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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 (rerun)

This week, we’re rerunning some popular posts while we prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: PBM Industry Update 2026: Trends, Challenges, and What’s Ahead. Click here to see the original post from January 2026. For 2026, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)—have once […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Grocers’ Biggest Strategic Misfire: Chasing Shelf Rent While Consumers Chase Dinner Tonight

  The data is not ambiguous—it is directional and disruptive. According to FMI – The Food Industry Association, the percentage of consumers replacing restaurant meals with deli-prepared foods jumped from 12% in 2017 to 28% in 2025. At the same time, 53% of consumers are assembling hybrid meals, blending prepared foods with items already at […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Unbossing: Reed Hastings from the Mountaintop!

We have entered the age of Debossification. An age where zones of control are being replaced by zones of influence. Where the future does not fit in mindsets of the past. An era of where smart leaders acknowledge that every career has a midnight hour and one should exit at five to 12. It is […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Grocery inflation holds steady as shoppers prepare for Easter

Take-home sales at UK grocers increased by 4.4% in the four weeks to 22 March 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data from Worldpanel by Numerator As scrutiny over the impact of the conflict in the Middle East increases,… This story continues at Grocery inflation holds steady as shoppers […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

Grocery retail gets £17m spring boost

UK grocery Total Till sales grew (+4.3%) in the last four weeks ending 21 March, following subdued (+3.3%) growth in February, according to new data released today by NielsenIQ (NIQ). This growth is due to Mothering Sunday falling two weeks earlier in the calendar than… This story continues at Grocery retail gets £17m spring boost […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Why Foodservice Retailers Must Embrace the Grocerant Era

  The latest NielsenIQ report confirms what  Steven Johnson the Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® has been signaling for years: the convenience channel is losing trips because it is still merchandising for yesterday’s consumer. The data is unambiguous—33% of shoppers say they’re visiting less often, and trips per buyer are down 2.2% […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers of 2025: Market Share and Key Industry Developments

Three is still the magic number for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). For 2025, 80% of all equivalent prescription claims were processed by three companies: the CVS Caremark business of CVS Health, the Express Scripts business of Cigna, and the Optum Rx business of UnitedHealth Group. Express Scripts continued to pull ahead of its peers, while […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Grocers Step Up: Solving Parents’ Time Crunch with Better-for-You Meal Solutions

  Back-to-school is no longer just a retail event—it’s a high-stakes meal solutions moment, where grocers have a unique opportunity to solve one of the most persistent pain points for families: time-starved parents seeking nutritious, convenient, and kid-approved food options according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. In 2026, the […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Is AI Reducing Demand for Project Management Software? New Data on Asana, Atlassian, and monday.com

By Jenny Liu, Director of Product @Yipitdata New Signals data from 730 companies shows AI leaders are reallocating software budgets away from project management tools, with consistent declines across Asana, Atlassian, and monday.com. Across the entire project management category, mid-market companies leading AI adoption are reducing their share of spend on PM tools relative to […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Audience guide

Planning for growth audiences Get audience guide Growth audiences move across platforms based on preference. This guide highlights the gaps between audience attention and ad dollar allocation, giving you the blueprint to rebalance your budget for maximum efficiency and scale. FAST platforms account for 1 in 3 ad supported streaming minutes among Black women 18+ […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Trend report

The evolution ofad supported TV Get trend report Ad supported TV is a multi-dimensional landscape where every platform offers a different viewer profile. This guide explores this evolution, providing the knowledge to approach these platforms as a single, scalable ecosystem. 74% of TV time is spent with ad supported TV 74% of TV time is […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Sports playbook

Optimizingmulti-platform sports investments Get sports playbook Reach every fan, on every screen. Bridge the gap between broadcast and streaming to combine scale with incremental digital reach. Nearly 1/3 of ad supported minutes for adults 25-54 were spent with sports in 4Q2025 Nearly 1/3 Ad Supported Minutes In the A25-54 demo went to sports in 4Q […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Target’s Tech Chief Has a Central Role in the Retailer’s Turnaround Plan

Prat Vemana, Target’s chief information and product officer, says improved technology is a throughline in the retailer’s recovery plan after several years of sluggish sales. The company is putting $6 billion into stores, workers, and technology this year to turn things around. Comparable sales have dropped in 11 of the past 13 quarters. Two priorities […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Staying Human in the Age of AI

Image by addyfe (UrbanOrigami) using Midjourney. A few days ago at I delivered a keynote at a SAP event at their US Headquarters in Newtown PA on Staying Human in the Age of AI. Nearly 2000 people comprised of technologists ( primarily enterprise architects) from the top 1000 global companies and leaders of SAP listened […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Psychology of Unboxing: Why Customers Remember the Delivery More than the Product

There’s a moment that takes place before a customer ever sees your product. It begins when the delivery notification lands on their phone, then gradually escalates as the box sits on their doorstep, ultimately reaching a peak when they lift it up and feel its weight shift in their hands. Before the customer peels back […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Your Views:  Chickening Out

Responding to yesterday’s piece about how Dorothy Lane Market is being specific in informing customers are why its chickens are superior – and therefore a greater value – MNB reader Jeff Gartner wrote: Dorothy Lane’s chicken is indeed the best, not only because it’s water-chilled but they also come from local Ohio farms. They’re just […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Home romance, pancake mix and online shopping shaped February grocery sales

Take-home sales at the grocers increased by 3.4% in the four weeks to 22 February 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to Worldpanel by Numerator. Like-for-like grocery price inflation rose slightly to 4.3%, having fallen in each of the previous four months.… This story continues at Home romance, pancake mix and online […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Wickes launches home improvement focused retail media platform in tie up with Epsilon

Wickes has announced the launch of Wickes Connected Retail Media, a new retail media network that goes live with both onsite and offsite capabilities. Pitched as a first of its kind proposition in the home improvement category, this is designed to help brands connect with UK home improvement customers wherever they are browsing, researching or shopping […]
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  1. Data & Insights

The Answer Is Already In Your Store

The data you need is probably already sitting in your store. You just can’t see it yet. This week’s blog, The Paradox of Perspective, is about what changes when you shift your vantage point — and why the most important question in retail right now isn’t “what’s happening?” It’s “what am I missing?” In this […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

The loyalty-building advantages of embracing Black audiences

Ahead of the curve: Moving the Culture and the market Brands respecting cultural nuance isn’t just good marketing, it’s driving effective strategies on where and how to show up and delivering bottom line impact. With an inclusive approach and a data-driven strategy, diving deeper into Black audience trends can be a guidepost to where the […]
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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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