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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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    Wed, 5 Mar 2025
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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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  • Mike Parker and John Tonthat address FMI GroceryLab
    💡 Tech Innovation

    Brands Count on Data Flows from Connected Stores

    THE ONGOING TRANSFORMATION of physical stores into digital communication environments carries with it a cascade of implications for brands. It certainly presents challenges for their...
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    Thu, 25 Jun 2026
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    AMC Global packaging advisors
    📈 Expert Insights

    The Real Packaging Experience Starts After Purchase

    WHEN IT COMES TO PACKAGING, decisions are typically made well before a product ever reaches a consumer’s home. Teams review concept renderings, assess shelf presence,...
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    Thu, 25 Jun 2026
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    What the new moderation looks like for younger drinkers
    📈 Consumer Trends

    Zebra Striping Recolors the Adult Beverage Aisle

    ALCOHOL-FREE spirits, wine and beer are driving nearly all the category growth. Should the category change its stripes? For years, moderation in alcohol consumption mostly...
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    Thu, 4 Jun 2026
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    Swatch Royal Pop brand imagery
    🎙️ Commentary

    How Much Brand Frenzy is Enough for Swatch?

    THE MEDIA STORM surrounding last week’s introduction of Swatch’s Bioceramic Royal Pop Collection has consumer brands looking on with wonder (and perhaps envy). The brightly-colored...
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    Thu, 21 May 2026
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    Moxie and Poppi have a 120-year connection
    📈 Industry Trends

    Challenger Soft Drink Brands Draw From a History of Moxie

    THE SOFT DRINK SECTOR is brimming with challenger startups who aspire to introduce the next billion-dollar specialty soda. Is there a formula for billion dollar...
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    Thu, 21 May 2026
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    EU brands adopting 2D barcodes
    📈 International

    2D Barcodes Move From Retail Pilot To European Reality

    FOR DECADES, the barcode did one job extremely well. It identified a product quickly enough for a checkout to process the sale and for a...
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    Wed, 13 May 2026
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    CPG Companies Need to Rethink ‘Tail’ Spend

    IN CPG AND RETAIL, procurement teams concentrate their energy on strategic categories: core ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and the logistics and infrastructure that keeps...
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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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    Fri, 26 Dec 2025
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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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