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The Future of Food: Five Consumer COVID Trends That Are Here to Stay

Five key trends that are redefining the future of food that CPG manufacturers and retailers should be watching for.

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Leverage the Power of Perishables by Differentiating Fresh Food Offerings

Three key areas offer retailers and manufacturers fantastic differentiation opportunities, whether in-store, online or out-of-store with digital or other media.

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Customer Loyalty Insights Reveal CPG Omnichannel Retail Trends

E-commerce has been a hot topic for years, but 2020 will go down in the record books as the year that the online shopping flame exploded into a raging inferno.

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E-Commerce, Consumer Mobility and Food Service Can Drive Growth in Convenience Retail in 2021

Understand the different pockets of growth for convenience and how to best leverage them.

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Keep CPG Brands In-Stock With Automated Alerts

Even in the best of times, keeping grocery store shelves stocked is a monumental and incredibly complex task. No doubt, 2020 was not the best of times, and even now that we are into 2021, COVID-19 continues to spiral across the country.

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Five Ways CPG Brands Can Use Media to Grow During Uncertain Times

A grocery store with never-ending lines, empty shelves and outdated displays. Shoppers racing to the toilet paper aisle to grab the last rolls.

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In-Store Grocery Merchandising: More Changes on Display

Even with all of us now masked at the store, the grocery shopping experience is starting to feel more like it used to, especially as we increase our visits to stores.

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Getting to Know Cash-Strapped CPG Shoppers: It’s More Than Income

As the economic hit triggered by coronavirus continues to impact almost every part of our lives, CPG manufacturers have had to deal with several challenges over the past seven months. Out-of-stocks, less shelf space at some retailers and continually changing shopper behavior h...

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Deliver Seasonal Joy with These Influencer Marketing Strategies

Many are making their lists and checking them twice. With the holiday shopping season upon us, it’s only natural to wonder how the pandemic may shape the period that’s arguably the most profitable time of the year for CPG and retail.

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CPG Demand Planning: Increasing Certainty in an Increasingly Uncertain World

The past six months, in both the world at large and in the CPG industry in particular, have been nothing less than a rollercoaster for most of us. As consumer demand has shifted and shopper behavior has evolved, manufacturers and retailers have needed to rapidly keep up. But w...

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CPG Brands and Retailers: Avoid Scary Sales Results This Halloween Season

Halloween is right around the corner, but with COVID-19 still lurking across most of the U.S., trick-or-treating, big costume parties and other beloved traditions and gatherings are going to look much different this year. The pandemic continues to add extra complexity to all a...

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Three Trends That Are Shifting the U.S. Pet Supply Industry During COVID-19

Today’s pet owners are taking their love of pets to a new level. When pet owners browse aisles for kibble, catnip and treats, they’re bringing the same list of requirements that they’d bring to the grocery aisle for the products they are going to consume. The leading trends ar...

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25 Years of New Product Winners in CPG Reveals Cultural Snapshots

We decided to go for a dig through our digital archives for a detailed view of the top CPG food and non-food products sold through multi-outlet channels during the past quarter century.

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Past Recessions Meet Current Health Crisis to Shape New Market

By now you’ve likely lost track of how many times you’ve heard “unprecedented” used to describe life during COVID-19. While we haven’t experienced a pandemic like this in our lifetimes — and hopefully won’t again — we have experienced economic recession. A little more than a d...

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The Next Normal: Using Foot Traffic and Sales Data to Map the Road to Recovery

As U.S. states have now reopened in some capacity, there are several signs that consumers are cautiously re-entering the market with safety measures in place.

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How Shoppable Recipes Are Powering Short- and Long-Term Growth for CPG Manufacturers and Retailers

The impact on CPG due to the coronavirus pandemic has been undeniable. For the past few months, it has been fascinating to watch canned goods and other center-of-store products experience unprecedented levels of growth.

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When There’s No Time to Wait: Get Ahead of the CPG Demand Curve

The phrase “the new normal” has become ubiquitous as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dramatically impact most aspects of our lives, including our shopping and consumption behaviors.

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CPG Consumers Seeing Price Increases and Out-of-Stocks as COVID-19 Launches a Recessionary Period

So much has changed during the past few months since COVID-19 became a public health crisis and has now morphed into a financial pandemic creating havoc in the U.S. and globally.

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Meat Sales Are Soaring During the Pandemic: What’s Next?

Amid concerns over the meat supply chain as a result of plant closures due to the coronavirus.

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When Consumers Want to Stock up and Get Out: Integrated Insights Capture High-Value Shoppers on the Fly

We are now a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

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