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THE CONTEXT
William Chase, Entrepreneur
Potatoes gathered
Mashed
Fermentation Finishing & Stripping
Bottling
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THE CONTEXT
SPIRIT & LIQUEURS MARKET IS WORTH £8.2mil.
VODKA ACCOUNTS FOR 32.4% OF THE ENTIRE MARKET.
(Keynote 2010)
Vodka getting the Royal Approval from Prince Harry
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THE BRIEF
SOLD FOR £40mil!
RENAME THE
VODKA!
OR NO DEAL!
“You don’t want a premium drink associated with snacks.
You wouldn’t get a Dom Pérignon
coming out of a Hula Hoops factory.”
(The Telegraph 2010)
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HOW?
WHY? (USPS)
250 POTATOES TO MAKE 1 BOTTLE OF CHASE
‘EXPENSIVE & LABOURIOUS’ PRODUCTION METHODS USED THAN MASS
PRODUCED VODKAS
EVERYTHING IS DONE ON SITE AT THE FARM IN HEREFORDSHIRE
AND, OF COURSE, IT’S THE UK’S ONLY POTATO VODKA!
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WHY THE URBAN TYPES?
£££££’S! £25K A YEAR
UNDER EXPOSED NICHE BRANDS
PRODUCTS WITH STORIES
ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOUR
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DESIGN STRATEGY
Innovation + Technology + R & D = Product (sorted!)
Yes, but also need a good Brand Strategy to PUSH SALES!
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BRAND VALUES
‘Quality Produce’ (Chase Distillery 2010)
The company is proud to emphasize the raw
materials used to create their vodka is grown and
controlled on their own farm.
‘Provenance and pedigree’ (Chase Distillery 2010)
It gives the brand an authenticity that conscious,
niche product craving consumers will buy into.
‘Super Premium’ (BBC 2010)
The distillery is placing itself with well-
established competitors such as Belvedere and
Grey Goose.
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DESIGN AUDIT
WHY?
Deconstruct the product & see if brand values have been achieved
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THE RESULTS
WINNER OF WORLD SPIRIT AWARDS 2010
EXPANDED PRODUCT RANGE
INCREASED OUTPUT FROM 5,000 TO 25,000 BOTTLES
EXPANDED INTO GLOBAL MARKET (USA, UAE, BRAZIL & CHINA)
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Borja de Mozota, B. (2003). Design Management: Using design to build brand value and corporate
innovation.
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Hurley, J., 2010, Tyrrells entrepreneur targets US with artisan vodka – made from spuds. The
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Hi all, today I’m going to talk about my case study. My case study is about the rebranding of ‘Chase Vodka’ and what it did for the product and the business
A bit about the business. It’s owned by William Chase, based on his potato farm in Herefordshire. This is the process involved with making the vodka. It’s all done on the farm. There’s no outsourcing. A majority of things are done by hand
The spirit & liquers market is worth £8.2mil and vodka accounts for 34.2% of entire market. It’s the best selling spirit and is highly popular agmonst us Brits.. Here’s our beloved Prince Harry showing us how much he likes vodka.
Chase sold his Crisps brand to a private equity firm for £40mil. One of the conditions of the deal was to rename the vodka he had been producing. As they didn’t want “posh” crisps to be associated with vodka. READ THE QUOTE OUT…
So it was a great time to think of repositioning the brand.Do they go premium? Or value vodka? Which one is going to be the most lucrative considering all the production costs involved
How were they going to sell their premium vodka?Selling: features, benefits, experience and identification… i.e you are premium, and you can drink premium vodka etcetcI.e you’re special too!
Who? The urban types, mature crowd, Living near the cities working in highly paid jobs with established careers.
Urban types make at least £25k (one member of family). High disposable incomes