This is the weekly snapshot of top trends from the Consumer Goods industry in the past week (10th October-14th October). We have covered different categories, including:
While many of us are unsure what the next year will bring, we can all agree that climate change and the health of our planet will be greatly influenced not just by our lifestyle choices but also by the companies we support and how we conduct our own.
On the Speech Accessibility Project, the University of Illinois collaborated with Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other NGOs.
Marketers who used to carry out broad-based demographic targeting face new challenges with Generation Z. 91% of 18-to 25-year-old Generation Zs say mainstream pop culture is a thing of the past.
Efforts to minimise waste and promote recycling are at the heart of the circular supply chain. Colgate-Palmolive is one multinational that is leading the way in this area.
Mars, Inc., in collaboration with Rubicon Technologies, Inc., will distribute specially designed, recyclable trick-or-treating bags during October as an extension of Rubicon’s existing Trick-or-Trash programme.
Dove, in collaboration with STRIPED (Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders) at Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health and economists at Deloitte Access Economics, has released a report titled “The Real Cost of Beauty Ideals” on the impact of beauty standards on the US economy and society.
According to The Financial Times, TikTok intends to introduce its live retail “TikTok Shop” function to North America using outsourced technology.
Flowers Foods, Inc. launched a website to get consumer input on new products aimed at expanding its company outside the bread aisle.
Armani Beauty has partnered with Fortnite to promote Code, its new men’s scent. As a way of finding the aroma, the company encourages customers to participate in an interactive experience dubbed “Rewrite the Code.”
With eCommerce, SKU multiplication, and manpower constraints complicating beverage operations, experts believe voice picking systems can help warehouses simplify the complicated difficulties.
A Coca-Cola facility is reducing its plastic consumption even more by using a fibre-based paper replacement for six-pack plastic rings.
P&G has grown to become one of the world’s top consumer goods companies. P&G signed a multiyear agreement with Microsoft to change its digital manufacturing platform in the summer of 2022.
At present, 94% of CPG food and beverage firms are experiencing less than 3% growth. Growth has been moving downward across industrial segments over the last five years, with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 causing a bottoming out in 2020.
This is the weekly snapshot of top trends from the Consumer Goods industry in the past week (3rd October-7th October). We have covered different categories, including:
For the second year in a row, Sephora’s annual Sephoria event was hosted virtually.
According to reports, Chipotle Mexican Grill has begun testing several new technologies.
Adrian Poretti has joined Hostess Brands as chief supply chain officer, where he will be responsible for all Hostess operations and supply chain.
With each passing year, it appears that more and more businesses are making efforts to “go green,” as it has become a customer concern.
As the company seeks to engage with female gamers, Dove has established a training course to make gaming avatars more representative and inclusive.
In conjunction with packaging company Berry, Mars has introduced candy jars manufactured of 15% recycled plastic for M&M’s, Starburst, and Skittles bulk products, which will be available in October.
Colgate-Chief Palmolive’s Supply Chain Officer is Mike Corbo. He joined the firm in 1982, when petroleum was 34 pence a gallon and Ronald Reagan was president.
In Washington, D.C., the inaugural White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health was held, where business executives, organisations, medical institutions, community groups, and officials of the Biden administration addressed food policy and hunger.
GrubMarket, an e-commerce platform connecting farmers and other food suppliers with customers, raised $120 million in equity.
An estimated $600 billion in food is wasted during or shortly after harvest. Can manufacturers intervene? Certainly, and it will benefit businesses, people, and the environment.
The Metaverse is growing, with a range of businesses taking an interest in it. Recently, Yum! Brands, which includes Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), has submitted multiple trademark applications for NFTs and metaverse products and services.
Nestlé yoghurt and dessert brands La Laitière is launching an AI art direction campaign that uses Dall-E’s new Outpainting feature, which can generate visuals that expand the borders of a picture.
In June, two bills, including the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (H.R. 8183) and the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R. 8059), were introduced.
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is expanding sustainability projects by launching regenerative agriculture pilot tests both in Mexico and the United States.
Kingship, the NFT supergroup created by 10.22PM, will feature on limited edition boxes of M&M’s to honour Kingship’s mythological tour rider.
This is the weekly snapshot of top trends from the Consumer Goods industry in the past week (10th October-14th October). We have covered different categories, including:
While many of us are unsure what the next year will bring, we can all agree that climate change and the health of our planet will be greatly influenced not just by our lifestyle choices but also by the companies we support and how we conduct our own.
On the Speech Accessibility Project, the University of Illinois collaborated with Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other NGOs.
Marketers who used to carry out broad-based demographic targeting face new challenges with Generation Z. 91% of 18-to 25-year-old Generation Zs say mainstream pop culture is a thing of the past.
Efforts to minimise waste and promote recycling are at the heart of the circular supply chain. Colgate-Palmolive is one multinational that is leading the way in this area.
Mars, Inc., in collaboration with Rubicon Technologies, Inc., will distribute specially designed, recyclable trick-or-treating bags during October as an extension of Rubicon’s existing Trick-or-Trash programme.
Dove, in collaboration with STRIPED (Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders) at Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health and economists at Deloitte Access Economics, has released a report titled “The Real Cost of Beauty Ideals” on the impact of beauty standards on the US economy and society.
According to The Financial Times, TikTok intends to introduce its live retail “TikTok Shop” function to North America using outsourced technology.
Flowers Foods, Inc. launched a website to get consumer input on new products aimed at expanding its company outside the bread aisle.
Armani Beauty has partnered with Fortnite to promote Code, its new men’s scent. As a way of finding the aroma, the company encourages customers to participate in an interactive experience dubbed “Rewrite the Code.”
With eCommerce, SKU multiplication, and manpower constraints complicating beverage operations, experts believe voice picking systems can help warehouses simplify the complicated difficulties.
A Coca-Cola facility is reducing its plastic consumption even more by using a fibre-based paper replacement for six-pack plastic rings.
P&G has grown to become one of the world’s top consumer goods companies. P&G signed a multiyear agreement with Microsoft to change its digital manufacturing platform in the summer of 2022.
At present, 94% of CPG food and beverage firms are experiencing less than 3% growth. Growth has been moving downward across industrial segments over the last five years, with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 causing a bottoming out in 2020.
This is the weekly snapshot of top trends from the Consumer Goods industry in the past week (3rd October-7th October). We have covered different categories, including:
For the second year in a row, Sephora’s annual Sephoria event was hosted virtually.
According to reports, Chipotle Mexican Grill has begun testing several new technologies.
Adrian Poretti has joined Hostess Brands as chief supply chain officer, where he will be responsible for all Hostess operations and supply chain.
With each passing year, it appears that more and more businesses are making efforts to “go green,” as it has become a customer concern.
As the company seeks to engage with female gamers, Dove has established a training course to make gaming avatars more representative and inclusive.
In conjunction with packaging company Berry, Mars has introduced candy jars manufactured of 15% recycled plastic for M&M’s, Starburst, and Skittles bulk products, which will be available in October.
Colgate-Chief Palmolive’s Supply Chain Officer is Mike Corbo. He joined the firm in 1982, when petroleum was 34 pence a gallon and Ronald Reagan was president.
In Washington, D.C., the inaugural White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health was held, where business executives, organisations, medical institutions, community groups, and officials of the Biden administration addressed food policy and hunger.
GrubMarket, an e-commerce platform connecting farmers and other food suppliers with customers, raised $120 million in equity.
An estimated $600 billion in food is wasted during or shortly after harvest. Can manufacturers intervene? Certainly, and it will benefit businesses, people, and the environment.
The Metaverse is growing, with a range of businesses taking an interest in it. Recently, Yum! Brands, which includes Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), has submitted multiple trademark applications for NFTs and metaverse products and services.
Nestlé yoghurt and dessert brands La Laitière is launching an AI art direction campaign that uses Dall-E’s new Outpainting feature, which can generate visuals that expand the borders of a picture.
In June, two bills, including the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (H.R. 8183) and the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R. 8059), were introduced.
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is expanding sustainability projects by launching regenerative agriculture pilot tests both in Mexico and the United States.
Kingship, the NFT supergroup created by 10.22PM, will feature on limited edition boxes of M&M’s to honour Kingship’s mythological tour rider.
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