WE HEAR ALOT about the potential of Artificial Intelligence to impact Category Management and Space Planning and we anticipate how emerging tools and processes will...
PRODUCT INNOVATION has been the principal fuel for growth in the consumer-packaged goods industry over the past 50 years. Manufacturers introduced new brands, formulations, flavors,...
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....
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...
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,...
WHEN IT COMES TO PACKAGING, decisions are typically made well before a product ever reaches a consumer’s home. Teams review concept renderings, assess shelf presence,...
THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN for Consumer Packaged Goods is operating under unprecedented strain. While acute geopolitical events—such as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East...
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...
