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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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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IN THE AGE of digital marketing, print circulars may seem like an outdated promotional tool.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...

Tue, 6 Feb 2024

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...

Tue, 6 Feb 2024

How consumers have changed their shopping habits for affordability

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...

Wed, 13 May 2026

Expert Insights

CPG Resolutions to Turn Headwinds into Momentum

AFTER A YEAR of tariff shocks, price fatigue, and frozen budgets, CPG teams have a choice in Q1: resume business as usual or use smarter,...

Fri, 26 Dec 2025

Market Analysis

Brand Aspiration Isn’t the Primary Focus of Shoppers: Study

A NEW REPORT found that shoppers do not seem to be increasingly voting with their wallets despite the broad hype around boycotts prompted by DEI...

Tue, 3 Jun 2025

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...

Tue, 6 May 2025

International

How Brands Can Help Save the Planet

A GROWING NUMBER of global consumers believe time is running out to save the planet from serious damage to the environment — but brands can...

Tue, 6 May 2025

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...

Wed, 2 Apr 2025

Consumer Trends

Shoppers and Retailers See Benefits from AI in the Store

SEVEN IN 10 CONSUMERS are familiar with the use of Artificial Intelligence at the retail locations where they shop and more than half have a...

Tue, 4 Feb 2025

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...

Tue, 2 Jan 2024

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