Instagram has become one of the most powerful marketing channels that a company can use for its products. If you only look at the top 100 brands in the world, 90% have an Instagram account. In August 2016, when Instagram…

We apologise if you find some of these facts and figures disturbing … ..but we think you ought know. One of your consumers is buying or influencing 85% all brand purchases and is responsible for   70% of all consumer spending   and… 66% of computing…

As the old traditional status of ‘what I have’ becomes overshadowed by those looking more to experiences to differentiate themselves, consumers are embarking on a status shift to ‘who I am.’ This need for self-improvement – to be more creative,…

Legislation, food trends, consumer shifts and an ever evolving health and wellness movement are still challenging the food and beverage industry. The interpretation and translation of trends is essential for brands to differentiate in an oversaturated market place – to find inspiration for…

Whilst Dove led the way and opened so many doors in marketing to ‘real’ women, it appears their latest campaign has failed to impress? Why? Below, Sam Ellison, one of our founders believes that Dove needs to once again focus…

We all love a bit of a break from perfect ..and we love this packaging! #BeautyOfImperfection This bold rebrand for Higgidy has a completely new identity and packaging, featuring illustrations inspired by mismatched ceramic plates. The designs celebrate the “hand-finished”…

With Global Luxury slowdown, there is an increasing need for luxury brands to diversify in new and alternative directions. Indeed, it will be the savvy brands and marketers who reassess the nature of luxury in 2017 and strategically evolve their…

Redshoe Partner Manucore’s #PLF16 Manucore is where over 60 senior members of the Manucore community gather to debate, share ideas and network. Sam and Emma, Redshoe founders, spent time listening and speaking with executives from the likes of Coty, Coca-Cola,…

Leading marketing To Women Design Agency, Redshoe, know that for brands to gain a competitive advantage they will need to build better and more connected creative solutions to share Her emotional and intellectual journey. It goes without saying that looking…

WE LOVE THE IDEA OF BRANDS BUILDING INSIGHT FROM THE MINDS OF CHILDREN Brands are always looking for new innovations and processes to create better solutions, so who knows how pertinent and powerful any insight could be that is gathered from…

BRANDS – don’t underestimate the massive influence the female-millennial consumer has on sales across all consumer spending in the UK – and this is set to grow. Millennials are turning away from materialism and traditional measures of success, and instead focusing…

We love this fabulous bit of social media by Sainsbury’s, which went viral, and now Vegan cheese is known nationally as ‘Gary.’ It’s brilliant! It started with a facebook rant with customers disagreeing over whether the term ‘cheese’ was appropriate…

 IT IS SHOCKING TO LEARN THAT 91% OF MUMS FEEL BRANDS DON’T UNDERSTAND THEM.  BRANDS ARE MISSING A TRICK… Because ‘MUMS’ have a massive influence on their sales whether as Primary Consumer, Gatekeeper or using her Power of Veto        …

Yesterday this article here caught our eye. It talks of the future of marketing to women, and we couldn’t agree with it more. Got to congratulate Unilever as a true champion of the cause – not only in creating some…

Read our article with the Marketing Blog where we shared some of the secrets for generating female appeal from day 2 of M2W conference in NY. http://www.themarketingblog.co.uk/2016/05/the-lowdown-on-how-to-create-female-appeal/  

India is a culture that is renowned for its conservatism towards gender roles, which makes Proctor & Gamble’s new campaign for their Ariel brand even more powerful. Results from a P&G survey of men, women and children in India showed…

  Check out our new Turtle Wax advertising Life Gets Mucky Campaign

If you’ve decided to swap the edamame beans for a slice of cake and ditch your new years resolutions already, rest assured you’re not alone, in fact after 2 weeks nearly half of us have gone back on our promises…

  You may have just heard on the grapevine that there’s a new star wars movie ‘The Force Awakens’ and it premieres this week around the world. And this one is different! Yes it’s the first proper sequel and one that features the cast…

M2W® (the world’s largest event for marketing to women) is delighted to appoint UK brand design agency Redshoe to it’s Global Steering Committee for 2016. In it’s role Redshoe joins marketeers and industry experts from twenty five countries around the world…

We’ve loved everything about working with this iconic brand, read more here  

Once upon a time, advertising had a free pass to patronise women. So have things really changed and are brands really making an effort to catch up? Find out here Sam, Emma & Dave

Read our latest article from the Guardian here which lifts the lid on how emerging brands can best win over women.    

Read all about our thoughts on the big 8 marketing to women trends from Day 2 at the M2W conference Chicago in our Marketing article below: http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1344184/eight-key-marketing-women-trends-m2w-conference        

We’re delighted to be at the M2W conference today in Chicago where we’re blogging about the next big thing in marketing to women, like Wellness, co-shopping and emotion. Click on the link below for the blog as featured in todays Marketing magazine.…

The ‘This Girl Can’ campaign by sport England launched in the UK this month with the aim of  inspiring women to as they put it ‘wiggle, jiggle, move and prove that judgement is a barrier that can be overcome’. It’s…

The recent NewsLifeMedia report has discovered 6 mindsets that women move between when interacting with the outside world.  Social identity “Me, myself and I”  Her need to connect with her tribe, sharing the same interests- 94% of women in the social…

How does the new Victoria’s Secret ‘Perfect Body’ campaign make you feel? Join the discussion here… https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Victorias-Dark-Secret-8102073%2ES%2E5933656220949839875?trk=groups_most_recent-0-b-ttl&goback=%2Egmr_8102073

You can hardly look through the latest marketing news at the moment without stumbling upon the very latest gender marketing buzzword, last month it was all about Femvertising, this week it’s ‘Fempowerment’ but it left us asking what does this…

Think of the typical video ‘gamer’ and chances are you’d apply the usual stereotypes. But this report by the Guardian newspaper reminds us why stereotypes are often lazy and incorrect; and why we can all run the risk of missing great…

Our latest article from The Guardian this week…. http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/jul/11/brands-engage-female-consumers  

We love the new Always ad! It’s managed to expose a hugely important social perception, that ‘being a girl’ is sadly imbued with largely negative characteristics. What they’ve also managed to do and (here’s the clever part) is make this kind…

We think dads are amazing and we hope you will too when you check out this brilliant new advert from Dove. We all know men sometimes don’t get the recognition or seek the limelight for being a great dad. It’s…

Here’s our article from this weeks The Grocer plus a lovely picture of Sam there! http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/opinion/saturday-essay/the-first-world-cup-for-women-too/358160.article

There’s a strong call for gender specific marketing, but it’s not something we believe in. That’s because making things ‘overtly female specific’ can result in crude solutions that are patronising to the very women brands are trying to appeal to.…

We read this article huff.to/1eNYE3v and it really made us think. The differences and the connections between men and women is of constant wonderment to us all. Perhaps men’s judgement of women is never as touching, real and honest as when they’re…

An interesting note of defiance in an advert for P&G’s covergirl ad which perhaps we wouldn’t have seen a few years back. But when does an attempt to explode a preconception of “Girl’s Can’t” leave us  asking – who said…

At last image libraries are listening to us, bringing an authentic representation of women. Capturing thought provoking, sensitive photography Getty images has added new collections to it’s site in response to a growing commercial need to represent real women without…