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    Experts Predict Strong Year for Digital Offers

    COUPON OFFICIALS expect continued growth in usage of digital offers in 2024 at the expense of paper coupons. Meanwhile, coupon fraud will continue to roil...
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  • πŸ“ˆ International

    Global Food and Drink Trends for 2024 Revealed

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    Mind the Gaps in Retail Media: Watchouts for Brands

    JUST WHEN you thought the retail media conversation couldn’t get any hotter, we hear high profile executives from the largest Retail Media Networks (RMNs) and...
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    New Weight-Loss Drugs Shake Up the Snack Food Business

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  • πŸ“ˆ CPG Viewpoints

    How to Accelerate ROI from a Walmart Luminate Investment

    EVERT WEEK, Walmart suppliers receive a comprehensive view into how their products are performing among the chain’s 140 million households. The data is from Walmart...
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  • πŸ“ˆ Coupons

    The Power of Printed Circulars

    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool. However, recent studies show that consumers still rely on printed...
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  • πŸ’‘ Tech Innovation

    Consumers Express Interest in AI-Driven Shopping

    THE EXPERIENCE of shoppers and their expectation for new technology is a mixed bag, according to a major study of 20,000 consumers across 26 countries...
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    Five Things Retailers Wish CPG Brands Understood About the Shelf

    WHAT LOOKS TO MOST brand-side executives like a routine operations issue has become a key threat to the retailer-brand collaboration. IHL Group studied major U.S....
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    Thu, 16 Jul 2026
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    CPGs face looming competition from store brands
    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Storm Clouds on the CPG Horizon: Private Brands Rewrite the Go-to-Market Playbook

    A DECISIVE POWER SHIFT is reshaping the consumer-packaged goods industry. Retailers are no longer using private brands as a defensive price lever or a secondary...
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    Panning for Gold in the FMI Speaks 2026

    BRINGING GROCERY PRODUCTS TO MARKET is an intricate activity for suppliers and their retail partners. It encompasses joint activities and decisions so numerous and interconnected...
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    Wed, 15 Jul 2026
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    🎨 Product Innovation

    Cuckoo For Alt-Cocoa: Investment is Re-Shaping the Chocolate Industry

    CHOCOLATE INSPIRES PASSION among vast numbers of consumers and the companies that bring it to market. But fulfilling that passion at scale carries significant costs...
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    Fri, 10 Jul 2026
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    AI favors incumbent brands until questions get specific
    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    AI Already Picked Its Favorite Brands. Are Yours on its Shelf?

    YOU HEARD FROM A FRIEND that magnesium helps with sleep, so you search for it on Amazon. Hundreds of products come back. You start clicking,...
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    Wed, 8 Jul 2026
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    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Private Label Used to Compete on Price. Now It Competes for Brand Trust.

    FOR DECADES, private labels were a financial safety measure for shoppers who quickly forgot about them when budgets loosened. It was a price play: cheaper,...
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    Wed, 8 Jul 2026
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    Tue, 4 Feb 2025
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    πŸ“Š Market Analysis

    β€˜Barbell Pricing’ is a Heavy Lift for Brands in a K-Shaped 2026

    SIX YEARS AFTER behavioral economist Peter Atwater coined the term β€œK-shaped economy,” the metaphor has become the defining structural reality for the CPG industry. The...
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  • πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Experts Predict Strong Year for Digital Offers

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  • πŸ“ˆ CPG Viewpoints

    Front of Packaging Nutritional Labels Will Prompt Changes for CPG Companies

    MORE THAN 40% of U.S. adults are living with obesity. To reduce the problem, the Food and Drug Administration is looking to make it easier...
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  • πŸ“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 – week in and week out, people add...
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    Tue, 4 Mar 2025
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    πŸ“Š Market Analysis

    Third Parties Still Walk the Last Mile for Brands

    THERE IS NO MOMENT OF TRUTH if there’s no product on the shelf. Brand marketers understand this all too well. The finest products, backed by...
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    Wed, 6 May 2026
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  • πŸ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    β€˜Recession Glam’ Emerges in Beauty Categories

    SHOPPERS AROUND THE WORLD are shifting toward low-maintenance, cost-effective beauty care routines, according to data analytics company Euromonitor International. Economic pressures are driving the change...
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