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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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

International

Global Food and Drink Trends for 2024 Revealed

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Tue, 2 Jan 2024

Retail Media

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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

Product Innovation

New Weight-Loss Drugs Shake Up the Snack Food Business

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Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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...

Tue, 6 Feb 2024

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...

Tue, 6 Feb 2024

Consumer Trends

‘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...

Wed, 3 Sep 2025

Beauty and personal care data from Euromonitor

International

‘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...

Tue, 2 Sep 2025

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”...

Wed, 2 Jul 2025

Coupons

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”...

Wed, 2 Jul 2025

Market Analysis

Brand Aspiration Isn’t the Primary Focus of Shoppers: Study

A NEW REPORT found that shoppers do not seem to be increasingly voting with their wallets despite the broad hype around boycotts prompted by DEI...

Tue, 3 Jun 2025

Trade Promotion

Brand Aspiration Isn’t the Primary Focus of Shoppers: Study

A new report found that shoppers do not seem to be increasingly voting with their wallets despite the broad hype around boycotts prompted by DEI...

Mon, 2 Jun 2025

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