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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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  • 📈 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

    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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  • 📈 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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  • 📈 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    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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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  • 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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    Illustration of technology integration in store
    📈 Expert Insights

    ‘Dull Store Stuff': Small Language Models for Retail Sensing are Better for Brands Too

    RETAIL TYPICALLY BREAKS in the boring middle. A late delivery fails to trigger a reorder. A promotion scans wrong for half a day. Search results...
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    Wed, 22 Apr 2026
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    Map showing EPR laws by state
    🌱 Sustainability

    For CPG Brands, EPR Laws Rewrite the Economics of Packaging

    AT FIRST GLANCE, that shampoo bottle or detergent jug may look the same. Still, behind the scenes, consumer brands are increasingly stripping out colored plastics,...
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    Wed, 22 Apr 2026
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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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  • Phil Lempert addresses the LEAD Marketing Conference
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    Lempert Outlines Four Forces Brands Must Confront to Sustain Consumer Trust

    SHOPPER ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS are changing faster than at any time in recent history, and it’s putting food manufacturers on the defensive. Phil Lempert, the...
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  • 📈 International

    Consumers Will Spend Less on Groceries in 2024: Report

    HOW WILL CPG companies navigate through the lingering effects of the post-pandemic era? They must deal with a crunch in consumer budgets and intensified competition...
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  • Map showing EPR laws by state
    🌱 Sustainability

    For CPG Brands, EPR Laws Rewrite the Economics of Packaging

    AT FIRST GLANCE, that shampoo bottle or detergent jug may look the same. Still, behind the scenes, consumer brands are increasingly stripping out colored plastics,...
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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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    📈 Expert Insights

    Get to Know the ECR Community’s Tools & Technology Group: A Structured Approach to Retail & CPG Innovation

    NOT LONG AGO, meaningful technological advancements in category management and retail execution took years to unfold. Today, innovation cycles are measured in months, sometimes weeks....
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