Thank you for checking out our page, it was great to meet you at Expo West!
We’d love to talk more about bringing your brand to the UK.
FOR BRANDS
We specialise in working with innovative brands that are looking to now expand into the UK market. With an established presence in their local market, with or without existing international expansion.
We offer a blend of consultancy, distribution and agency service encompassing expertise in strategy, research, operations, sales and marketing.
WHAT WE DO
- Bridge the gap between retailers and innovative brands
- Search trending categories of innovative products, with an emphasise on health, sustainability, and eco-friendliness
- Direct collaboration with brand founders, offering support from launch to sustained supply chain management.
- Facilitating brand entry into the UK market
- Providing storage, fulfilment, and delivery services to retailers around the world.
- We have a central distribution hub and a global network of partners, so we can get your stock to you where and when you need it.
OUR SERVICES
- IDENTIFY/RESEARCH: Market Research, Market Overview, Competitor Analysis, Opportunity, Proposition
- FEASIBILITY/STRATEGY: Feasibility Study, Compliance, Regulation, Labelling, Business Model, Finance, Roles & Responsibilities, Project Scope & Evaluation, NPD
- ROLLOUT/OPERATIONS: Project Management, Manufacturing, Import, Export, HMRC & Customs Support, Supply Chain, Logistics, 3PL & Warehousing, Ongoing Operational Support, Order Management, Customer Service
- PITCH/SALES: Soft/Test Pitching, Pitching, Trade Marketing, Sampling, UK Office, Account Management, Modelling, Financial Forecasting, Sell Sheets and Financials, E-Commerce
- SALES/MARKETING: Brand Strategy, Brand Campaigns, Content, E-Commerce Marketing, User Experience, Email Marketing, Tone of Voice, Messaging, Communication Strategy, Audience, Retention
OUR SERVICES
- IDENTIFY/RESEARCH: Market Research, Market Overview, Competitor Analysis, Opportunity, Proposition
- FEASIBILITY/STRATEGY: Feasibility Study, Compliance, Regulation, Labelling, Business Model, Finance, Roles & Responsibilities, Project Scope & Evaluation, NPD
- ROLLOUT/OPERATIONS: Project Management, Manufacturing, Import, Export, HMRC & Customs Support, Supply Chain, Logistics, 3PL & Warehousing, Ongoing Operational Support, Order Management, Customer Service
- PITCH/SALES: Soft/Test Pitching, Pitching, Trade Marketing, Sampling, UK Office, Account Management, Modelling, Financial Forecasting, Sell Sheets and Financials, E-Commerce
- SALES/MARKETING: Brand Strategy, Brand Campaigns, Content, E-Commerce Marketing, User Experience, Email Marketing, Tone of Voice, Messaging, Communication Strategy, Audience, Retention
OUR PAST & CURRENT PARTNERS
PREMIUM DRINKS BRAND
- This brand was founded in the US before expanding to the UK 8 years ago. We support this brand with all their brand marketing activity and DTC growth.
- We are also a key part of all OOH (Out Of Home) advertising and support all events (sampling, festivals, student festivals) run by the brand with digital strategy prior to the event and digital support during the event.
- Fast becoming a household name, our current scope is focused on accelerating DTC growth while supporting all retailer and brand activity.
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Recently launched into a new category within the UK, French and Spanish markets.
Digital and Campaign activity is repurposed by the brands US team from the UK team (which is led by us) Strong support with specialist agencies across Europe to drive brand and online retailer activity (Amazon)
PREMIUM WATER BRAND
- From retail launch to 7000+ stores worldwide including the growth of their DTC channel to £2.8m/yr within 3 years.
- One of the fastest growing beverage brands within the UK market. We also supported across all channels in the US, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands and Australia.
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Our scope was focused on:
- Development and ongoing support of retail launch strategy, now stocked in over 7000+ (hospitality, multiple retailers and independent food stores) stores worldwide.
- Brand Awareness marketing including OOH (out of home) and digital campaigns.
- DTC strategy including website Conversion Rate Optimisation, Creative Development and Paid Advertising including Meta and Google.
HEALTH FOOD BRAND
- Supported this established functional snacking brand with their trade marketing, retail positioning, branding plus all DTC growth including Amazon, Ocado.
- From commercials and forecasting through to DTC growth we supported this brand from £1m to £6m, all the way through to the succes exit of the founder.
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Our scope was focused on:
Trade press and innovative retailer approaches (reached buyers the brand couldn’t!)
DTC growth channel grown from £6k to £125k with a subscription element of £45k
Sampling and campaign activation support across key locations in key UK locations
OUR OWN BRAND
FUELBOX
We’ve been there ourselves – we understand the journey across both physical and online retail. We started first selling online as a pure DTC brand only, before we moved to brick and mortar distribution.
Just a few of our wins:
- From an online DTC brand to 1 major retailer with 350+ retail outlets
- 3 additional retail listings secured with 1100 retail outlets
- Innovative retailer approaches led to quick pitch wins (usually 6-8 months down to 2-3 months)
DIRECTORY
SKUsociety was created from our insatiable appetite for consumer brands, which has driven us to seek out and explore the most exciting and innovative emerging brands from all corners of the globe.
Our passion for these brands stems from the profound impact they have on our daily lives, from our health and wellbeing to the world around us.
We understand the power that these products wield, and we’ve made it our mission to help brands unleash their full potential.
- Sponsor a newsletter – we have various sponsorship packages available.
- Features/interviews – interested in featuring in the newsletter or being interviewed?
- Partnership opportunities – always happy to discuss potential partnerships
- Join us on our journey to discover the next big thing in consumer brands!
GET IN TOUCH
We’d love to talk more about bringing your brand to the UK.
Please email us at sam@skusociety.com