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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Expert Insights

    How Predictive Planning Gives CPG Brands an Edge

    ON THE LAST FRIDAY in February, grocery planning went quiet. Shopping habits tend to follow predictable rhythms โ€“ week in and week out, people add...
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    Tue, 4 Mar 2025
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  • ๐Ÿ“Š Market Analysis

    Good News Despite Inflation Fears from Trade Wars

    FEBRURY WHOLESALE PRICES were flat (versus January) bringing relief to consumers on inflation. However, the recent tariff wars are a major concern that prices may...
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    Wed, 5 Mar 2025
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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ International

    Global Snack Sales Are on a Roll

    GLOBAL SNACK SALES ย hit $680 billion in 2024, up 3.7% from 2023 in constant value prices. According to Euromonitor Internationalโ€™s World Market for Snacks 2024...
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    Wed, 2 Apr 2025
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  • ๐ŸŒฑ Sustainability

    How Brands Can Help Save the Planet

    A GROWING NUMBER number of global consumers believe time is running out to save the planet from serious damage to the environment โ€” but brands...
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    Wed, 2 Apr 2025
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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    Can Food Choices Make Americans Healthy Again?

    NEW RESEARCH from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) sheds light on how Americans prioritize healthy eating and perceive food as medicine. Released in March,...
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    Wed, 2 Apr 2025
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  • Negotiation table for shopper media
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Retail Media

    More Retail Media Options Available for CPG Brands

    THE RETAIL MEDIA NETWORK FRENZY may be approaching the end of the beginning. Now, the hard work starts. For CPG brands, the story-within-the-story revolves around...
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    Thu, 3 Apr 2025
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  • Shoppers view in-store retail media
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Retail Media

    As Retail Media Evolves, Brands Face Tough Confounds

    AMONG THE MANY CHALLENGES facing CPGs in their efforts to make sense of retail media networks has been a pervasive storytelling bias. On daily basis,...
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    Mon, 5 May 2025
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  • What the new moderation looks like for younger drinkers
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    Zebra Striping Recolors the Adult Beverage Aisle

    ALCOHOL-FREE spirits, wine and beer are driving nearly all the category growth. Should the category change its stripes? For years, moderation in alcohol consumption mostly...
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    Thu, 4 Jun 2026
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    Swatch Royal Pop brand imagery
    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Commentary

    How Much Brand Frenzy is Enough for Swatch?

    THE MEDIA STORM surrounding last weekโ€™s introduction of Swatchโ€™s Bioceramic Royal Pop Collection has consumer brands looking on with wonder (and perhaps envy). The brightly-colored...
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    Thu, 21 May 2026
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    Moxie and Poppi have a 120-year connection
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Industry Trends

    Challenger Soft Drink Brands Draw From a History of Moxie

    THE SOFT DRINK SECTOR is brimming with challenger startups who aspire to introduce the next billion-dollar specialty soda. Is there a formula for billion dollar...
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    Thu, 21 May 2026
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    EU brands adopting 2D barcodes
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ International

    2D Barcodes Move From Retail Pilot To European Reality

    FOR DECADES, the barcode did one job extremely well. It identified a product quickly enough for a checkout to process the sale and for a...
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    Wed, 13 May 2026
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    Panelists at LUXE PACK NYC
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Packaging

    At LUXE PACK: Sustainability Becomes More Sustainable

    THE BEST INTENTIONS are still answerable to profit and whatโ€™s realistic. We went to the LUXE PACK New York last week to see how those...
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    Wed, 13 May 2026
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    How consumers have changed their shopping habits for affordability
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    As Customers Shop Harder, How Will Brands Respond?

    INFLATION AND HIGH GAS PRICES aren't the only things making grocery bills expensive. Tariffs and broader macro pressures are altering consumer behavior in structural, possibly...
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    Wed, 13 May 2026
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    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    As Customers Shop Harder, How Will Brands Respond?

    INFLATION AND HIGH GAS PRICES aren't the only things making grocery bills expensive. Tariffs and broader macro pressures are altering consumer behavior in structural, possibly...
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    Wed, 13 May 2026
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  • ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Commentary

    Drowning in SKUs

    GROCERY STORES โ€” like many specialty retailers โ€” have always had to strike a delicate balance between running an efficient operation and maintaining a product...
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    Fri, 26 Dec 2025
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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Fight Against Ecommerce Fraud

    ECOMMERCE FRAUD is climbing fast, and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands are feeling the pressure. Global losses were set to reach $44 billion in 2024,...
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    Tue, 6 May 2025
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  • ๐Ÿ“Š Market Analysis

    2026 International Global Consumer Predictions

    WHERE ARE GLOBAL CONSUMERS HEADED from 2026 to 2030 and beyond? Mintel, provider of global market intelligence, predicts reinvention at any age, peopleโ€™s need for...
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    Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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  • Global cocoa price trend IMF
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ International

    Whatโ€™s Next for Chocolate Culture: Cooking up Equivalents

    LAST HALLOWEEN a consumer backlash arose over the ingredients in some seasonal candy products produced under the Hershey Companyโ€™s Reeseโ€™s brand. The controversy was widely...
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    Wed, 29 Apr 2026
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  • Tomato wars illustration from VSN Media
    ๐Ÿ“Š Market Analysis

    Tariffs and the Rising Cost of โ€˜Freshโ€™: Tactics for the Tomato Wars

    THE HUMBLE TOMATO has become a high-profile emblem of the tariffs controversy, and grocers are faced with delivering dual bad news to shoppers: Prices are...
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    Fri, 19 Sep 2025
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  • EU brands adopting 2D barcodes
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ International

    2D Barcodes Move From Retail Pilot To European Reality

    FOR DECADES, the barcode did one job extremely well. It identified a product quickly enough for a checkout to process the sale and for a...
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    Wed, 13 May 2026
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