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Is It Time to Reassess Your Product Assortment Decisions?

Post Date: 7/28/2015

Is it time to reassess your product assortment decisions?

Post Date: 7/15/2015

Natural, organic and specialty beverages are exploding in the marketplace, outpacing conventional beverages in every channel. According to SPINS, certain types of beverages have seen massive growth in dollar volume over the past year

Post Date: 7/01/2015

Value-Added Meat (that is, fresh meat items in the service meat case or overwrapped meat case that have at least one step of further preparation) has been growing steadily in recent years. These meat products grew a hearty eight percent in 2014 and are now a $4 billion categor...

Post Date: 6/24/2015

When was the last time you or someone you know bought milk online? What about diapers? While milk may not (yet) be a popular e-commerce item, we know that diapers and some other shelf stable CPG products are steadily growing sales online.

Post Date: 6/10/2015

Product innovation is vital for CPG companies that want to continue to grow, and those that fail to innovate can find themselves literally pushed off of store shelves. However, while most new brands have robust launch year plans that include maximum marketing support, many bra...

Post Date: 6/03/2015

According to IRI’s latest MarketPulse survey, which provides a quarterly snapshot of shoppers’ behaviors and attitudes, consumers are feeling more optimistic about their personal financial situations and future. In the most recent quarter, millennials, in particula...

Post Date: 5/27/2015

The market is experiencing unprecedented changes in the way people shop and engage with categories, brands and stores. If you are a consumer packaged goods manufacturer or retailer, the future is promising…that is, if you are paying close attention to the major U.S. mar...

Post Date: 5/22/2015

Everyone in CPG is talking about millennials/Generation Y and even Generation Z, and how to prepare for these digitally-savvy and diverse up-and-coming shoppers as their spending power increases. While it’s vital to have a solid strategy for reaching these younger U.S. c...

Post Date: 5/09/2015

Product innovation is the lifeblood of most CPG manufacturers. Even though consumers typically rely on a limited number of “go to” food and household staples, they’re open to new products that will make their lives easier, simpler and more rewarding. In fact,...

Post Date: 4/22/2015

Yesterday was the first full day of IRI’s 2015 Summit and to our delight this year’s attendance is the highest in IRI’s history, with more than 1,500 participants including consumer packaged goods (CPG) retailers, manufacturers and marketers.

Post Date: 4/07/2015

Let’s face it – competition in the retail space continues to get more fierce. Whether it is a battle over pricing and promotion, online versus offline strategies, or the increasingly complicated shopper journey, major retailers wrestle every day with how to stay a ...

Post Date: 2/02/2015

The vast majority of shoppers make lists before they go shopping to maximize their time and make sure they get what they truly need. Even more compelling is that a quarter of shoppers actually make the extra effort to include specific brands on their lists. Improving shopper t...

Post Date: 1/26/2015

IRI just released its latest Times & Trends report on Private Label & National Brands and the results are enlightening for CPG manufacturers and retailers alike. Even with the recovering economy, four in ten people remain financially challenged and are still seeking va...

Post Date: 1/22/2015

With the Super Bowl just over a week away, many of us are thinking about the television ads, which are expensive, fascinating, and usually remembered by audiences for years. Ad Age tracks Super Bowl ads well before the game and also notes that some companies have already relea...

Post Date: 1/06/2015

Every good marketer knows that packaging is one of the key ingredients of a successful product. It’s at the point of consideration, when a consumer is staring at two similar products in the store and trying to make a decision between them, that packaging can help make or...

Post Date: 12/16/2014

Trends in the marketplace – busier-than-ever shoppers, localized competition, and the impact of digital – are making the retail environment more complex. Deciding which products to have in-store and online continues to be a universal challenge for both manufacturer...

Post Date: 12/12/2014

While innovation is crucial for any company that wants long-term growth, it’s become increasingly difficult to anticipate and meet shopper needs through new product introductions. A massive 80 to 90 percent of new product introductions fail to meet their goals. This mean...

Post Date: 12/10/2014

As the U.S. economic recovery continues, shopper behavior is mixed: some shoppers have continued their frugal ways while others have begun spending again. The $23.3 billion home cleaning business has faced several years of challenges as a result of consumers’ ongoing eff...

Post Date: 12/09/2014

Harnessing the potential of big data in every aspect of a company’s operations is a highly attractive goal, but it’s one that can be difficult to achieve. IRI and Columbia Business School’s Center for Pricing and Revenue Management recently held their second ...

Post Date: 12/05/2014

Whether advertising budgets are large or small, all CPG marketers (and their agencies) want to be more efficient, improve targeting and maximize reach to the people they want to influence. Digital advertising, with its many targeting techniques, has made it easier for marketer...

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