Episode 7: The power of entrepreneurial thinking for brands: Typhoo Tea

In this episode, the seventh in our series on Entrepreneurial Thinking, host Ruth Fittock speaks to Holly Rix, Marketing Director at Typhoo Tea. In the last 6 months Typhoo Tea have embarked on an ambitious mission to become the ‘Tony’s of Tea’ (to do for tea what Tony’s Chocolonely have done for chocolate), fully transforming to become a mission centric challenger brand. 

They speak about taking risks in completely transforming a household name brand, the challenges of communicating ‘purpose’ and talking about dark and difficult issues, progress over perfection and the importance of expecting the best.

Our host - The Marketing Society Member Ruth Fittock

Ruth has almost 20 years experience building brands- from start-up to scale up, launch to acquisition. She’s helped U.S brands (vitaminwater, popchips) launch and scale in the UK and grown brands from scratch here too (Simply Roasted Crisps). Ruth has recently started a new consultancy- Tomorrow Brands, to help the purpose-driven global brands of tomorrow launch in the UK.

Our guest - Holly Rix

Holly has 18 years brand building experience – from blue chip to start up and scale up challenger brands in between, across FMCG including drinks, healthcare and wellness. She helped grow method (cleaning products) in the UK and has a particular passion for purpose brands. Now she’s turned her attention to Typhoo, turning it into the Tony’s of Tea.

You can read the key takeaways on this think piece too

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