By: Nicole Silberstein Despite some recent high-profile failures, food retailers still clearly believe that successfully reducing food waste has financial and competitive upsides that make it worth the fight. In this ongoing series, Schieber Research is focusing in on...
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Got CBD? The Rising Star in Functional Food, Beauty, Supplements
Our recent post on Consumer Health and Wellness Trends mentioned the rising interest in CBD by consumers. Beyond the inherent on-trend characteristics of CBD - it is Plant-based, keto-friendly, anti-inflammatory, naturally full of omega-3 and anxiety / stress-reducing...
What the 2018 YouTube Leaderboard tell us about the Future of Video Ads
The Stress-Free consumer trend is driving a new reality for brands. More than ever, American consumers are searching for entertaining content, spending over half of their leisure time watching TV content....
2019 Food and Beverage Diet Trends: Protein, Vegan, Gut Health, Intermittent Fasting, Keto, CBD
Here is our annual forecast for 2019 Health and Wellness, Nutrition, and Diet trends in the United States, based on our analysis of Google Trends, Amazon Best Selling items and Keyword Search Tool (which claims to monitor searches on Amazon); we also base our...
E-Commerce Trends: 2019 – 2025, C2C, Social, Discovery, Communities & Micro-Influencers
Hamutal Schieber gave a keynote presentation this morning on the Future of E-Commerce in the West, at the annual FMCG convention of the Israeli Export Institute. The presentation discussed the revolution in e-commerce, dubbed "Re:Commerce" by Hamutal, which stems from...
Food Waste is a Big Problem: Here’s Why
by: Nicole Silberstein As the demand for food production grows alongside the world population, the issue of food waste is garnering increased attention. In this ongoing series, Schieber Research will focus in on companies and organizations that are creating...
2019 Food and Beverage Trends: Innovators & Disruptors
Our trend forecasting is based on 4 aspects - Macro-Trends (technological and digital trends, regulation, mega-trends, economic changes etc.), Innovators and Disruptors (emerging companies that make the formerly impossible - possible and create new expectations), Best...
Last Mile Grocery Round-Up: Walmart, Target, Kroger and Amazon
Amazon continues to be the online grocery leader in the US, but more people purchase groceries in-store/online from Walmart than other leading food retailers and supermarkets, according to Packaged Facts. 59% of grocery shoppers have purchased groceries from Walmart...
CAGNY 2018: Consumer Goods Strategies, Trends, Innovations
Here's our 2018 summary of the Consumer Analyst Group NY conference, which took place in February and hosted the leading North American, and global, consumer goods companies - F&B, personal care, household goods, OTC, ingredients and more. CLICK TO VIEW We...
Buying Flipkart Gives Walmart an Edge Well Outside of India
By: Nicole Silberstein, Hamutal Schieber Walmart’s recent acquisition of Indian e-commerce platform Flipkart will give the world’s largest retailer a stronghold in one of the hottest growth markets of the moment, but the deal also has the potential to give Walmart...