Our Father's Day Seasonal Overview is now available
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Just one week after the event; our latest report covering all the execution from the UK market is published. We believe speed must lead, and we're the quickest to market with the most in depth insight, due to our closeness to the stores, where it matters.
You can find some sample report pages on the page and you can purchase the full report too on that link. We feature older seasonal event reports, all the way back to 2016, if you want to turn back time and see how retailers used to execute Father's Day, versus how they do it today. As we know in retail, all ideas come back around again, so there is gold to be had on the older reports. Equally if you are now conducting reviews or plans for the upcoming quarters, there are numerous reports that would aid the planning for events and the wider trade plan. For example - old ideas coming back around. I imagine there'll be a clamour for scratch bakeries in supermarkets in 10 years time.... After the industry has largely been doing away with them for the past 5-10 years. Improve your 2026 offer for Father's Day today, by purchasing our report. The event is worth nearly £1 billion to UK retailers, the cost of our report is just 0.0002997% of the event worth. It just takes one good idea and the ROI hurdle is comfortably cleared. Our report features hundreds of examples of great execution across all of the major seasonal events, dive in and explore for yourself. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with me directly. Don't forget - leading retailers, executives, suppliers and investors all benefit from my unique perspective and foresight, directly to their inbox every single week. Why not join them?
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