Comments

Make Big Ideas Happen At Reail

When Unilever’s Slim-Fast was feeling the heat from Atkins and other low-carb competitors, it fought back and won by taking a fresh look at the relationship between media, consumers and the shopping experience. By Tim Dorgan, ceo, J. Brown (PDF Download)

November 1, 2004   Comments

From Television to Decisionvision

Retailers including Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Tesco have validated that in-store television networks can build brands and drive sales. But a recent Reveries study suggests their true potential remains largely untapped. By Stuart Armstrong, coo, Digital View. (PDF Download)

November 1, 2004   Comments