Leveraging Digital in Confectionery

This competitive intelligence report discusses confectionery companies’ strategies related to using digital in sales and marketing, throughout the confectionery shopper’s journey. Digital technology has proved to be an opportunity in confectionery: it allows companies...

Post-Covid Food Trends: an Update

Hamutal (Tula) Schieber recently talked about Food Trends at a conference. A version of this presentation is available here: Post-COVID-19 Food Trends: Nov., 2021 Update from Hamutal Schieber It is true that speed or ease of preparation, convenience, taste, indulgence...

Target Buys Ship’t for $550mn; Here’s Why

Target Corp announced that it has agreed to acquire Shipt, Inc., a leading online same-day delivery platform, for $550 million in cash. The move—one of the largest acquisitions in Target’s history—means same-day delivery will be an option at about half of Target...

The Role of Brick & Mortar in Omni-Channel Retailing

Many of our clients are consumer goods marketers and retailers, who ask us: Does brick & mortar have a future in a digital world? Our answer is, yes. However, brick & mortar will surely transition, simply because it no longer serves as the only way to buy and...

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...