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    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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  • 📈 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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    More Retail Media Options Available for CPG Brands

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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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    ‘Barbell Pricing’ is a Heavy Lift for Brands in a K-Shaped 2026

    SIX YEARS AFTER behavioral economist Peter Atwater coined the term “K-shaped economy,” the metaphor has become the defining structural reality for the CPG industry. The...
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    Protein enriched food products
    🎨 Product Innovation

    Protein as ‘Platform’: Why CPG’s Hottest Ingredient Has Staying Power

    A RECENT TRIP THROUGH THE AISLES at Wegmans underscored a broader shift reshaping center store and perimeter alike. A large Chobani display promoted an offering...
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    Shopping in a food store with beacons
    🛒 E-Commerce

    A Look Back at Beacons: How a Promising In-Store Marketing Tool Got Lost in the Aisle

    BRAND MARKETERS’ DESIRE TO KNOW exactly how shoppers interact with their products on the physical shelf greatly intensified with the spread of digital retailing.  The...
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    ECR Tools & Technogy Group with ARS2
    📈 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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    Sargento General Manager Erin Price 2026
    📈 Executive View

    Sargento General Manager Erin Price: Things are Getting Spicy in Wisconsin

    IF THERE IS ONE THING that most American consumers can agree on, it has got to be our nearly universal love of cheese. No company...
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    📊 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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  • 📈 Industry Trends

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    📈 Executive View

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    📈 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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    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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    New Rules of Food Marketing: Personalization, Precision & Performance

    LAST WEEK, CPGMATTERS REPORTED some key themes from the April 17 Food Industry Summit in Philadelphia. The event has been hosted annually by the St....
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