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    How Predictive Planning Gives CPG Brands an Edge

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  • ๐Ÿ“Š Market Analysis

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  • ๐ŸŒฑ Sustainability

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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    Can Food Choices Make Americans Healthy Again?

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    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Retail Media

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  • Swatch Royal Pop brand imagery
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    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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    Moxie and Poppi have a 120-year connection
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    EU brands adopting 2D barcodes
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    2D Barcodes Move From Retail Pilot To European Reality

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    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Packaging

    At LUXE PACK: Sustainability Becomes More Sustainable

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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“Š Market Analysis

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    Wed, 6 May 2026
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    Can Food Choices Make Americans Healthy Again?

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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Coupons

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    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Expert Insights

    โ€˜Dull Store Stuff': Small Language Models for Retail Sensing are Better for Brands Too

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  • ECR Tools & Technogy Group with ARS2
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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Expert Insights

    War on Ultra-Processed Foods Will Have Significant Implications for Producers and Retailers

    THE CAMPAIGN by Robert Kennedyโ€™s U.S. Department Health and Human Services to reduce โ€“ if not eliminate โ€“ ultra-processed foods from diets, a move given...
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