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  • 📈 Expert Insights

    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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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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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    Tue, 2 Jan 2024
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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    IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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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    📈 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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  • 🎙️ Commentary

    A Look Ahead at the Coupon Industry in 2026

    WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK on a New Year which always brings many changes in various areas such as personal and business as well as...
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    Wed, 17 Dec 2025
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    📈 Retail Media

    What Does ‘Fair and Proportional’ Mean in Retail Media?

    PART ONE of this analysis discussed how CPG brands face something of a conundrum in dealing with retail media networks. It summarized brand marketer spending...
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    Tue, 4 Feb 2025
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  • 📊 Market Analysis

    Shortage of Packaging Materials Portend Future Shock

    A SHORTAGE of packaging products and materials is a key challenge facing the industry in the future, according to a survey of senior industry leaders...
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    Wed, 19 Nov 2025
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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

    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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    Tue, 6 Feb 2024
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  • 📊 Market Analysis

    Good News Despite Inflation Fears from Trade Wars

    February 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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    Tue, 1 Apr 2025
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  • 🎨 Product Innovation

    CPGs Should Rethink 'Tail Spend' – Before it Costs Them More

    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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    Tue, 6 Jan 2026
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