News Update08 Nov 2022Forest Positive
CGF Sustainability Senior Manager Shares Corporate Progress on Zero-deforestation and Nature-positive Commitments in Forest Trends Webinar On 3rd October 2022, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Senior Manager, Sustainability, Debora Dias, joined an online webinar hosted by Forest Trends to share insights from the CGF Forest Positive Coalition of Action and how its members are taking individual and collective action to remove deforestation, forest degradation, and conversion from their key commodity supply […]
Blog18 Jan 2022E2E 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 18.2% and that is a $5.5T market growing at 18.2% for the year. Even taking out C-stores and Gas Stations, […]
News Update16 Sep 2017Environmental Sustainability
The CGF Partners with Forest Trends and Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 for Their Climate Week Event in NYC The Consumer Goods Forum is pleased to announce that it is an official partner of “Going All-In To Address Commodity-Driven Deforestation”, a Climate Week NYC event organised by Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 and Forest Trends. The event will take place on September 20th at Rockefeller Foundation at 4pm. The global movement to eliminate the deforestation […]
News Update03 Jun 2021Collaboration for Healthier Lives
New CHL China Report Explores Big Data and Nutrition Trends During COVID-19 The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), in collaboration with the Chinese Nutrition Society (CNS), has published a report analysing big data on Chinese consumer nutrition, as it relates to trends observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks a key milestone in the CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) Coalition’s work to drive healthier lives for consumers […]
Blog03 Jun 2019Global Summit
Detecting Global Consumer Trends in Bakery, Patisserie and Chocolate to Inspire Innovation To create the best consumer goods and to anticipate what will come next, companies need to truly understand consumers’ needs and expectations. What do they value most and why, and what drives them to buy certain goods? The importance of consumer research for business-to-business companies Investing heavily in detailed consumer insights can help business-to-business […]
Podcast24 Oct 2021Corporate
Consumer Trends in the Post Covid-19 Era In the October episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Oliver Wright, Senior Managing Director at Accenture. Oliver shares insights on key consumer trends uncovered by Accenture during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as his thoughts on how our industry can harness the opportunities brought about by these behavioural shifts.
Podcast17 Dec 2021E2E Value Chain
Trends in the CPG Industry In this episode of The Consumer Goods Forum’s End-to-End Value Chain (E2E) podcast series, Justin Honaman, Amazon’s Head of Worldwide Business Development, Consumer Products – Food & Beverage, has a lively discussion with E2E Director, Rudy Hagedorn, about some of the biggest trends observed in the consumer packaged goods industry today.
Blog16 Jan 2018Health & Wellness
What’s on our Plates in 2018? – Three Actionable Trends in Well-being Happy 2018! As one year ends and another year begins, it’s helpful (and fun!) to reflect upon events that that impacted our work and the people around us, and look to the future to see what is to come. As an active member of the CGF’s Health & Wellness Steering Committee, through my work with […]
Podcast07 Nov 2019E2E Value Chain
Today’s Consumer Trends: Snackification The CGF End-to-End Value Chain podcast series gets insights from industry experts working towards collaborative solutions that benefit the entire value chain. In this 14th episode, you will hear from Tim Collins, Managing Director, Aimia Intelligent Shopper Solutions, talking all about one of the latest consumer trends: snackificiation. Read more on this on Tim’s blog […]
Podcast30 Oct 2019Sustainable Retail Summit
European Retail: Challenges & Trends of Tomorrow The October episode of the CGF podcast, recorded at the fourth Sustainable Retail Summit, features Stephen Wynne-Jones, Editor of European Supermarket Magazine, who provides his insights in to the big challenges facing the industry, his predictions on future retail trends as we move into a new decade, and his highlights from this year’s SRS. […]
Podcast25 Jul 2019E2E Value Chain
E2E Value Chain Podcast: Emerging Trends and the Intelligent Enterprise In this episode of the End-to-End Value Chain podcast series, we hear from Dane Poeske, Vice President of Rizing Consumer Industries, sharing his insights about emerging trends and the intelligent enterprise. Have a listen as we take a deep dive into B2C in 2 hours or less, the circular economy, and industry 4.0. Sign Up […]
Podcast13 Feb 2020E2E Value Chain
Trends & Tech Disrupting the Retail & Consumer Space In this 20th episode of the End-to-End Value Chain Podcast series, we are live from New York City at the first E2E SpringBoard event of 2020. We hear from returning guest, Klaus Boeckle of Sapphire Ventures, along with Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and Co-Founder of Catchpoint, Andreas Glänzer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Adverity, and […]
Webinar20 Jul 2022Health & Wellness
Healthier & More Sustainable Diets Webinar Series – Session V: Understanding Sustainable Product Trends
Blog12 Feb 2021
Alas, It Is Always Dangerous to Prophesy, About the Future This is the time of the year when everybody becomes a futurist. With a quick scan of the web you can find plenty of pundits trying their hands at guessing the future – whether it is “5 Supply Chain Trends We Should Watch in 2021” or “13 Post-Pandemic Supply Chain Trends” there is no […]
Press Release13 Jun 2013
Business Basics More Important Than New Approaches to Growth, The Consumer Goods Forum and KPMG Find — Sales growth, product innovation and cost reduction programs come top for senior executives in 2013, over newer trends including mobile sales and online media — Findings released during The Consumer Goods Forum’s annual summit in Tokyo TOKYO, 13th June 2013 – According to new research from The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and KPMG […]