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  • 📈 Expert Insights

    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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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  • 📈 International

    Global Food and Drink Trends for 2024 Revealed

    THREE KEY TRENDS that will shape global food and drink industries in 2024 and the years ahead have been announced by Mintel, which provides information...
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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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  • Retail media may be huge, but coverage is uneven
    📈 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...
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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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  • 🎨 Product Innovation

    New Weight-Loss Drugs Shake Up the Snack Food Business

    IT IS POSSIBLE that no single individual wields more influence in American popular culture than Oprah Winfrey. In everything from books to politics to weight...
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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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  • 📈 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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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  • 📈 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    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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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    Tue, 6 Feb 2024
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  • 💡 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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    Tue, 6 Feb 2024
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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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    The Ÿnsect Bankruptcy: A Shift, Not a Shutdown
    🎨 Product Innovation

    Insect Protein Ingredients are Bugging More than Our Pets

    IN THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD of consumer packaged goods, the “Supply Chain Paradox” is nowhere more visible than in the pet food aisle. As of early...
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    Wed, 29 Apr 2026
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    Speakers at 2026 Food Industry Summit
    📈 Industry Trends

    Food Industry Summit Reveals How Food, Health and Loyalty Are Being Rewritten

    REINVENTION was a pervasive theme at Saint Joseph’s University’s 2026 Food Industry Summit in Philadelphia, as speakers painted a picture of a food industry under...
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    Tue, 28 Apr 2026
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    Shopper uses her loyalty card in store and online
    📈 Expert Insights

    From Checkout Discount to Engagement Engine – What Grocery Loyalty Means Now for CPG Marketers

    SWIPE YOUR CARD at checkout, receive a discount, repeat. For years, this model has defined how many retail loyalty programs operate. These POS-based systems have...
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    Thu, 23 Apr 2026
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  • The next wave of laundry products packs far less water
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    Aisle Disruption: Tech and Regulation are Remaking the Laundry Category

    FOR LAUNDRY PRODUCT GIANTS like Unilever and Procter & Gamble, plastic jugs are giving way to less bulky product forms designed for optimum performance in...
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  • From negotiation to shared value creation
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    The Annual Supplier Negotiation May Already be Obsolete

    For years, retailer-supplier relationships centered on an annual cycle of cost negotiations, trade funding arrangements, promotional calendar planning, and margin discussions. In today’s evolving retail environment, characterized by retail media, digital commerce, AI, supply-chain automation, private brands, and rapidly shifting consumer behaviors, this traditional approach has become increasingly outdated.
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  • 📈 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...
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  • 📈 Expert Insights

    Space Planning with Behavioral Shopper Insights

    IN TODAY'S HYPER-COMPETITIVE retail landscape, every square inch of shelf space matters more than ever. But how do you prove that your space planning decisions...
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    Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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    🎨 Product Innovation

    Protein as ‘Platform’: Why CPG’s Hottest Ingredient Has Staying Power

    A RECENT TRIP THROUGH THE AISLES at Wegmans underscored a broader shift reshaping center store and perimeter alike. A large Chobani display promoted an offering...
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  • 📊 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, people’s need for...
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    Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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