Uniflex Marketing was founded by its current president, Yaz Satomi, in 1986 and has specialized in the marketing of (especially fast moving) consumer products such as foods, cosmetics, household products and more. Among all, Uniflex is now concentrated on providing marketing services to U.S. based agricultural promotional organizations and food companies in their effort to develop and expand the Japanese market. Uniflex' current clients include such USDA/FAS cooperators as The California Dried Plum Board (for 23 years),The U.S. Potato Board (for 10 years) , The California Walnut Commission (for 6 years), and Buy California Marketing Agreement. In representing the above marketing organizations, Uniflex has been able to demonstrate its creative, practical, and cost effective marketing services with exceptional success in each industry/trade/product field. The core elements of such success lies in the outstanding ability of Uniflex to develop strong marketing strategies based on the research and analysis as well as the implementation of practical and reliable marketing activities.
In the market today it is virtually impossible to separate food safety crisis management from food and beverage marketing. Since Uniflex was founded, it has been faced with handling food safety issues dealing with post harvest chemicals, GMO's and food additives, GOJ's positive list rule etc. Uniflex also has been dealing with various trade policies related issues to liberalize Japan market for the clients. Uniflex strength lies in the fields of market access and food safety crisis management as well.
All staff members at Uniflex are able to communicate in English and are well educated and trained to provide its clients with not only satisfactory, but also more than expected services. Unlike many other agencies of its kind, Uniflex is extremely cautious to seek new accounts because the company finds it of utmost importance and of greatest pleasure to grow the business of existing clients first and foremost. As a result, Uniflex' program budgets grow annually as the market and the sales grow despite the severe economic recession, deflation and unfavorable currency exchange situation over the last ten years or more. Uniflex is very proud of the fact that it has always done its best to maintain and raise the quality of service provided to each individual client.
No one can neglect current world financial crisis when they think about future of business. The credit crisis originated in US gave enormous impact to world economy and Japan is not an exception at all. On the stage of such paradigm shift, historical or traditional method or common sense often do not work. On the other hand, it could be an excellent opportunity for products and companies that were not well accepted by market due to established common sense or sense of value in many aspects.
Beside what are described in later section of "Uniflex' Marketing Philosophy", we have to deeply take current marketing environment into consideration. In other words, consumers' life style and purchasing behaviors are dramatically changing now. Workers' income have been declining for last eight years in a raw would be more accelerated from now at least for another eighteen months. When disposal income declines, foods and beverages are the first goods to save expenditures in Japan.
We have to conceive how to survive in this unprecedented paradigm shift and how to expand business.
- Marketing Coordination and Representation Services
- Marketing Consultation and Planning Services
- Market research planning
- Strategic marketing planning
- New product/service development planning
- Distribution channel development planning
- Retail merchandising method planning
- Foodservice merchandising method planning
- Creative artwork planning
- Advertising planning
- Sales promotion planning
- Public relations planning
- Trade/market access policy planning
- Food safety crisis management planning
- Others
- Actual Implementation of the above plans
