While shopping in Milton Keynes at the weekend, my wife and I were approached by promotional people from a well known electronics company.
They had a large promotional stand, to help them push a new electric toothbrush and electric shaver.
So, what was the main purpose of the stand – to get us looking at the product? Walk away with a money off coupon? Perhaps enter a competition to win one?
No. The promotional people had to try to get shoppers to brush their teeth or have a shave. In the middle of a busy shopping centre in front of other shoppers.
As you can imagine, they were struggling.
I can imagine how this idea happened. What may have started as a normal promotional stand encouraging sampling turned into a huge waste of money, as the company wanted to get people “engaging with the product”. I’m sure they thought they were being innovative and clever.
Too clever, I reckon.
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