Embracing Green Loyalty: Is Your Brand Ready for a Sustainable Future?
Carmen Silva
Sustainable practices, which range from minimising a brand's environmental footprint to advancing sustainability goals, have helped create and cultivate authentic brands that resonate with consumer values and strengthen brand image.
Innovation in Soft Drinks: Fewer Launches, More Functional Focus
Howard Telford
Soft drinks innovation strategy in 2024 is being developed in the context of a more challenging economic and financial environment. Sharp rises in the cost-of-living have made premium-priced products (generally the focus of beverage innovation investment) more difficult for consumers to afford and adopt
Chart of the Month: Understanding Consumer Habits to Bridge the Fitness Gap
Paula Ferolla
As new trends across health and nutrition emerge, it is important for companies and brands to understand consumer health perceptions and concerns, as well as related consumption and exercising habits. Our Voice of the Consumer: Health and Nutrition Survey can help.
The Future of Food Technology: Top Trends from the IFT Annual Conference and Expo
Miri Eliyahu
In mid-July, food technologists, ingredient companies, start-ups in the food tech space and food science experts convened for the annual Institute for Food Technologists (IFT) meeting in Chicago. This year, a few trends stood out, for both their educational emphasis and their overwhelming presence on the show floor.
New business models, channel choices and shoppers’ sky-high expectations – three ways retail is being reinvented: Euromonitor International
Euromonitor International
Three shifts are driving a retail reinvention – new business models, channel expansion and shoppers’ expectation, according to a report by data analytics company Euromonitor International in collaboration with the National Retail Federation (NRF).
Five Key Snack Trends to Track in 2024-2025
Carl Quash III
Global snack sales continue to grow – set to surpass USD680 billion in retail sales in 2024, up 5.6% from 2023. Though inflation is slowing and promotions are peaking, challenges such as the cocoa crisis and consumers’ reassessment of their snack spend persist. Euromonitor International’s snacks research has identified five key trends set to shape snacks in the year ahead.
Asian Business Banking, Finance and Insurance Summit 2024
David Zhang
The Asian Banking & Finance and Insurance Asia Summit returns in 2024, welcoming a new era of banking and insurance excellence. The theme "Financial Horizons: Shaping the Future of Banking and Insurance" positions this event as the cornerstone of shaping the future of financial services across Asia.
Free From Food Amsterdam 2024
Rasa Vaiciuniene
The 12th Annual edition! Europe’s Leading Free From and Healthy Food Trade Exhibition, initiated by the industry, supported by leading certifying associations, all under one roof.
Skin Care Brands Race to Join the Dermocosmetics Movement
Olivia Stelmaszczyk
The pandemic brought a timely reminder of the importance of investing in skin care and health. As a result, today’s beauty consumer is smarter than ever, with a growing belief that skin care routines are just as much about health as about beauty.