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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Experts Predict Strong Year for Digital Offers

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  • Retail media may be huge, but coverage is uneven
    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Retail Media

    Mind the Gaps in Retail Media: Watchouts for Brands

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  • ๐ŸŽจ 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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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ CPG Viewpoints

    How to Accelerate ROI from a Walmart Luminate Investment

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  • ๐Ÿ“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    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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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  • ๐Ÿ’ก 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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  • Dependability counts most
    ๐Ÿ“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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    Comprehension Gap: What New Wellness Products Get Wrong Before Anyone Reads the Label

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    ๐Ÿ“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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    ๐Ÿ“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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    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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    Coty Tackles Nail Care Assortments with AI, Season after Season

    BEAUTY AND STYLE TRENDS change quickly with the seasons. That popular nail polish color for summer may be passรฉ by the holidays, which demands nimble...
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    Tue, 25 Aug 2026
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    โ€˜Recession Glamโ€™ 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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    Wed, 3 Sep 2025
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    ๐Ÿ“ˆ 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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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ 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 โ€œissuesโ€ or โ€œrulesโ€...
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    Wed, 2 Jul 2025
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  • CPGs face looming competition from store brands
    ๐Ÿ“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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    Thu, 16 Jul 2026
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    Whatโ€™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 Companyโ€™s Reeseโ€™s brand. The controversy was widely...
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    Wed, 29 Apr 2026
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    ๐ŸŽจ Product Innovation

    Sense Maxxing at the Fancy Food Show โ€“ A Rush of Emerging Trends

    FROM EXPERIENCE I knew the Summer Fancy Food Show would be an overwhelming scene. The event filled nearly the entire Javits Center in Manhattan with...
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    Wed, 5 Aug 2026
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  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ International

    Global Food and Drink Trends for 2025

    FOUR KEY TRENDS will shape the global food and drink industry in 2025 and in the following years. Mintel, the research and advisory firm, expects...
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