Blog11 Jun 2019Health & Wellness
Consumers Expect a Healthier Future Today, consumers want to live a healthy life more than ever before. Consumers’ expectations with regard to health continue to evolve, but food always plays an important role in a healthy lifestyle. In 2019 it’s...
Blog22 Nov 2022Collaboration for Healthier Lives
Global Survey Shows Consumers Want to Save the Planet, but Inflation Is Taking a Toll Consumers realise that the planet is in trouble, and they want to do something about it. To help guide them, consumers welcome information about the environmental friendliness of the products they buy but many say...
Press Release18 Jun 2014
The Consumer Goods Industry Strengthens Commitment to Improving Health and Wellness for Consumers Worldwide The Consumer Goods Forum Board of Directors agrees to new strategic milestones to help ensure the wellbeing of consumers PARIS, Wednesday 18th June 2014 – Recognising the importance of health and wellness to consumers, The...
Blog03 Dec 2019E2E Value Chain
The Balanced Economy – How Marketers Are Growing Closer to Consumers In a world dictated by technology and social media, consumer brand loyalty is more relevant than ever before. That’s right, 43% of consumers are spending more money at brands that they are loyal to, which...
Blog03 Jul 2020Corporate
Consumers and the ‘New Normal’: Which Retail Changes Could Become Permanent as a Result of COVID-19? The retail sector has weathered its fair share of storms in recent years, from business rates to the growing influence of e-commerce. But even if retail veterans have become seasoned crisis responders, industry challenges do...
Blog30 Mar 2021E2E Value Chain
Food Fraud: Impact of Counterfeits on Consumers’ Safety & Brand Reputation With over 30% of shoppers saying they will shift at least some of their spending away from brick-and-mortar stores towards e-commerce, consumers are showing increased trust in online shopping for their groceries. In fact, the...
Press Release15 Mar 2013
New Report Discusses Worldwide Impact of Ageing Consumers By 2047 There Will Be More Than Two Billion Mature Consumers PARIS, 15th March 2013 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and A.T. Kearney today announced the publication of a joint report – “Understanding...
Blog07 Aug 2020Product 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...
Blog24 Nov 2022
Why Sustainability and Product Superiority Must Go Together for Consumers After speaking at this year’s Sustainable Retail Summit, Guillaume Lebert, P&G Sustainability Director explains why superior performing products, that are environmentally sustainable is the winning formula that’s irresistible for consumer choices. At P&G we have...
Blog15 Sep 2021Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Giving Consumers the Reassurance They Seek and Workers the Protection They Deserve Today’s conscious consumers are transforming their relationship with global brands. They are increasingly making more informed, ethical buying choices and although we saw signs of a consumer shift before the pandemic, recent reports indicate that...
Blog20 Jun 2014
How to Ensure Trust in Engaging with Consumers in a Digital World? It’s a very fine line: companies can attract their customers by personally engaging with them – but when they go too far, they trespass this thin line, and it can backfire, since consumers perceive...
Blog07 Apr 2015
Celebrating World Health Day with an Industry Committed to Change and Empowered, Healthy Consumers Globally However, a quick reality check shows us that worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980 and that half the world is expected to be obese by 2050. These are challenging stats but opportunities shown...
Press Release29 Sep 2017
New ‘One for Good’ Campaign Looks to Inspire Healthier Consumers HAGERSTOWN, Md. and PARIS, 29th September 2017 – The Consumer Goods Forum has launched a pilot campaign in Hagerstown, Maryland, to support community members in adopting healthier diets and lifestyles. Partnering with Healthy Washington County,...
Press Release27 Jan 2016
New Survey Shows Consumers More Empowered than Ever to Make Informed Lifestyle Choices PARIS, 27th January 2016 – The Consumer Goods Forum (“CGF”) today published results from its 2015 survey designed to measure where its members are in the implementation of its Health & Wellness Resolutions and Commitments....
News Update01 Mar 2018Food Waste
Smart Reduction of Consumer Food Waste: Using Technology for the Benefit of Retailers and Consumers We are pleased to announce the publication of a new report, entitled Smart Reduction of Consumer Food Waste: Using technology for the benefit of retailers and consumers. Capgemini and The Consumer Goods Forum, through this End-to-End Value Chain Learning...
Press Release30 Jan 2012
Study Shows Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Results in Improved Food Safety for Consumers PARIS, 30th January 2012 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), managed by The Consumer Goods Forum, announced today that a recent study conducted by the University of Arkansas shows that food manufacturers who...