Data & Analytics

2014 SALES AND MARKETING REPORT
Brand new research from CGT and IDC Manufacturing Insights examines the substantial progress that consumer goods companies are making in the areas of trade promotion management, downstream data, consumer engagement and S&OP.
Speed of Change in Retail Analytics
Everything around you is in a constant state of change. Technology has catapulted the way retailers and suppliers provide products to the consumer, requiring them to look at their businesses differently almost on an hourly basis. Britt Fogg, CEO, president and founder of Shiloh Technologies, a division of SPI, gave us his insights around the speed of change in the retailer/supplier industry.

CGT Investigates Retailer/Supplier Data Sharing

Big Data hype is everywhere these days even on the daily news. But how many consumer goods companies are actually pursuing big data initiatives to extract valuable insights, particularly from retail-provided POS data? And even then, do retailers value these big data efforts?
Improving the Digital Supply Chain with MDM

Keeping a brand strong and maintaining product consistency is inherently complex for consumer packaged goods companies in todays digital landscape.
Analytics-Based Planning

Rapid developments in technology along with economic and marketplace changes continue to put pressure on salesforces to adopt new approaches. Are you ready for the next generation of customer planning?
New Rules for Shopper Privacy

IDC Retail Insights releases the results of its 2013 Annual Shopper survey, revealing that nearly two-thirds of consumers worry they don't have enough control over what retailers can know about them. Here are some more of the green lights and bright red lines retailers should abide when it comes to consumer dispositions on this topic of hot debate.
Kwikee Portal Helps Retailer/Manufacturer Marketing

Kwikee launches a new vendor portal for retailers and manufacturers to more efficiently communicate and fulfill requests for product images and data needed for e-commerce and other marketing applications.
9 Companies Close the Product Data Gap

Recognizing a strong need for improvement, nine companies, including Coca-Cola, Hershey, P&G and Wegmans, worked together to focus on closing the gap that currently exists in the new item setup process.
2014 Data & Analytics Solutions

A comprehensive listing of solution providers that support the collection, aggregation, storage, analysis and integration of valuable data.
CCBCC Undergoes Database Migration

The decision to move forward with a database migration helped Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated to make better use of its existing resources and achieve its objective of keeping prices competitive.