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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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    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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  • 🎨 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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  • 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    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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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    Panning for Gold in the FMI Speaks 2026

    BRINGING GROCERY PRODUCTS TO MARKET is an intricate activity for suppliers and their retail partners. It encompasses joint activities and decisions so numerous and interconnected...
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    Fri, 17 Jul 2026
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    Trading partners examine shelf integrity issues together
    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Five Things Retailers Wish CPG Brands Understood About the Shelf

    WHAT LOOKS TO MOST brand-side executives like a routine operations issue has become a key threat to the retailer-brand collaboration. IHL Group studied major U.S....
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    Thu, 16 Jul 2026
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    CPGs face looming competition from store brands
    πŸ“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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    Cacao agriculture alongside cell-cultured cocoa production
    🎨 Product Innovation

    Cuckoo For Alt-Cocoa: Investment is Re-Shaping the Chocolate Industry

    CHOCOLATE INSPIRES PASSION among vast numbers of consumers and the companies that bring it to market. But fulfilling that passion at scale carries significant costs...
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    Fri, 10 Jul 2026
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    AI favors incumbent brands until questions get specific
    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    AI Already Picked Its Favorite Brands. Are Yours on its Shelf?

    YOU HEARD FROM A FRIEND that magnesium helps with sleep, so you search for it on Amazon. Hundreds of products come back. You start clicking,...
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    Wed, 8 Jul 2026
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    Shopper uses tablet to view influencer
    πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    Private Label Used to Compete on Price. Now It Competes for Brand Trust.

    FOR DECADES, private labels were a financial safety measure for shoppers who quickly forgot about them when budgets loosened. It was a price play: cheaper,...
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    Wed, 8 Jul 2026
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    Private Label Used to Compete on Price. Now It Competes for Brand Trust.

    FOR DECADES, private labels were a financial safety measure for shoppers who quickly forgot about them when budgets loosened. It was a price play: cheaper,...
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    Wed, 8 Jul 2026
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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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  • How consumers have changed their shopping habits for affordability
    πŸ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    As Customers Shop Harder, How Will Brands Respond?

    INFLATION AND HIGH GAS PRICES aren't the only things making grocery bills expensive. Tariffs and broader macro pressures are altering consumer behavior in structural, possibly...
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  • πŸ“ˆ Consumer Trends

    β€˜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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  • πŸ“ˆ Expert Insights

    CPG Companies Need to Rethink β€˜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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  • What the new moderation looks like for younger drinkers
    πŸ“ˆ 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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  • Moxie and Poppi have a 120-year connection
    πŸ“ˆ 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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