Circana, formerly IRI and The NPD Group, has released its 2022 New Product Pacesetters, the 28th annual report revealing the top new product launches across food and beverage and nonfood sectors. The report reveals that consumer spending on new product offerings remained elevated last year despite challenges surrounding high inflation, supply chain adjustments and ingredient […]
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New IDDBA President Addresses Industry Concerns At 2023 Show
Attracting and retaining employees, addressing customer wants and needs and working in partnership to advance the industry were topics addressed by new IDDBA President David Haaf, who spoke at the organization’s recent show in Anaheim, California. First impressions are critical in recruiting top talent, according to Haaf. “Some of our country’s Fortune 500 companies having […]
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Global Store Tours: IDDBA Presenter Explores Grocery Marketing Around The Globe
“We see daily deals, we see weekend deals, we see all these different ways to engage with people in different time periods.” This is how Anne-Marie Roerink, principal at 210 Analytics LLC, began her presentation at the What’s In Store Live stage June 5 at the IDDBA Show in Anaheim, California. Titled “Global Store Tours: […]
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Inflation, Recession, Obsession – How Retailers Can Navigate An Unpredictable Market
Were you a math kid or a reading kid? Right brain or left? As retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and technology partners, we clearly need a hearty dose of right brain creativity to be successful in the grocery business. Just as important, we also need some good math chops. We wouldn’t survive long if we couldn’t count […]
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NGA Advocates For Competition, SNAP During Fly-In
On June 7, the National Grocers Association concluded its second Fly-In for Fair Competition, an event whose main policy focus is enforcing and strengthening the Robinson-Patman Act, a 1930s’ era law that prohibits price discrimination against smaller retailers. Independent grocers engaged with congressional offices about the importance of acting now to end dominant food retailers’ […]
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NGA Welcomes Introduction Of Credit Card Competition Act
The National Grocers Association voiced its support June 8 for the Credit Card Competition Act introduced by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) that would bring much needed competition to the credit card marketplace after years of excessive swipe fees that harm small businesses […]
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Study Finds Grocers Ready To Jumpstart Innovation With Suppliers
More than 80 percent of respondents to a recent FMI survey of industry executives for its report, “The Power of Private Brands 2023: Innovation that Drives Winning Private Brands,” said they plan to increase private brand investments moderately or significantly in the next two years. At the same time, the analysis suggests just 10 percent of […]
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Hanks’ Talk On ‘Experience Business’ Entertains, Informs
The ballroom at the Anaheim Convention Center was standing room only as actor Tom Hanks took the stage June 5 at the 2023 IDDBA Show. Know for his film roles in “Forrest Gump,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Cast Away” and many others, Hanks also is a producer, director and writer. Attendees were given copies of his […]