A report on the troubled brand suggests that the effects of the boycott over Bud Light’s collaboration with transgender Dylan Mulvaney may be long-lasting.
According to an article by Deutsche Bank analyst Mitch Collett published in Barron’s, ABI’s (Anheuser-Busch InBev; parent company of Bud Light) recent underperformance signals a permanent decrease in ABI’s U.S. business. Even if they don’t expect a complete recovery for the U.S. industry, survey data shows these obstacles will likely disappear.
According to statistics compiled by Deutsche Bank, Collett reported to analysts that 24% of Bud Light’s customers had stopped buying the brand. He also noted that another 18% are reducing their purchases. The data also reveals that 21% of customers are making larger purchases, while 37% are maintaining their spending levels.
Yet another expert has warned that difficult days are ahead for Bud Light.
In a report, Robert Ottenstein of Evercore predicted that Bud Light would permanently shed between 15 and 20% of its sales. From then on, declines will continue at the median level of the preceding ten years.
Bud Light’s weekly sales have dropped since early April, just after the company’s disastrous marketing campaign with a transgender TikTok personality, Dylan Mulvaney. According to new information from Nielsen IQ and Bump Williams Consulting, the week ending June 10 was the worst week of the year for Bud Light, with year-over-year sales falling by 26.8 percent.
The marketing strategy for Bud Light changed. However, even it was mocked on social media, and some even demanded an apology from the corporation for its advertising campaigns using Mulvaney.
There were reports that Anheuser-Busch had let go of the marketing VP, Alissa Heinerscheid, responsible for the catastrophic Bud Light commercial that featured Mulvaney and that she was gone for good.
Heinerscheid and Daniel Blake, group vice president of Anheuser-Busch’s mainstream portfolio, were claimed to be taking a leave of absence beginning in April after being held responsible for the disastrous advertising campaign.
But one of the company’s current regional marketing directors informed a media outlet that both of them are definitely gone.
