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The Consumer Packaged Goods Industry in A Pandemic
The Consumer Packaged Goods Industry in A Pandemic
The Consumer Packaged Goods Industry in A Pandemic
Packaged Goods
Industry in a Pandemic
7 Ways brands can adapt, overcome, and win.
“ Understanding that transformation
is not an ideas problem, but a
resource allocations problem is key
to being successful at it.”
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; We identified some of the key areas where CPG
It is to act in yesterday’s logic ~ Peter Drucker businesses can safely start the transformation
journey.
1. Knowing who they are, what they do, their spending habits
and patterns increases the likelihood of earning and
retaining their loyalty and upselling them
Invest in knowing
A robust KYC dataset can be mined for insight, repeatedly
used to inform design, developing promotions, improve
brand communications, and all kinds of forecasts.
your customer (KYC) Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) industry
solved this problem light years ago.
2.
Explore Online
Distribution
Channels
(E-commerce)
The online channel guarantees an infinite share of shelve, and
with great ratings, it holds an uncapped potential for growth.
Repeat purchase is 22% more likely with
consecutive digital shops.
- Jess Smith ( Strategy Dir. at Grey London)
3.
Leverage data
locked in Customer
Loyalty programs.
No point in
giving all
customers the
10% of customers spend almost 3 times more per
transaction than the lower 90% of customers.
same offers
when not all of
them will
deliver the
same return.
4.
Embrace Technology
and Data Analytics Embracing technology has helped numerous CPG
businesses cut waste, reduce Operational Expenses
(OPEX ), improve visibility, accountability, and provide
the insight needed for informed management decision
making.
PAST: What Happened?
Reactive reporting
“Recent research by McKinsey and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that companies that inject big data and analytics into their operations outperform their peers by 5% in productivity
and 6% in profitability,” - Breuer
5.
Move towards
Just In Time (JIT)
manufacturing model
Pivoting to high
demand products
Retailers are upgrading their product assortments to meet consumer's emerging needs. CPG companies should
follow suit. Allocate limited resource to high yield, high turnover products.
7. Recalibrate your
Route to Market
Strategy
How can flanking (same product sold in different volumes and/or packaging) help deepen
penetrations?
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