NPDI (New Product Development & Introduction)

While the pandemic has prompted a rapid increase in virtual meetings, some consumer goods brands and retailers expect the trend to stick after its conclusion.

Wolverine World Wide, the $2 billion-plus footwear and apparel company that includes a dozen brands in its portfolio, is marrying consumer data with digital product testing in order to navigate today’s rocky landscape.

Bamboo Rose, the multi-enterprise product and supply chain platform, is now featured in Accenture's Customer Innovation Network Milan.

Simulation can support thousands of product iterations in consumer goods and retail. Read on to find out why and discover the roadmap to learn how to get started.

Hostess offered a preview into its new Innovation Lab, a space constructed to support the consumer goods company’s product innovation efforts amidst today’s significant shifts in consumer behavior.

Unilever has partnered with a biotech startup to further its plant-based initiatives, which now make up one-third of its portfolio.

Consumer goods suppliers that want to get their products in front of retailers will have to direct their efforts on highlighting benefits from a virtual standpoint thanks to our perpetual state of social distancing.

Dollar General wants to expand the diversity of its product offerings, and it’s holding a virtual event that gives new suppliers a chance to meet with merchandise buyers and category managers.

Casey’s General Stores is taking steps to connect with new suppliers for more innovative product sourcing.  

Trying to predict the trends that buyers would be looking to service, and that retailers could respond to, is an industry-wide challenge.  Thanks to insight from buyer search results, however, we can identify some of the products and characteristics that you’ll see trending on store shelves