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Building a Data Foundation to Help Democratise Data Analytics For CPGs Blog 15 Dec 2021 E2E Value Chain Building a Data Foundation to Help Democratise Data Analytics For CPGs At a recent conference, I was struck by an admission of a data leader at a top 10 consumer goods company about the poor state of data in CPG. “Nobody has figured out master data...
Data and Analytics for CPGs Podcast 14 Feb 2022 E2E Value Chain Data and Analytics for CPGs In this latest episode of the E2E Value Chain Podcast Series, we are joined by Amazon’s Justin Honaman for the second of our discussions on retail and CPG trends. In this chat, Justin talks to...
Breaking Down Functional Silos and Harnessing the Power of Analytics to Design to Margin Blog 23 Mar 2021 E2E Value Chain Breaking Down Functional Silos and Harnessing the Power of Analytics to Design to Margin Growing demand for personalisation, omnichannel, and responsible products is undeniable and is creating an inevitable and significant increase in innovation, operations, and pricing intricacies.   Harnessing intelligence from the entire value chain to proactively manage and...
Press Release 17 Jul 2014 ‘Age of Disruption’ Makes Digital Top Priority for 54% of Consumer Goods Firms – But One-Third Lack Know-How   Research finds over half of business leaders place digital strategy and data analytics high on their agenda, and the supply chain rates as their number one challenge and area of investment    PARIS, 17th...
Retail & CPG: Winning the Cost and Profitability Race in a Volatile and Uncertain Market Blog 30 Jan 2023 E2E Value Chain Retail & CPG: Winning the Cost and Profitability Race in a Volatile and Uncertain Market Today’s business landscape in the retail and CPG world is riddled with unprecedented global uncertainty. Inflationary pressures, logistical issues, foreign exchange and energy price rises – the variability and volatility in component costs have increased...
Consumer Goods Retailers and Manufacturers Transforming to Maintain Competitive Advantage Press Release 13 Jun 2016 Consumer Goods Retailers and Manufacturers Transforming to Maintain Competitive Advantage CAPE TOWN, PARIS and TORONTO, 13th June 2016 – A survey of 400 consumer goods retail and manufacturing executives from 27 countries reveals that companies who want to keep in front of change and secure...
Consumers Are Ready to Be Analytically Educated Blog 07 Aug 2020 Product Data Consumers Are Ready to Be Analytically Educated Creating financially aware and healthier lives for consumers post-COVID   Retail has always been one of the most innovative industries in the world by being incredibly responsive to the consumer, moving quickly, and being at...
5 Retail-Consumer Products Trends to Watch in 2022 Blog 18 Jan 2022 E2E Value Chain 5 Retail-Consumer Products Trends to Watch in 2022 Retail struggling!? Not quite in 2021 according to IHL Group[1]. US Retail growth in 2021 through November was $831B USD. The growth for November alone was $91.1B USD. Total retail growth year to year is...
Consumer Goods Companies Boost Technology Budgets by 34% to Align Sustainability and Operations and Drive Growth, Finds New Study by IBM and The Consumer Goods Forum Press Release 12 Apr 2023 E2E Value Chain Consumer Goods Companies Boost Technology Budgets by 34% to Align Sustainability and Operations and Drive Growth, Finds New Study by IBM and The Consumer Goods Forum Consumer products leaders are focusing on improving supply chain operations, leveraging analytics, AI and other technologies in an effort to drive greater efficiencies and help achieve sustainability goals. 
SummerComes 2022, Interview With Fabio De Bernardi, VP Business Development, Adverity Video 04 Aug 2022 E2E Value Chain SummerComes 2022, Interview With Fabio De Bernardi, VP Business Development, Adverity In May 2022 at the SummerComes SpringBoard in New York, we interviewed Fabio De Bernardi VP Business Development, Adverity on how data and marketing analytics are evolving.    
Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Transparency in Soy Blog 12 Aug 2020 Product Data Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Transparency in Soy Soy is one of the world’s most important crops, finding its way into animal feed, vegetable oil, even industrial chemicals. It is one of the most intensively grown: worldwide 1 in 10 acres of agricultural...
CGF Announces New Members for February 2020 Press Release 26 Feb 2020 Corporate CGF Announces New Members for February 2020 PARIS, 26th February 2020 — The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce the following new companies have joined our global membership community and, in doing so, have confirmed their commitment to our vision of...
Enhancing Enterprise Sustainability through Supplier Management Blog 30 Mar 2023 E2E Value Chain Enhancing Enterprise Sustainability through Supplier Management Pressure continues for companies to accelerate their actions in addressing the climate crisis. Investors are demanding ESG progress; governments are implementing new regulations, while customers and employees are pushing for change. Furthermore, the planet itself...
Data Transparency Takes Centre Stage Throughout the Pandemic Blog 02 Sep 2020 Product Data Data Transparency Takes Centre Stage Throughout the Pandemic The rate of change in consumer demand witnessed over the past few months has been unprecedented, calling attention to the importance of effective lines of communication between suppliers and retailers.  As demand for certain products spiked and supply...
Data Transparency Requires A Push & Pull Strategy Blog 01 Jun 2022 E2E Value Chain Data Transparency Requires A Push & Pull Strategy Brands and retailers today are under pressure to provide appropriately governed high-quality data to their internal teams to help drive better decisions and feed advanced analytics and other critical business applications. Companies are also increasing...
CGF Announces New Members for September 2022 Press Release 28 Sep 2022 Corporate CGF Announces New Members for September 2022 PARIS, 1st August 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce the following new companies have joined our global membership community and, in doing so, have confirmed their commitment to our vision of better lives through...