Trade Sampling for NPD Teams
product and Retail Intelligence
Delivering global retail and e-commerce shelves to your door.
Project Background
As part of a full UK beverage category review, an Irish private label supplier leveraged Eolas International’s trade sampling service to obtain product samples from the UK market.
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Client Objectives
Our client sought an alternative solution to their usual sourcing process which was both time and cost intensive. It required a member of their NPD team to fly to the UK, rent a car, visit numerous stores and fly back with the samples as luggage. They sought a quicker turnaround and greater reliability in sample sourcing having previously encountered challenges with availability and accuracy.
Our Solution
Confirming the required samples with our client, we deploy a number of our local trained researchers from our UK network to: