I received an email this morning announcing UberRUSH it, a messenger delivery service for NYC. The car service is branching into bikes and on-foot messengers to deliver documents or other small parcels in place of a traditional courier service. This service is a natural extension of Uber’s compelling use case, but it is not the…
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Improving Health and Wellness a Top Priority
The Consumer Goods Industry Strengthens Commitment to Improving Health and Wellness for Consumers Worldwide The Consumer Goods Forum Board of Directors agrees to new strategic milestones to help ensure the wellbeing of consumers PARIS, Wednesday 18th June 2014 – Recognising the importance of health and wellness to consumers, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Board of…
A Call for Change at the Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit
The Consumer Goods Forum Calls for Binding Global Climate Change Deal PARIS, Wednesday 18th June 2014 – The Board of The Consumer Goods Forum today called on heads of state across the world to engage and act with determination, leadership and ambition to secure an ambitious and legally binding global climate deal. As part of…
Industry Leaders Gather in Paris
The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit 2014 Gets Underway in Paris Over 1,000 industry leaders from 50 countries gather for annual consumer goods and retailer conference; Keynote opening address to be given by Laurent Fabius, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development PARIS, Wednesday 18th June 2014 – Leaders from the world’s top retail and…
On the Road: Standard Market is Anything But Standard
I spent last week in the Windy City and was lucky enough to make it to Standard Market & Grill, a grocery store with three locations in the Chicago area. In addition to being a beautiful store with fabulous merchandising and selection, the market also featured a variety of food options, including juice, wine, and…
On the Road: Postes Canada
During a recent trip to Quebec City, I spotted a red Canadian mail truck. On the side, in white letters, below the French version, I read “Delivering the Online World.” What a great sentiment! Since I haven’t mailed or received anything in Quebec, I’m not sure how well they are keeping up with the claim,…
Has Uber created an unfair playing field?
The popular crowd sourcing app Uber has come under fire recently for the unfair playing field that is thought to have been created by the company. Since Uber is unregulated in regards to the services that they provide, the drivers of their vehicles do not need to buy a taxi medallion (license) that costs $1,000…
3. Changing Consumers: Catering Across Generations
For the first time, four generations are active simultaneously in the US marketplace; leading to a more diverse market. Baby Boomers and their children, called Generation Y or Millennials, compose the largest two generations and wield the largest spending power. While these two generations are similar in size, their shopping behavior, use of technology, and…
Bots help Americans get jobs
Usually new technology takes jobs away but in the case of the new robotics world, it is bringing jobs back to America. Smaller, less expensive robots are making it more affordable for manufacturers to build factories and distribution facilities in the US. This reduces costs and improves quality controls over off-shore solutions. So, the work…
Product traceability challenges in a digital world
Amazon, and other large fulfillers of digital orders, are struggling with the variety of SKUs (stock keeping units) that exist for what looks like the same consumer item. The grocery industry has lived with this challenge for years. The same rolls of paper towels come in 2, 3, 4, X packs. The same product is…