Seven products reached
the premiere. One big
inventory bet did not.
A real product range, tested before committing to scale.
Film merchandise case study · Norway, 2025
Seven types delivered, one premiere
Icons are illustrative. The categories are not itemised.
The situation
One product, 10,000 units,
a year before anybody knew.
The film needed products for its international premieres in 60+ countries and had no production team. We matched 20 producers who quoted 30 product types in small quantities, locally in the production company’s own market.
| Measure | Conventional route, estimated | Delivered |
|---|---|---|
| Product types | 1 | 7 |
| Units committed | 10,000 | 220 in total |
| Cost | EUR 20,000 | EUR 4,000 |
| Time | up to 365 days | 21 days |
The conventional route column is our estimate of the alternative the team was quoted, based on the quotation they received. It is not a measured result and the two routes were not run side by side. The delivered column is what actually happened, confirmed with the customer.
What the case proved
Variety beat volume,
and speed beat certainty.
Variety is better evidence than volume
Seven answers, for a fifth of the quoted money.
Small production can be commercially serious
Not prototypes. Products that could be shown, sold and improved.
Speed changes the decision
21 days gave the team information while the launch still mattered.
The first run is the beginning
Products that perform get reordered or made in another market. The rest did their job without filling a warehouse.
The point was not to make less. It was to learn before making more.
This is one project. Timelines and costs depend on design readiness, materials, approvals, quantity and producer availability, and another project will produce different numbers.
Project delivered 2025 in Norway.
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Seven answers beat one bet.
Make a real first run.
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