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5 Things NOT to Do When Pitching to a Retail Buyer (and What to Do Instead)

Pitching your product to a retail buyer can be one of the most exciting—and nerve-racking—moments for any product manufacturer. The stakes are high, competition is fierce, and buyers are constantly evaluating which brands deserve a spot on their shelves. Landing a retail deal can mean massive brand exposure, increased credibility, and a major jump in […]
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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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Kroger acquiring Giant Eagle in $1.65B deal

Kroger Co. is acquiring Giant Eagle, a family-owned food and pharmacy retailer, for a purchase price of $1.65 billion. Giant Eagle has approximately $9 billion in annual sales and 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, according to a press release. The purchase is comprised of […]
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Omni CEO Christine Gambino – Omnichannel, Real ID & the Full-Funnel Future

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Christine Gambino, CEO of Omni, Omnicom’s next-generation marketing and sales intelligence platform. It connects strategy, creativity, media, CRM, commerce, data, and AI to help brands grow with greater clarity, speed, and measurable business impact. Follow Christine on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-gambino-59683ab8 Follow Omni online at: https://www.omc.com/omni/ Christine […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

C-Stores Grow, In Both Size And Ambition

CNBC has a story about how, while “gas stations have been reinventing themselves for the past decade with food offerings that rival many established grub-only chains,” now they are “doing something else: growing in physical size and attracting legions of fans along the way.”  Buc-ee’s is described as the poster child for this transformation: “On […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The United States’ OpenAI Equity Stake, Meta The Neocloud, Karp’s Attack

OpenAI is discussing providing an equity stake to the United States government, Meta is considering selling its excess compute, and Palantir CEO Alex Karp just called out the frontier labs for competing with their customers. Though the U.S. may be slowing down ahead of a holiday weekend, and the globe may be settling in for […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Firms Discover AI’s Limit Is Infrastructure

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Maverick Payments’ Ben Griefer As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes nearly every corner of financial services, the payments industry is confronting a question that extends beyond technology: Is AI primarily a tool for cutting costs, or can it become an engine for creating better merchant experiences? “We’re essentially looking […]
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Heavy AI Adoption Linked To More Hiring, Not Layoffs, New Data Shows

There’s a flawed yet oft-repeated narrative that AI adoption in the workplace will inevitably lead to layoffs and job loss. The narrative’s been propagated by some of the most visible leaders in tech, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Block CEO Jack Dorsey, the latter of whom used AI as a rationale for laying off […]
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Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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Retail Technology Show: Roblox tops TikTok as biggest commerce channel for Gen Z shoppers

Roblox is the fastest growing Gen Z commerce channel, with order volume growth outstripping that of TikTok, according to research from Retail Technology Show 2026. Its study of 1,000 shoppers revealed that on average Gen Z made 20 purchases on Roblox in the last 12 months, rising +54% year-on-year.  This outgrew TikTok, which experienced a […]
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CAGNY 2026 Recap

In this episode, Sri & PVSB recap the highlights from the 2026 Consumer Analysts Group of New York (CAGNY) annual conference. Read our recaps at Mass Market Retailers here: https://massmarketretailers.com/tag/cagny-2026/ To learn more about CAGNY, go here: https://consumeranalystgroupny.com/ This episode is sponsored by retailmediaIQ, publishers of Mass Market Retailers We rated each presentation on 7 […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Food Marketing in 2026: Connected, Contextual, and Conversion-Driven

  The shorthand from a decade ago—local, social, mobile, digital—was directionally correct. In 2026, however, competitive advantage no longer comes from being present on those platforms. It comes from orchestrating them with precision, first-party data, frictionless commerce, and measurable incrementality according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. The center of […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Target Among First to Test ChatGPT Ads

ChatGPT has begun testing ads in its answer engine in the U.S., and Target, along with its retail media division Roundel, is among the first partner brands to participate. After months of rumors, OpenAI formally announced plans to begin offering advertising in January, and the test is now live for logged-in adult users in ChatGPT’s […]
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5 Things NOT to Do When Pitching to a Retail Buyer (and What to Do Instead)

Pitching your product to a retail buyer can be one of the most exciting—and nerve-racking—moments for any product manufacturer. The stakes are high, competition is fierce, and buyers are constantly evaluating which brands deserve a spot on their shelves. Landing a retail deal can mean massive brand exposure, increased credibility, and a major jump in […]
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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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Kroger acquiring Giant Eagle in $1.65B deal

Kroger Co. is acquiring Giant Eagle, a family-owned food and pharmacy retailer, for a purchase price of $1.65 billion. Giant Eagle has approximately $9 billion in annual sales and 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, according to a press release. The purchase is comprised of […]
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