Operations and Pricing – What we can learn from the recent P&G price increase
Procter and Gamble said that price increases will continue in 2022. A look at operations and pricing strategy shows why the P&G price increase makes sense.
Eric Gardner
Retail Media Networks and Slotting Fees
In 2017, Amazon made a lucrative decision. It quit being a retailer and became a retail media network. Here’s what that means and why others are following in the pursuit of easy modern slotting fees.
Conagra Brands Makes An Interesting E-commerce Push
Conagra Brands redirected marketing dollars from advertising and promotion to e-commerce. The result is one of the more interesting e-commerce strategies in the consumer goods industry.
Ranking the 27 books I read in 2021
Another year, another reading list.
General Mills to use pricing power to maintain margins in 2022.
General Mills plans to maintain margins through pricing power. Here’s why it can.
The Cream Cheese Shortage of 2021 (or why supplier relationships matter)
The great cream cheese shortage of 2021 has many causes. Learn what caused the shortage and why market power explains why some retailers haven’t been impacted.
Is Amazon to blame for potentially rising retail theft rates?
The last six months or so have seen an explosion of news articles about rising retail theft rates. Is Amazon potentially to blame?
TreeHouse Foods and other private label companies face big COVID challenges
Learn about the business strategy and operations of private label companies and why COVID-19 has many searching for answers.
Keurig Dr. Peppers Strategy – Route to Market
Keurig Dr. Pepper may have one of the more innovative route to market strategies in business today. Learn what it is and why it could be transformative.
What are Consumer Goods? Understanding the companies and categories.
When thinking and analyzing consumer goods, it’s helpful to define the industry and then break the CPG companies into distinct categories.