Data & Analytics

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.
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.
Learn to Love AI

The Oscar-winning film "Her" tells the story of a man who falls in love with the artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant on his smartphone. That may sound far-fetched, but many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are already enamored.
P&G Masters Out-Of-Stock Analysis

P&G today receives petabytes of daily data, which is growing exponentially. The company needed a solution that will help them make sense of all this data in an efficient manner.
Why Can't I Get to Data?

In her new monthly column, Lora Cecere explains the reasons why consumer goods companies are drowning in data and short on analytics and insights.
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.
Systemically Reduce Out-of-Stocks through the Elimination of False Positives

Few consumer goods manufacturers need to be told that retail out-of-stocks (OOS) take a real bite out of sales and profits. The fact that the problem persists means there is still more work to be done.