Monday 11 July 2011

Niche chocolates expand

Updating the sample marketing plan in my Essential Guide to Marketing Planning, here's a quick look at one of the European competitors that Lost Legends Luxury Chocolatier would have to face if it (hypothetically) expanded into the Baltic region.

Simply Chocolate, based in Copenhagen, is an all-natural, upmarket brand that emphasises quality ingredients rather than fancy packaging.

At left is one of its brown boxes with a quirky saying in English to attract attention. Another box (with the same assortment of 8 chocolates) was labeled "Forget Johnny Depp." Who could resist packaging with clever sayings like these?

Simply Chocolate's product range includes chocolate bars, choco-covered nuts and more. Currently, its chocolates are available at only two locations: In a boutique within Stockholm's Illum department store (see photo below), where I bought a few boxes last month, and in a storefront at Tivoli Gardens in the middle of Copenhagen. Limited distribution only reinforces the brand's exclusivity. Worth trying if you're ever in the area!