Research and Reports

RIS and CGT’s annual Retail and Consumer Good Analytics Study benchmarks the two industries’ analytic maturity and highlights the big bets being made on next-gen technology to ensure organizations keep pace with the business leaders. Find out where your company ranks among the industry’s best.

When sales and supply chain visibility stops at the retailer or DC level, it can lead to empty shelves. Without understanding your inventory and sales, down to individual SKUs and stores, do you really know if you’re meeting demand everywhere it exists? Download the guide to learn more.

Direct-to-consumer is one key element of an omnichannel commerce and experience strategy. We’ve outlined the challenges, opportunities and solutions your Consumer Product firm must consider before building or updating your D2C offerings.

In this ebook, we explore the 3 types of data powering high-performing retail execution teams. You'll learn how to take a data-driven approach to expanding your in-store footprint, merchandising at the shelf, executing and maintaining brand promos, running in-store sampling events, and increasing chain penetration. Download the ebook and get an edge at retail!

Learn some of the biggest threats to AI and ML implementations and the greatest missteps that follow — and then get advice for CG leaders on de-risking your initiatives.

In the past two decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have leaped from the scenes of science fiction movies into the real world. Download this eBook to see how you can utilize AI and ML to improve your retail business by saving time and making better data-driven decisions.

While some CGs retreated in the face of their new, complicated realities, other innovative leaders welcomed the challenge, fast-tracking technology implementations while not worrying about failing fast. Read about these execs here in CGT's 2021 Visionaries feature.

With the ongoing pandemic, orchestrating recalls is a behemoth task! How can organizations minimize the negative consequences of recalls? Undeniably, traceability is the first step to achieving supply chain visibility. Download the whitepaper to learn how digital traceability solutions combined with real-time data can help build a resilient supply chain.