Despite market uncertainties, consumers remain engaged, and AI is helping companies deliver more productivity, consistency, and value, say Reckitt’s Kris Licht and BCG’s Yotam Ariav.
Highlights from The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit 2025
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June 16, 2025
Improved AI Means Better Outcomes for Businesses
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June 16, 2025
Creating Excellent Products—That Consumers Want
Deeptha Khanna of Philips and BCG’s Diederik Vismans agree that identifying consumers’ unmet needs and enhancing their experience are key to product development.
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June 16, 2025
The Big Picture from the Consumer Goods Forum 2025
Winning companies are turning to AI to fuel transformation, doubling down on consumer-centric innovation, and focusing on cost excellence, reports BCG’s Mai-Britt Poulsen.
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June 17, 2025
New BCG Report Looks at Consumer Sentiment in Europe
Fifty-four percent of EU consumers are pessimistic about their economy—and quickly changing their spending patterns. BCG’s Stéphane Cairole discusses this and other key findings.
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June 17, 2025
What’s Driving the ESG Agenda Now?
Christine Montenegro McGrath of Mondelēz and BCG’s Alejandro Navarro say the narrative has shifted. Increasing value and resilience are the catalysts behind companies’ ESG agenda.
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June 17, 2025
Ensuring a Successful Transformation
Dirk Van de Put of Mondelēz and BCG’s Rich Lesser discuss delivering value through transformation and the role that AI can play.
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June 20, 2025
Overcoming Retail Obstacles in Asia
Despite many challenges, retailers in Asia that make big bets can reap rewards, say DFI Retail Group’s Scott Price and BCG’s Sumit Chandra.
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June 20, 2025
The Big Trends—and Opportunities—in Retail
Omnichannel, retail media, and personalization are the key trends for building winning value propositions, say Jose Antonio Fernández Garza-Lagüera of FEMSA and BCG’s Nathan Shenck.
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June 20, 2025
Leading a Customer-Owned Company
Eighty-five percent of Finnish households own SOK Corporation, according to its CEO, Hannu Krook, giving the company some long-term competitive advantages.
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June 20, 2025
The Future of Online Groceries
Ocado’s Gregor Ulitzka and BCG’s Sarah Uetz explain how better customer insights, shorter supply chains, and robotics are redefining growth in the online grocery sector.
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June 27, 2025
Scaling AI with Focus
Heineken’s Surajeet Ghosh and BCG’s Nicolas de Bellefonds explain why prioritizing high-impact use cases and transforming core processes are key to scaling AI effectively.
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June 27, 2025
Snack Company’s Recipe for Growth
Serving the right product to the right consumers and innovating constantly are key ingredients for growing a consumer brand, according to Volker Kuhn of Mondelēz.
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June 27, 2025
Finding the Sweet Spot for Growth
Cécile Béliot of Groupe Bel shares how brands can find opportunity at the crossroads of health, sustainability, and fun—even in turbulent times.
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June 27, 2025
Consumers Are Companies’ True North
In a challenging environment, McCormick’s Brendan Foley and BCG’s Jeff Gell stress the importance of focusing on core categories and brands to create value and grow.
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Our Client Impact in Consumer & Retail
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May 2, 2025
BCG worked with Decathlon to embed accessibility, sustainability, profit and growth into a circularity model that forms the heart of Decathlon’s strategy to be the world’s largest lowest impact sports retail company.
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In partnership with BCG and BCG X, a leading retail company launched a new business aimed at reducing food waste to enhance climate and societal impacts.
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March 4, 2025
BCG partnered with the Casillo Group to build a brand and business model for a breakthrough food product that’s good for us, good for the planet, and good for business.
Our Latest Thinking
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June 10, 2025
Europeans are feeling gloomy, according to a survey of 16,000 consumers in nine countries. More than half, 54%, are pessimistic about the economy of their home country, a 7 percentage point increase since July 2024.
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May 13, 2025
Consumers are showing a growing interest in foods that are better for their health, and this realization is starting to be reflected in sales.
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May 12, 2025
As complex forces reshape the retail sector, the role of merchandising—and merchants –will change significantly.
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May 1, 2025
As they face unprecedented volatility in global agrifood supply chains, decision makers can act today to build long-term resilience and competitive advantage.
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April 21, 2025
To thrive in uncertain times, packaging companies must remain flexible while investing in capabilities that will define future industry leadership.
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February 13, 2025
How can fashion brands drive adoption to unlock the benefits of next-gen materials? A report by Fashion for Good and BCG provides a blueprint.
