Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

More than 63,000 American shoppers expose their eating, shopping and beauty habits in North America's largest shopper study. Click here for trends in mobile shopping, word of mouth and private label. Plus, the study honors 42 consumer goods innovations with Best New Product Awards.

An annual report from Brand Keys surveyed 46,000 consumers to identify the brands with the highest loyalty and engagement ratings in 2011. Find out which consumer goods brands took home top honors in their respective categories.

When times are tough, it is no surprise to find consumers opting for less-expensive products in order to save money. Equally unsurprising, lower-income households are more likely to trade down, but one group breaks the mold Spanish-dominant Hispanics.

CGT readers recognize the solution and service providers that best empower their businesses across 10 categories of need.

ConAgra Foods launches first blogger-hosted virtual cooking school in partnership with popular online community, 'The Motherhood'.

This index is a grand summation of the effort by BACARDI to get people thinking about how they prioritize their time and how social life affects general well-being.

The last two years were tough ones for retailers, and many fell by the wayside. But things are looking up. A new study reports that for the first time since 2007, retailers are expanding store count and headcount. Plus, they are looking to transform business with new technologies, like cloud-based computing and virtualization. Heres what you can expect from your customers in the year ahead.