eCommerce Market Disrupting Traditional CPG/FMCG Category Management
Consumer Packaged Goods/Fast Moving Consumer Goods (CPG/FMCG) suppliers and retailers have developed increasingly sophisticated category management processes in the few decades since the concept was...
View ArticleOnline Category Management: Push Becomes Pull for CPG/FMCG
As we noted in our blog online grocery has reached a tipping point in the US, as the market seems poised to match digital penetration levels seen in the UK, France, and China. To take advantage of the...
View ArticleWill Online Grocery Shopping in the US Go Mobile?
We know that CPG eCommerce has reached its tipping point in markets across the world. According to Kantar Worldpanel, South Korea leads with online at 10% of FMCG sales. In Europe the UK and France are...
View ArticleWalmart.com Evolves to bring Marketplace Competition to the ‘Buy Box’
Walmart.com appears to be have made a big change in how it handles marketplace listings, getting more like eCommerce giant Amazon in the process. Until recently Walmart’s core site and the Walmart...
View ArticleWhich US Retailers Provide The Clearest Path to Purchase Candy Online
For the U.S. Candy category, along with a number of other grocery categories in the market, a major issue is that retailers are still struggling to ship candy products purchased online. There are...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Chinese eCommerce to Make More Cents
Recent weeks have seen a flow of news from China pointing to continued stellar growth in eCommerce in what has become the world’s largest retail market. Global fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands...
View ArticleIn a Rush to Serve Shoppers – Amazon Prime Same Day and 1 hour delivery
Amazon is making same day delivery free in 14 metropolitan areas to those who pay the $99 per year for Amazon Prime membership. The cities include major metropolitan centers like San Francisco, New...
View ArticleClavis Insight Forum Emphasizes Move from eCommerce Strategy to Action for...
The Clavis Insight Europe Middle East and Africa Forum, which took place in London last week, was attended by eCommerce leaders from some of the world’s largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods...
View ArticleThe Two Missteps Which May Have Spoiled Amazon Prime Day
By mid-Prime Day, the social media tide had turned against Amazon, with consumers mocking the deals on Pop Tarts, shoe horns and Walkman’s on Twitter. Prime Day clearly offered far more deals on a...
View ArticleBuilding the Case for eCommerce: 3 Reasons to Over-Invest Now
Building the Case for eCommerce: Three Reasons to Over-Invest Now If you are tasked with leading the eCommerce charge in your organization, you already know that there are a number areas where...
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