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• Exceeding Our Customers Expectations
  A Coca Cola Pocket Bottle Case study we are very proud of...
• Retail Therapy - a POS battle to the till...
  "60% of shoppers making brand buying decisions after they enter the store.... "
• RECKITT BENCKISER NUROMOL CASE STUDY
  Reckitt Benckiser Nuromol a Case Study.
• Impulse Buying - Get your share!
  Catch the Impulse Shopper –  use Point of Sale and get your share!
• Use POS to provide for your customer’s requirements
  It is not too uncommon to hear of retail companies trying to find ways to save money for their customers in this tough economic climate.
• A Piece of the Potter Magic!
  A brief but wonderful encounter with the Master of Hogwarts..
• Seriously Consider Going Green as it Hits the Front Line of Point of Sale
  Brands looking for retail marketing solutions seem to be more regularly enticed by the green option which sees them using paper, wood and glass as opposed to oil or plastic based materials for POS marketing campaigns.
• Get Your Cut of the Fat Pumpkin Pie ..
  It'll be hard to avoid the heaps of pumpkins, ranges of ghoulish fancy dress outfits and grisly confectionery on offer on the UK High Street this year.
• How to Treble Your Retail Stores without Trebling your Marketing Costs.
  How to Treble Your Retail Stores without Trebling your Marketing Costs.
• Clarks Back to School Window
  We are proud to have designed and produced the Clarks Back to School Window. A view from our Creative Director George Beverley.
• Investing in the future of Point of Sale print
  The SPS Print Group is proud to announce the recent purchase of our new XPose 290-UV plate maker
• How's your Christmas Point of Sale going? It's nearly August!
  Splashing a bit of tinsel and fairy lights around your  retail environment will not get you noticed - if anything, you will simply join the festive ‘wallpaper’, we can show you how to take your Point of Sale to the next level from design through to instal
• “look at me!!”
  A look at how to get noticed in this tough retail climate using fantastic Point of Sale.
• How good are you at creating desire?
  Your mum told you tablets were not sweets, she was right but lets look at it from a point of sale view.....
• May Retail Sales Dip
  Retail sales dipped in May with many retailers putting this down to consumers’ unwillingness to spend. The British Retail Consortium said May sales values fell 2.1% compared with May 2010.
• ‘Let The 2012 Games Begin’
  The message is clear – ‘if you want to go for Gold you had better get off the starting block now!’ The 2012 Olympics is right on our doorstep – literally.  A 64 day event held at over 35 venues with 9 million tickets available; the feel good factor is exp
• Clockworx gets a makeover…
  Following a successful year end, SPS Group Managing Directors Toby and James Martin set a challenge to the creative team at Clockworx, the brief was simple: ‘bring the space to life!’
• Spotlight on New Technology: Digital Out Of Home Media
  The cost of technology is falling and innovation and inspiration is producing ever more adventurous and engaging digital out of home ad campaigns across the UK.
• Huge FSDU Cost Savings
  Cost reduction benefitting customers of The SPS Group…
• Brands Need to Understand Customer’s Needs
  Marketing Week has recently undertaken a survey of UK consumers to find out how the marketplace will pan out over the next few years as an effect of October 2010’s spending review.
• The Government Asks Mary Portas to Revive the Flagging British High Street
  In an effort to turn around the fortunes of the British High Street David Cameron and his government have asked straight-talking Mary Portas to run an in depth review of UK town centres in order to bring back more “prosperous and diverse” high streets.
• Retail Sales Hit An All Time Low – what can retailers do?
  The British Retail Consortium has reported that like for like sales dropped 3.5% in March 2011 compared to March 2010 and is the biggest drop since April 2005.
• Are Retailers suffering from ‘promotion fatigue’?
  A survey that was put together by Aldata Solution has revealed data that suggests that UK retailers are finally starting to shift their focus away from just promotions and special offers.
• Has The Pop-up Shop Bubble Burst?
  A recent report from Marketing Week recently analysed whether the phenomenon that is the pop-up shop is now becoming passé as many brands have jumped on the bandwagon and used the term incorrectly.
• New Report Outlines the Current State of Shopper’s In-Store Experiences
  Research recently undertaken by UK industry magazine, Marketing Week, reports that a third of UK customers are disappointed by the in-store shopping experience.
• Don’t Underestimate the Advertising Standards Authority!
  In retail marketing many in-store messages are used claiming that that particular store is the cheapest, best, etc. However all retailers must ensure they stay in line with rules laid down by the ASA.
• Technology being used more in-store to improve customer’s shopping experiences
  Advances in retail marketing technology are creating even better shopping experiences for customers and blurring the divide between online and offline shopping.
• The SPS Group Plant a Tree
  In February 2011 four SPS Group employees went along to Moors Valley Country Park to take part in the Plant a Tree campaign.
• MPs Against Low-priced Alcohol in Stores
  MPs are demanding new curbs on the advertising of cheap alcohol to try and restrict the amount of binge drinking that happens in the UK.
• Clockworx Design Encourages Bird Life at Moors Valley
  Clockworx, a creative design agency based in Ferndown are running a green initiative aimed at both the local community and their own clients in order to encourage local birdlife. Clockworx, part of the SPS Print Goup has manufactured bird boxes on.....