E2E Value Chain
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 a decade, spurred by supply chain shortages and large doses of government stimulus. The consumer price index (CPI) increased by […]
E2E Value Chain
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 positioning,” developing a brand identity in its own right, deployed to create loyalty, combining premium and economy brands covering an […]
E2E Value Chain
Strategies for Retailers and CPGs to Combat Inflation
E2E’s first podcast of the year 2023, we welcome back Brian Cluster & Miriam Molino Sanchez from Stibo Systems to give us concrete examples for retailers to combat one of their biggest challenges…inflation.
Collaboration 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 they have not been reached by any communications on product sustainability. Many consumers are also discouraged by what they say […]
E2E Value Chain
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 feel ripple throughout the supply chain. However, the nature of supply chains makes this inevitable. Their inflexibility and susceptibility to […]
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 to magnitudes hitherto unseen. Their impact on companies’ profitability has become difficult to predict. In fact, across industries, businesses cannot […]
Global Summit
Industry Leaders Dare to Change for the Better
Highlights from Day 2 of The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit 2022 DUBLIN, 22 June 2022 — The second day of The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit — the first in-person edition since 2019 — continued to explore the potential for responsible growth in the post-pandemic era, taking into account the confluence of issues and […]
Corporate
How Consumer Leaders Can Leverage Disruptive Forces
As the consumer products sector navigates the post-Covid era, how can incumbents get ahead of the curve? At The Consumer Goods Forum’s flagship Global Summit event in Dublin, Ireland in June, 2022, the conversation focused on how best to manage the immediate challenges of the macroeconomic environment (inflation, the threat of recession, deglobalisation, and the […]
Global Summit
Overview of the Irish Retail Landscape
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, Ireland implemented some of the strictest lockdown restrictions in the world. Initial hopes that “two weeks to flatten the curve” – as then-Prime Minister Leo Varadkar put it – would prevail were soon found wanting, as the country entered into what would turn out to be four stringent lockdowns […]
E2E Value Chain
Artificial Intelligence is Accelerating Business-to-Consumer Response
I got an email recently from Amazon, that as a Prime member, I was now eligible for free grocery delivery, which previously cost $14.99/month with the AmazonFresh grocery delivery service. Amazon is rolling out this free service in phases. But soon, a large fraction of Prime members will have free grocery delivery services. This […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
The Sustainable Retail Summit Offers Opportunities to “Do Do Do” in Efforts to Build a Better Future
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Summit, which took place in Dublin last June, was heavily themed around the action that consumer companies need to take to help deliver a sustainable future. At the Summit, we collaborated with The Consumer Goods Forum to launch The Path to 2030: Delivering a Sustainable Future, a report based on […]
Food Waste
Engaging Citizens Around the World to Act on Food Waste
This year is already proving to be extraordinary. We are seeing inflation reigniting and disposable incomes falling in many countries, while poverty levels are predicted to rise. This is against a backdrop of 14% of global food production being lost and 17% of food available at consumer-level being wasted, while 10% of global population go […]
Global Summit
Looking Ahead to the Future of the Consumer Goods Industry
Insights from the conclusion of The Consumer Goods Forum’s 2022 Global Summit DUBLIN, 23 June 2022 — The 2022 Global Summit, the flagship event of The Consumer Goods Forum, closed this afternoon following a three-day programme around the future of the consumer goods industry and its role in a changing world. The theme of the […]
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