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  1. Trends & External Forces

Biona launches trio of Spelt Cereals

Biona has announced the launch of three new spelt breakfast cereals that tap into the current trends for minimally processed, organic breakfast options. First in the new range is Biona’s organic Crispy Spelt Flakes which are made from 100% whole organic spelt and nothing else,… This story continues at Biona launches trio of Spelt Cereals […]
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  1. Data & Insights

5 Hidden Risks Every Emerging Food Brand Should Know About

Launching your food brand can feel like a dream come true. It took hard work to get to this point, and there’s more to do, but seeing your product on shelves and in customers’ hands makes it all worth it. But beneath this excitement lie hidden risks that threaten to turn this dream into a […]
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  1. Retailer Media

Real Time Bidding in Retail Media with Macy’s Michael Krans and Pentaleap’s Andreas Reiffen

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Michael Krans, Vice President of Retail Media at Macy’s Inc. and Andreas Reiffen, Founder and CEO of Pentaleap, a best-in-class ad-serving platform focused on relevance, transparency, and performance. Follow Michael on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-j-krans-a7ba85Follow Macy’s online at: https://www.macysmedianetwork.com/Follow Andreas on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasreiffenFollow Pentaleap on LinkedIn […]
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  1. Channel: Home Improvement

Lowe’s Makes Loyalty Program More Family-Friendly by Adding Kids Component

Lowe’s has launched the MyLowe’s Rewards Kids Club, a new platform that builds on the home improvement retailer’s 20+ years hosting Kids Workshops in its stores. The program now allows families to track their kids’ progress through digital badges and manage workshop registrations for multiple children within a single MyLowe’s Rewards account. In addition to […]
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  1. Data & Insights

AI-Led Legacy Modernization for Retail and CPG: Transforming Applications and Data into an Intelligent Enterprise

It will not be too off the mark to say that retail and CPG organizations find themselves at a crossroads and a critical inflection point in decision-making for future growth. While the fundamentals of success, such as extreme customer-centricity, financial rigor and operational excellence through data-driven decisions remain firmly vital, there are some additional developments […]
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  1. Merchandising

The Retail Buyer Said “Yes”: Your Roadmap for What Comes Next

The email hits your inbox.Or maybe it’s a handshake at the end of a long trade show meeting. After months of refining your pitch deck, sending samples, and navigating buyer skepticism, you finally hear the word you’ve been working toward: “Yes.” A major retail buyer wants to carry your product. That moment deserves celebration. Landing […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Latest CMS Data Reveal Six Trends Reshaping U.S. Drug Spending

The boffins at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently dropped the latest National Health Expenditure (NHE) data, which track all U.S. spending on healthcare. (Links below.) We spent an astounding $5,278,588,000,000 on healthcare in 2024. Yes, that’s $5.3 trillion! Retail outpatient prescription drugs accounted for less than 9% of that total. More […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Are Gone A Historical Retrospective on Amazon’s Grocery Experiments & the Road Ahead

  On January 27, 2026, Amazon confirmed what many analysts had quietly anticipated: its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store banners are being shuttered across the U.S., ending a decade of experimentation in brick-and-mortar grocery retail. According to Amazon, all 57 Amazon Fresh grocery stores and 15 Amazon Go locations are slated to close imminently […]
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  1. Department: Consumer Durables

Allbirds to Close All U.S. Full-Price Stores Next Month

Sustainable footwear retailer Allbirds will close its remaining U.S. full-price stores by the end of February 2026, but will continue to operate two outlet stores in the U.S. and two full-price stores in London. As of September 2025, Allbirds operated a total of 21 U.S. stores. Allbirds plans to dedicate more resources to its ecommerce […]
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  1. Department: HBC

How Beauty & Wellness Destination Bubbles & Mane Finds Products that Match its Vibe

The moment one sets foot in Bubbles & Mane, you immediately sense a vibe of beauty, wellness and spiritual harmony, and know you are about to be totally immersed in a self-care experience. Just the walk from the front door to the check-in desk relaxes the mind and fills the senses with an array of […]
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  1. Data & Insights

World Building

I’ve always loved world building. Not the fantasy novels kind—though those too—but the business kind. The whiteboard exercise where you ask: what if none of the current rules applied? What if everything we assume is fixed could be different? Great authors like J.R.R. Tolkien built entire worlds—languages, histories, cultures—that teach us something about ourselves by […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Gen Z, and the Reinvention of Food Shopping: A Grocerant Guru® Perspective

  Gen Z’s renewed pursuit of homeownership is not just reshaping housing markets—it is quietly but profoundly reprogramming how, where, and why they buy food. New findings from Big Chalk’s “The Kids Are Alright (Right?)” research confirm that younger consumers are embracing disciplined trade-offs across nearly every spending category. From a food-industry vantage point, this […]
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  1. Data & Insights

AI-Educated Shoppers Are Calling to Buy. Are Your Teams Ready to Convert Them?

While marketing leaders obsess over AI product discovery for back-to-school and holiday shoppers, they’re missing a $50,000 opportunity sitting right in front of them. Here’s what’s actually happening: A prospective home buyer spends hours with generative AI tools comparing mortgage rates, loan types and qualification requirements. They research refinancing options, understand conventional versus FHA loans […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Tracking Economic Red Flags

A couple of stories have popped up pointing to danger signs for the economy that could have implications for many retailers. The New York Times reports that “Goodwill stores are thriving,” which is “good news for the nonprofit organization that oversees Goodwill, the world’s largest thrift store chain. But it also signals that Americans in […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Metabolic Health Moves to Center Store: Why the Next Grocery Power Shift Is Already Underway

  At FMI Midwinter in Chula Vista, California, one message cut through the noise: metabolic health is no longer a fringe wellness concept—it is rapidly becoming a core grocery growth platform. According to Kevin Ryan, CEO of Malachite Strategy and Research, metabolic health—accelerated by GLP-1 usage, AI agents, and personalized nutrition—is poised to rival protein, […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

2026 Provocative Predictions for Retail’s Future

Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc kick off their annual predictions episode with a fast-moving review of the retail news of the week. They begin with the long-delayed U.S. TikTok deal finally reaching resolution, noting how deeply TikTok now influences product discovery, cultural trends, and transactional commerce through TikTok Shops. While the platform remains critical for […]
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  1. Data & Insights

A Small Change That Saves Time, Protects Margins, and Signals Hospitality

  Delivery platforms like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub have permanently altered the economics of foodservice. They drive incremental sales but extract a heavy toll—often 15–30% in commissions—at the same time operators face a shrinking labor pool and rising wage pressure. The modern restaurant reality is clear: doing more with fewer people is no longer […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Feeding Readiness: How AAFES’ BE FIT 360 Program Advances Global Military Wellness in 2026

  As wellness, nutrition, and performance continue to shape how Americans think about food in 2026, few organizations operate at the scale—or with the mission-critical responsibility—of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). Through its BE FIT 360 program, AAFES is not simply responding to New Year’s resolutions; it is embedding nutrition-forward food access […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

New Hope in Brain Tumor Care: How Innovation Is Transforming Treatment

The treatment of brain tumors remains one of the most complex challenges in modern healthcare. These tumors, whether benign or malignant, can severely affect brain function and overall quality of life. Yet, recent breakthroughs in diagnostics, drug development, and precision medicine are changing how doctors and researchers approach this complex disease. The progress being made […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Big Three PBMs’ 2026 Formulary Exclusions: MFP, Private Label Biosimilars, and Direct-to-Patient Threats for PBMs

For 2026, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)—have once again excluded hundreds of drugs from their standard formularies. Our updated counts appear below. The 2026 lists highlight how formulary preferences for Humira and Stelara are dominated by private-label biosimilars affiliated with the same […]
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  1. Merchandising

Does Your CPG Brand Need a Refresh? Here’s How to Find Out

Whether you are an emerging startup or an established player in the CPG retail space, you have likely felt the pressure of the “sea of sameness” on the retail shelf. With thousands of SKUs competing for a few seconds of a consumer’s attention, the difference between a product that sits on the shelf and one […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Protein Is No Longer a Niche: Why Founders Table’s Bet on Protein Bar Signals the Next Phase of “Better-for-You” Food

  The acquisition of Chicago-based Protein Bar & Kitchen by Founders Table—the parent company of Chopt Creative Salad Company and Dos Toros Taqueria—is not simply a portfolio expansion. It is a strategic acknowledgment that protein-forward, better-for-you food has moved from trend to structural demand in U.S. foodservice. Protein has become the defining macronutrient of early […]
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Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Are Gone A Historical Retrospective on Amazon’s Grocery Experiments & the Road Ahead

  On January 27, 2026, Amazon confirmed what many analysts had quietly anticipated: its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store banners are being shuttered across the U.S., ending a decade of experimentation in brick-and-mortar grocery retail. According to Amazon, all 57 Amazon Fresh grocery stores and 15 Amazon Go locations are slated to close imminently […]
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BREAKING NEWS:  Amazon Bails Out Of Physical Stores Business, Closing Go And Fresh Stores

Amazon announced today that it is closing its 57 Amazon Fresh Stores and 15 Amazon Go stores.  With the exception of Whole Foods, which it acquired for $13.7 billion in 2017, it will now be out of the bricks-and-mortar business for the time being. The company’s food retail focus now will be on expanding its […]
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December E-Grocery Sales Hit $12.7 Billion, Up 32% YOY

The latest Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey is out, reporting that “monthly U.S. online grocery sales accelerated dramatically in December, with total sales surging 32% year-over-year (YOY) to finish the month with a record high $12.7 billion … This robust performance reflects higher order frequency, spending rates, and a larger user base than December […]
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NRF 2026 review: AI grabs the spotlight as retail technology steps into its next chapter

By James Pepper, Vista Technology Support A Brief Introduction to NRF and How the Show Is Structured Every January, the National Retail Federation’s ‘Retail’s Big Show’ transforms New York’s Javits Centre into one of the most influential gatherings in the global retail calendar. Tens of thousands of professionals arrive to explore new technologies, exchange ideas, […]
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