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    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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  • 📊 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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  • 📈 International

    Global Snack Sales Are on a Roll

    GLOBAL SNACK SALES  hit $680 billion in 2024, up 3.7% from 2023 in constant value prices. According to Euromonitor International’s World Market for Snacks 2024...
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  • 🌱 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 — but brands...
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    Wed, 2 Apr 2025
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  • 📈 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
    📈 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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    📈 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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  • Panelists at LUXE PACK NYC
    📈 Packaging

    At LUXE PACK: Sustainability Becomes More Sustainable

    THE BEST INTENTIONS are still answerable to profit and what’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
    📈 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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    Human and robot merchandisers working side by side
    📊 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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    Supply chain distruption requires a retooled approach
    📈 Expert Insights

    Retool Your Global Supply Chain for an Era of Disruption

    THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN for Consumer Packaged Goods is operating under unprecedented strain. While acute geopolitical events—such as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East...
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    Wed, 6 May 2026
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    2026 St Joseph’s University Food Industry Summit in Philadelphia
    📈 Industry Trends

    New Rules of Food Marketing: Personalization, Precision & Performance

    LAST WEEK, CPGMATTERS REPORTED some key themes from the April 17 Food Industry Summit in Philadelphia. The event has been hosted annually by the St....
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    Wed, 6 May 2026
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    Global cocoa price trend IMF
    📈 International

    What’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 Company’s Reese’s brand. The controversy was widely...
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    Wed, 29 Apr 2026
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    Fri, 16 Jan 2026
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  • 🎙️ Commentary

    What Is the Effect of Tariffs on Couponing?

    IMAGINE you are a marketing director for a consumer products company in 2025. The coupon industry has always been wrought with unusual “issues” or “rules”...
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    💡 Tech Innovation

    ‘Digital is No Longer an Island’: At Hormel Foods, Brand Success is Data-Driven and Interconnected

    LIKE ANY BRAND MARKETER, Hormel Foods strives every day to perfect its go-to-market success across all selling channels.  With more than $12 billion in annual...
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  • 📊 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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  • Global cocoa price trend IMF
    📈 International

    What’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 Company’s Reese’s brand. The controversy was widely...
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    Wed, 29 Apr 2026
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  • 🎙️ Commentary

    Drowning in SKUs

    GROCERY STORES — like many specialty retailers — have always had to strike a delicate balance between running an efficient operation and maintaining a product...
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  • 📈 Expert Insights

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

    THE CAMPAIGN by Robert Kennedy’s U.S. Department Health and Human Services to reduce – if not eliminate – ultra-processed foods from diets, a move given...
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    Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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