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Retail and CPG marketing research firm Cadent Consulting Group, Wilton, Connecticut, has released a new study showing that shopper marketing spending more than doubled between 2012 and 2014. 

In recent decades, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies grown through expansion into new markets harnessing the power of their global brands, or through localization and in-market execution. In other cases, they have delivered profitability through global efficiency programs like ERP and global business services. In the future, CPG leaders will embrace a new era of value creation by finding the right balance of all three.

Consumer goods companies can achieve profitable growth with a Modular Operating Model.

Amazon set the Internet aflutter when it announced its latest digital innovation the Dash Button. Major CPG companies like P&G, Clorox, Coca-Cola and Kraft are already on board with the e-commerce giant testing with Amazon Prime members. It is already being said that these in-home buttons could give big CPG players the 'leverage they've lacked in e-commerce.'

IRI, Kline to Provide Expanded OTC Coverage

Chicago-based shopper insights provider IRI and pharmaceutical market research firm Kline & Co., Parsippany, New Jersey, have partnered to provide the consumer healthcare industry a higher level of data accuracy, the companies said.

More than 80,000 American shoppers determined the winning food & beverage, health & beauty, household and kids brands.

The glue-maker and slippery coatings company sign an exclusive agreement to create innovative products.

This section is no stranger to prioritizing data, but this year the focus has shifted from a mere buzzword, to a call for a single repository, and the need to ultimately make data actionable. Digital transformation and the Internet of Things are also emerging trends to watch.