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  1. Media & Marketing

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  The Techlash Hits Home

Three weeks ago in this space, I told you that we had just become first-time grandparents.  My first impulse was to share a picture with you of me holding the new baby, but my son and his wife taught me an important lesson about how their generation views online privacy.  Which simultaneously schooled me about […]
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  1. CPG & FMCG

The Bifurcation Of The US Economy

The question is, which portrayal of the US economy do you want to believe? Which one are you experiencing?  Are your customers experiencing? There were several stories over the weekend that illustrated the bifurcation of the US economy. The Associated Press reported that “after splurging on the World Cup and Amazon Prime Day sales, Americans […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

FaceTime with the Content Guy: How To Diminish A Brand In Two Easy Steps

The New York Times product recommendation site, Wirecutter, did an interesting piece over the weekend about what it saw as the decline in the Talenti gelato brand.  Good lessons, I think, about the kinds of bigger-vs-better priority choices brands often have to make. The post FaceTime with the Content Guy: How To Diminish A Brand […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

July E-Grocery Sales Up 21.5 Percent YOY

The July Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopping Survey is out, showing that total e-grocery sales were up 21.5 percent, primarily driven by continued growth – almost 15 percent – in average order frequency. A critical note from the report:   “Where there is growth in overall grocery spending, it comes from online sales. In contrast […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Go Figure:  Study Says Different Consumers Have Different Priorities

Knit, an AI/consumer insights agency, has released new research saying that “while price matters, it is only one part of a broader ‘value equation’.” According to the story, “Consumers regularly balance time and money in ways that defy traditional assumptions about value.  72% of respondents said they would visit a second store to save $25 […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  “Nothing Special”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been bombarded lately with Halloween promotions – and it is 86 days until people go out to trick-or-treat.  I get the “Summerween” thing, and why it makes sense for retailers to pull spending forward into the normally slow summer months.  But what’s next?  New Year’s Eve in July?  […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Kevin Coupe…Now Booking Talks, Panel Discussions for 2027.

The competitive climate for retailers is simultaneously consolidating and fragmenting – more power is being centralized among a few deeply resourced players, while unorthodox, bent-on-disruption actors continue to nibble away at mainstream marketers. So how does one compete? This is the evolving environment that MorningNewsBeat.com‘s Kevin Coupe has chronicled for decades, and to which he […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

FaceTime with the Content Guy: How Recurring Revenue Reaps Rewards

When Apple announced a new suite of subscription options recently, there was much discussion in the media about how it was creating recurring revenue streams that would benefit the business long-term.  This is something that Amazon figured out in 2007 when a team led by our own Tom Furphy developed Subscribe & Save, which has […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery - Natural

Whole Foods Fights “Whole Paycheck” Moniker With Private Label

Bloomberg writes that “in a commercial test kitchen in downtown Austin, Whole Foods Market is waging a war against “Whole Paycheck,” a moniker the grocery chain has been trying to shake since the 1990s when it first gained a reputation as a pricey emporium for foodies … Rachel Bukowski, director of research and development for […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  What Boomers Supposedly Hate About Supermarkets

The Takeout website recently had a piece about the 10 things Baby Boomers hate about supermarkets.  Interesting list, but I think it is dangerous to over-generalize.  Especially these days, when it is possible not just to compile data, but mine it for deep and actionable insights into what every customer wants and needs. The post […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Reports Q2 Revenue Was Up 20 Percent. But Headwinds May Threaten

Amazon reported late last week that its Q2 net revenue increased 20 percent to 200.6 billion, from $167.7 billion during the same period a year earlier.   According to the company, “North America segment sales increased 16% year-over-year to $116.2 billion.  International segment sales increased 15% year-over-year to $42.2 billion.  AWS segment sales increased 37% […]
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