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Machine Learning for the Optimisation of Business Processes
Artificial Intelligence in the form of machine learning is already being used reliably in many applications today. Current application areas of machine learning (ML) are the optimisation of business processes and the automation of redundant...
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How Can Major Retailers Increase Their Agility?
The pandemic has ended, and many impacts have dissipated, but large retailers will continue to face challenges. There will be future economic, health, and environmental crises, whether major, minor, localized, or international, that will be...
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CSOs: Are You Ready to Collaborate on Data Strategy?
The number of Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) have tripled in the past two years. Many are relatively new and are tasked to lead the development of sustainability plans and interact with various departments across the...
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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...
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One Product Identity, Many Tagging Technologies – Here’s Why…
Today, consumers expect end-to-end traceability, authenticity and engaging experiences from consumer product brands — from packaged goods to apparel items to pharmaceuticals. How do consumer brands deliver on these expectations? Not only deliver on expectations,...
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The Future of Ethical Commerce and Sustainability in Fast Moving Consumer Goods Companies (FMCG)
The UN World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainability is therefore the process by...
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Will Inflation Take Us to the Reign of Private Labels?
It is undeniable how powerful the private label is becoming in almost every segment of retailing. What seemed years ago to cater to a highly price-sensitive customer segment has become a defining element of “brand...
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From Demand Chain to Value Chain: The Power of Product Enrichment in Modern Retail
In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, supply chains across the food manufacturing and retail sectors are undergoing a transformation. As these industries evolve towards a more customer-centric approach, product...
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Do More with Less: Use Existing Emissions Data to Accelerate Decarbonisation
As more companies set bold decarbonisation goals such as Science-Based Targets or Net Zero pledges, a major organisational shift is occurring across the global corporate landscape: the topic of carbon is moving from a pure...
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The Bright Side of the Most Valuable Spot in Retail (Part II)
The first part of this blog series showed us the main bottlenecks of promotions on the shop floor. What if retailers and brands could join forces to overcome these obstacles and together achieve effective and...
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Incentivising ESG Data Sharing
Supporting Data Exchange for Reporting and Action Current Issues Around ESG Data Sharing As its necessity for our transition towards sustainability is recognised, there has been a significant increase in demand for ESG data in...
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Defend Against Inflation With Resilient Supply Chains
For years, prices around the world have rising moderately. And we expect that; it’s part of how economics and business works. The difference is, now we are currently experiencing some of the highest spikes in...
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The Dark Side of the Most Valuable Spot in Retail (Part I)
At Easter time, you cannot miss the promotion articles presented in colourful cardboard displays. But did you know that these temporary displays generate more than half of the total emissions of a store each year,...
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Combat Supply-Chain Challenges and Strengthen Relationships Through Customer Listening
In 2022, numerous supply chain issues have plagued people, essential services and organisations worldwide. Retailers have been hit particularly hard. Their critical role in creating accessible goods for people globally makes the impact they...
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Future of Data Collaboration: A Recap of CGF’s End-to-End Value Chain Activities in October 2022
The Consumer Goods Forum’s End-to-End Value Chain group had an eventful week of meetings and workshops last month from the 24th to 28th October 2022 beginning with the Supply Chain Conference in Amsterdam and ending...
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