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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

    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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  • Retail media may be huge, but coverage is uneven
    πŸ“ˆ 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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  • 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    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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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    Tue, 6 Feb 2024
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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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    Tue, 6 Feb 2024
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    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    As AI Resets the Baseline, Will Your Retail/CPG Tech Measure Up?

    Established is a market position. Proven is an operational condition. Baselining establishes the operational condition by measuring what each solution can reliably deliver today before judging the value of what comes next.
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    Tue, 29 Sep 2026
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    Dependability counts most
    πŸ“ˆ CPG STAT

    In Overwhelming Markets, Your Differentiator is Dependability

    Key findings from PA Consulting 2026 Brand Impact Index reveal consumers value dependability above all other attributes
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    Mon, 21 Sep 2026
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    πŸ“ˆ CPG STAT

    Comprehension Gap: What New Wellness Products Get Wrong Before Anyone Reads the Label

    TWO OUT OF THREE people who watched HOOM’s launch video could not say what the product actually was. Once they understood the idea, nearly eight...
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    Mon, 21 Sep 2026
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    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Your Package Has Three Seconds to Attract Shoppers, and Seconds More to Prove It

    Three implications are clear for brand leaders: Manage packaging as a conversion system. Put the strongest proof where shoppers can't miss it. Test and retest the value proposition.
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    Mon, 21 Sep 2026
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    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    The Fifth Trait Missing from Successful Innovation

    INNOVATION has advanced faster than at any other point in retail/CPG technology history over the past decade. Yet trust has moved in the opposite direction....
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    Tue, 25 Aug 2026
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    🎨 Product Innovation

    Are Legacy CPG Firms Shortchanging R&D?

    MAJOR BRANDS FACE ESCALATING PRESSURE from faster-moving challengers, say two recent research reports from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Barclays, the investment firm. Both research...
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    Tue, 25 Aug 2026
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  • πŸ“ˆ International

    How Brands Can Help Save the Planet

    A GROWING NUMBER of global consumers believe time is running out to save the planet from serious damage to the environment β€” but brands can...
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    πŸ“ˆ Retail Media

    What Does β€˜Fair and Proportional’ Mean in Retail Media?

    PART ONE of this analysis discussed how CPG brands face something of a conundrum in dealing with retail media networks. It summarized brand marketer spending...
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  • πŸ“Š 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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  • πŸŽ™οΈ 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 β€œissues” or β€œrules”...
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  • πŸ“Š Market Analysis

    Good News Despite Inflation Fears from Trade Wars

    February 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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  • πŸ“ˆ Coupons

    Digital Incentives Are Not Fraud Proof

    SOME CONSUMERS are looking to the Internet and flea markets to get those β€œtoo good to be true” deals on their favorite products, which are...
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