Supply Chain

IRI Acquires RSi
Analytics provider IRI has acquired Retail Solutions, Inc. (RSi), a provider of supply chain solutions for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers.
How Eurazeo Backed the Merger of a Digital-First Startup With a 90-Year-Old, Family-Owned Dewey's
It was not long before Dewey’s Bakery and Farm & Oven Snacks figured out that they had something much bigger if they merged. Here, we ask the newly formed partners five questions for integrating the two brands.

Digital Natives Rewrite the DTC Playbook

Retailers and consumer goods companies looking to break out of their old way of doing things can look to companies that never operated with the standard playbook to begin with.
Infographic: Consumer Products Industry Pulse Check

The CG industry had already been evolving efforts to address new industry trends, and the onset of COVID-19 served as a sharp accelerant for many a company strategy. See where execs are currently focusing their efforts — and where they may need to dedicate more resources.
Mars Wrigley Names Julia Brown Chief Procurement Officer

Brown will lead its global procurement strategy, overseeing its relationships with the supplier community to improve supplier diversity, as well as develop its connected and sustainable treating and snacking business.
In Growing Loop, Tom Szaky Continues Quest to Make TerraCycle Irrelevant

And so as part of its progress to make itself unnecessary, the waste-management company announced last month its Loop product-reuse initiative has become available in every ZIP code in the continental United States.
Get Ready For a ‘Decade of the Home’

It’s clear consumption is looking very different than it did just months ago. The crisis has brought with it a reckoning for brands of all kinds, challenging industry leaders and startups alike to reach consumers who are mostly at — or close to — home.
Melitta Enlists Solution for More Efficient, Demand-Driven Supply Chain Planning

The supply chain planning software from ToolsGroup is expected to enable Melitta Sales Europe to centralize demand planning and improve S&OP and promotions management.
Survival Lessons Learned from the Pandemic Stress Test

A new study sheds light on key marketplace and consumer trends that suddenly became critical for CG companies to use as they create game plans to respond, recover and thrive beyond the pandemic.
Nestle’s Data-Driven and Cognitive Strategy is FAIR at its Foundation

F.A.I.R is part of the framework for Nestle’s data strategy as outlined in an opening keynote session delivered by CIO Filippo Catalano and Chief Data Officer Francesco Marzoni, at Analytics Unite 2020: The Summit for Retail and Consumer Brands.