Big Fudge Vinyl
Case study · 03 · Music Culture / CPG

Big Fudge

Repositioning an Amazon-first accessory brand into a credible, culture-led omni-channel category authority.

Role

Creative Marketing Director · Director & Producer

Disciplines

Brand · Identity · Packaging · NPD · Content · Commerce

Channels

Amazon · DTC · Retail · TikTok Shop · Events

Category

Vinyl care · resurgent collector market

Overview

Operating within a resurgent vinyl market, U.S. vinyl sales reached approximately 47.9 million units in 2025, the 19th consecutive year of growth, collector behaviour has shifted beyond ownership toward preservation, care, and long-term value. That created headroom for a brand able to serve serious collectors with credibility across product, packaging, and commerce. Big Fudge was positioned to capture it by evolving into a vinyl-care brand designed to scale across digital, retail, and physical brand environments.

Impact snapshot

The transformation that moved the numbers.

Reported year-on-year, following brand, portfolio, and commerce transformation.
+163%

DTC website revenue growth year-on-year

+134%

Total orders YoY, clarity, range, and purchase intent

+107%

Add-to-cart actions YoY, materially improved PDP performance

47.9M

U.S. vinyl units, 2025, 19th consecutive year of growth

Sustained improvement in conversion efficiency enabled scale without reliance on discount-led growth.

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The challenge

Functional credibility, outdated everything else.

Big Fudge had established functional credibility in vinyl care, but the brand identity, packaging, and commerce touchpoints were outdated and misaligned with modern collectors. The visual system and storefront failed to communicate quality, craft, or cultural relevance.

As the range expanded, inconsistent execution across Amazon, DTC, packaging, and physical assets diluted premium perception and constrained conversion, retail readiness, and scalability. A full optimisation of brand, packaging, content, and commerce was required.

Scope of work
  • Brand strategy, repositioning & identity system
  • Brand book development & governance
  • Amazon storefront, PDP & Premium A+ optimisation
  • Shopify website redesign & UX optimisation
  • NPD & portfolio-wide packaging design
  • Content production, stills, video, CRM & social
  • Social commerce, TikTok Shop & POS
  • Events & physical brand assets
Brand book · single source of truth
Big Fudge brand book
Product & packaging

Treated as a core brand touchpoint.

Big Fudge Leather CarryLeather CarryNPD Concept
Big Fudge Premium KitPremium KitNPD Concept
Big Fudge Record-Care KitRecord-Care KitNPD Packaging
Big Fudge Record Cleaning KitRecord Cleaning KitPackaging Optimization
Big Fudge Record Care SystemRecord Care SystemPackaging Optimization
Big Fudge Retail displayRetail displayPOS
Big Fudge Record Friend packagingRecord FriendPackaging Optimization
Commerce in market

Storefronts rebuilt to the brand.

Amazon and DTC were rebuilt to the new system, clearer hierarchy, premium cues, and Premium A+ that educates and converts. The before and after is the shift collectors actually see.

Big Fudge Before
Before
Big Fudge After
After

Big Fudge's 4-in-1 Record Cleaning Kit is Amazon's No.1 in category, 20,699 reviews at 4.7 stars, with the brand trading across the US and rest of world.

Big Fudge, the reverence of the recordBig Fudge lifestyle
Content & film · direction & production

The reverence of the record.

A moody, tactile visual language informed by mid-century modern spaces and vinyl culture, controlled lighting, deeper tones, and close-detail compositions that emphasise craft and preservation. Directed and produced end to end.

Big Fudge brand photography selection
The outcome

From product-led to culture-led.

The overhaul delivered a cohesive, culture-led brand system, transforming Big Fudge from a functional, product-led presence into a credible, premium brand built for long-term growth across commerce, packaging, and physical environments. The rebrand extended into POS, event walls, and print, and Big Fudge was showcased at the Record Planet event, engaging collectors in the real world.

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