Sassafras

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What we’ve done

Client list

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Airwalk

Abercrombie & Fitch

Akzo Nobel

Asda

Bang & Olufsen

British American Tobacco

Cadbury Schweppes

Cowshed

Debenhams

Diageo

Disney Consumer Products

Drambuie

Dunhill

Elizabeth Arden

Estee Lauder

Fox Home Entertainment

Gallaher Group Ltd

Gillette

Givaudan Roure

The Glenlivet

Hard Rock Cafe

Johnson & Johnson

M.A.C Cosmetics

Marks & Spencer

Mars Confectionary

Mercedes Benz

Moët & Chandon

Nissan

Nivea Biersdorf

Novartis

PepsiCo

Philip Morris

Primalco

Ralph Lauren

Tisserand

Unilever

Vuarnet

Warner Wellcome

Wedgwood

Speaking engagements

2006

Panel session

      Future Beauty & Body Visions 2006, sponsored by Marketing Week

2004

Something

      Male Grooming 2004, sponsored by Marketing Week

2003

‘Looking ahead through consumers E eyes

      Aromatherapy Products Ltd/ Tisserand annual sales conference

2002 

‘Analysing the growth of the men’s health market E/strong>

      Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, sponsored by IIR

‘Creating a successful proposition in the male grooming market E/strong>

      Health & Beauty Summit 2002, sponsored by Marketing Week

Interactive workshop in ‘Thinking like consumers E/strong>

      PetZone 2002, sponsored by Marketing Week  

‘Targeting the affluent third age E/strong>

      Independent Sightcare Retailers Conference

2001  

‘The wilderness years -- targeting the over 30s E/strong>

      Male Grooming 2001, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘What’s in it for me? E/strong>

      Marketing to the Mature Consumer, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘Effective marketing & strategies for the supplement market E/strong>

      Marketing Functional Foods & Dietary Supplements, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘Targeting the affluent third age E/strong>

      Marketing Eyecare Products, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘Targeting the affluent third age E/strong>

      Pets 2001, sponsored by Marketing Week 

2000  

‘Grown up women in 2010’ 

      Marketing to Grown Up Women, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘Maximising the benefits of outlet branding E/strong>

      Marketing Pubs, Bars, Clubs & Cafes, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘Grooming and gay men E/strong>

      Male Grooming 2000, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘The lifetime value of a consumer E/strong>

      Coutts Retail annual sales conference

1999  

‘Catching the paradigm shift -- what we can learn from the boom in alternative medicine E/strong>

      Marketing to Health Conscious Consumers, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘The male shopping animal E/strong>

      Male Grooming  E9, sponsored by Marketing Week

1998  

‘Alternative channels of distribution E/strong>

      Cosmetics & Toiletries 2000, sponsored by Wilmington Conferences

‘Consumer diversity E/strong>

      In-house conference sponsored by Unilever/ Port Sunlight

‘Exploring masculinity E/strong>

      Male Grooming  E8, sponsored by Marketing Week

‘Marketing for the future -- creating and building intimate relationships with consumers E/strong>

      Marketing Toiletries, Cosmetics & Fragrances, sponsored by Marketing Week

1997 

‘Creating a concept and a brief for a new fragrance from a consumer perspective E/strong>

      Fragrances: from Concept to Marketing, sponsored by The Society of Chemical

      Engineers

‘Marketing to gay men E/strong>

      Marketing to Men, sponsored by Channel 4

‘Consumer trends in health and beauty care E/strong>

      In-house conference sponsored by Quest International

‘Meeting the consumers Eneeds E/strong>

      Conference sponsored by the Health and Beauty Association

‘Gays and lesbians and the media E/strong>

      Marketing to the Pink Economy, sponsored by Marketing Week

Testimonials

David's work has been of immense help to us in the relaunch of the Drambuie

brand to a new generation of younger consumers. His visualisation techniques

brought to life the heritage of the brand by expressing thevery real

physical and emotional links between an eighteenth century Jacobite prince

and today's 30-something urban males. These images form a key part of our

Brand Guidelines, disseminated around the world, and become an integral part

of our briefing process for the induction of new creative agencies into the

world of Drambuie" 

-- Phil Parnell, CEO Drambuie 

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'Through research, workshops and brainstorming, Sassafras has helped  us with a number of branding issues .  They brought their unique idea- generating ability to play in opening the minds of the marketing team  to a better understanding of particular consumer groups and  in leading  them to specific solutions as to how we can more effectively target  and engage with them.' 

-- Jacqueline King, General Manager, Cowshed, and former Marketing Manager, Estee Lauder UK

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Whenever I needed in-depth brand exploration -- either to create a new brand or to examine one whose potential was under-exploited, I turned to Sassafras. In every case, the combination of in-depth research and creativity led to presentations that were visually filled with a unique vitality, verbally acute, and filled with insights and conclusions that inspired our marketing teams, both centrally and locally, and our agencies to embrace a clarity of vision for a range of potential brand channels. 

-- Chris Hill, ex FTSE 100 tobacco company marketing director and currently Director, International Sales & Marketing, Power-Plate International. 

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David worked with me on major projects at two great English brands,

Wedgwood and Dunhill.

Both brands were seeking to reposition and rexpress their identities in an

authentic and compelling way, both to the consumer and internally,  to

challenge conventional thinking.

At Wedgwood, his work in exploring the brand’s roots and potential

opened up for us completely new directions we previously could not have

imagined, new territories for the brand expression and new audiences to

reach out to 

His highly visual and story telling presentaitons to both our various

national marketing teams and our product and retail teams, provided a means

of creating a great sense of unity and willingness to move forward 

For Dunhill, as part of a project to bring to life and name new

luxury products, Sassafras explored the creative inspiration and origin of

the designs and concepts.  Subsequently exploration of our retail

presentation and  zoning, brought much clarity to our  understanding of how

to simplify and articulate much more clearly

our offer in store. The depth and breadth of his visual presentations

and the vitality and persuasiveness of his spoken presentations are

unique. (He's also quite fun to work with....)

--- Gavin Haig, President & Representative Director, Cartier Chief Executive Officer,

Richemont Japan Limited - Cartier

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'I LOVE it! You are entirely on my wavelength - thank you - it's really quite rare that you find anyone who is both strategic and genuinely creative!! I'm so excited!!'

--- Caroline Warner, Brand Director, Moët & Chandon UK