Les consommateurs Canadiens : l’enjeu le plus crucial
What lies ahead for consumer spending, the engine of Canada’s economic recovery?
What lies ahead for consumer spending, the engine of Canada’s economic recovery?
BCG examined data from 18 countries over the past 50 years with the goal of addressing one key question: if Canada were to experience a major deleveraging shock, what would it look like and how could Canadian companies prepare?
Companies are accelerating efforts to ensure their products do not contribute to global forest loss. But individual company action, while necessary, is not enough.
Analytics enables companies to reach consumers in new ways. The challenge is determining how much to spend on buying—or building up—consumer data.
Consumer businesses can materially improve consumer nutrition by boosting transparency and health education, taking proactive company action, and supporting government regulation.
Danone’s Isabelle Grosmaitre on the food revolution and the crucial role of business in social transformation.
In order to emerge stronger, companies must ensure that their response to COVID-19 is not just immediate, but also transformational.
To survive the crisis, brands need to shore up their supply chain, adjust to shifting sales channels and reset existing promotional calendars.
Frenzied buying has mainly ended, but alcohol sales have begun to creep upward.
How does a nation reopen the economy while balancing the health of its citizens? As COVID recovery develops, companies need the ability to sense micro-market changes in consumer behavior.
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To sustain performance following a year of unprecedented growth, winning companies will have to adapt to new consumer trends.
Makers of fast-moving consumer goods have several key steps they must take to weather the sector's current challenges.
International businesses are missing out by underestimating Africans, making costly assumptions about diversity, preferences, and buying power. BCG Consultant Nomava Zanazo shares what companies need to know to succeed on the continent.
Consumer and investor pressure is not going away. Companies must double down on sustainability as they emerge from the COVID-19 crisis.
It's time to review the dramatic changes inspired by the pandemic—and lock in the ones that will help your company grow.
For the biggest impact, companies should focus on using AI, digitizing must-have capabilities, and adopting new ways of working.
CPG companies may be masters at marketing, but when it comes to advanced analytics and AI, there’s room for improvement. To catch up, they need to study lessons from successful early adopters.
They improve the speed and quality of decisions as well as resilience and performance.
Large consumers goods companies have not been winning in the marketplace. Taylor Smith explains how they can leverage AI and advanced analytics techniques to drive competitive advantage.
Chinese Consumers and the Digital Economy
China represents one of the biggest retail opportunities in the world. To seize it, companies must understand the digital and economic trends that are driving Chinese consumers.
The dizzying growth in e-commerce has wreaked havoc on CPG supply chains. Here’s how companies can tackle channel proliferation and meet customers’ rising expectations.
Food traceability is here to stay. The question is whether food companies, distributors, and retailers treat it as a regulatory burden or a strategic opportunity.
COVID-19 has exposed the high cost of inflexible CPG supply chains. Companies must act now to ensure adequate supplies and plan for greater resilience in future.
Incremental reductions won’t cut it in today’s business environment. CPG companies must fundamentally change the way they manage their supply chain costs.