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Skin leads worldly gains in personal care
It's good news in personal care that people are growing more comfortable in their own skin. Willing to nurture skin to look healthy and youthful, consumers worldwide are cutting a clean path to the toiletries aisle and moisturizing their way to relative smoothness.
One result: skin-related products now account for nearly 30 percent of global personal care value sales, far above personal paper, the #2 in category dollar share at 20 percent, and hair care, #3 at 18 percent. read more
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Global Consumer Confidence Wanes In New Six-Month Survey
When it comes to global consumer confidence, there is both good news and bad news.
The bad news is that, according to the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Survey, conducted twice a year in 47 markets around the world, the last six months have seen some erosion, with the world's total confidence level dropping two index points from 99 to 97, with countries like the UK, Thailand, Portugal and Korea feeling a kind of consumer malaise to a variety of levels. read more
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Consumers embrace organic private label
Which sources of organics sales will ultimately prevail could soon become a central strategic question for supermarkets, if it isn't already on their boardroom agendas. How much share can small niche suppliers hold onto, as reward for the decades they spent mainstreaming these foods as healthier choices?
How much of organics sales will migrate to CPG brands, the result of branded organic varieties on shelves now in numerous categories?
And now, with retailers chasing their bite of the organic apple, so to speak, what percentage of organics sales could eventually wind up in the domain of private label? The quick emergence of store-brand organics is already reality, and its growth reflects major consumer acceptance. read more
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Challenges may temper global opportunities
*Adapted from Consumer Insight
With almost any country moments away by communications, or perhaps hours away by travel, retailers and brand marketers can keep in contact with markets pretty much anywhere. That's the good news.
Still, worldwide trendssuch as population shifts, migration to other nations, emergence of new markets, and environmental shiftsprompt rapid, often major changes in consumer demand, and remain daunting challenges for store operators and consumer goods makers to satisfy. read more
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So many barbecue sauces, so little time
Like moths to a flame, barbecuers seem drawn to sauce displays that could be as large as nearly 1,500 items, reports Nielsen. Nearly hypnotized, they gaze at the variety and try to match what they see to what they tasted in the sports bar last week or at their friend's house the month before. The adventurous will blend in other spices to flaunt their outdoor cooking skills, impress guests and possibly earn a kiss on the cheek while wearing a silly apron. read more
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Meat Gets COOL
It looks good on seafood. Now, beef, pork, lamb and goat will get to wear the latest food accessory known as country of origin labeling, or COOL. Following days of negotiations, the House Agriculture Committee finally came to an agreement for labeling meats starting next year.
This version of COOL distinguishes product that was born, raised and slaughtered exclusively in the U.S. from imported meats. read more
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CHANNEL WATCH
The Nielsen Company estimates that in 2006, over $4.3 billion was spent across all retail channels in the frozen vegetables category which includes broccoli, carrots, corn, green beans, peas, lima beans, potatoes, mixed vegetables, breaded vegetables, and more. read more
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Get a Second Life!
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At Phil's...in SecondLife. The virtual world where consumers interact via individualized avatars. And it's waiting for your brand. There is no cost to place your product in this world and build a relationship with the future shopper.
Phil's Supermarket allows shoppers to interact with real products to view nutritional data, collect recipes, build product lists, pre-shop for items and more. read more
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Facts, Figures, & the Future Newsletter
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Management Compensation Study for Retailers and Wholesalers 2006-2007
The 2006-2007 Management Compensation Study is the industry's most comprehensive source of salary and benefits data. Representing nearly one million employees, 56 companies located around the country shared their salary and benefits information.
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U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2007
FMI's best-selling report, U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends, tracks the consumer environment as well as the attitudes and behaviors of American consumers as they relate to and impact the food industry. The report focuses on better data and knowledge of the grocery shopper, understanding the role of food and nutrition in today's society and providing retailers and suppliers with operationally useful information needed in serving, communicating and improving relations with their customers. read more
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Food, Nutrition & Science
We've just launched a brand new monthly newsletter: Food, Nutrition, & Science from The Lempert Report.
Our mission is to provide retailers and brands with the latest food news and the tools needed to better serve and empower our shoppers to make the best food choices possible. Each issue will contain interviews with leading researchers, nutritionists and trend setters. read more
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Speaks
FMI's Speaks is the annual state of the industry report a must-have for everyone in the food industry. The report reviews important changes affecting the industry that took place in 2006 and evaluates industry performance in sales, profits, margins and productivity measures. It presents detailed information on supermarket operations, store-level benchmarks and outlines strategic and competitive issues. read more
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Environmental concerns are slowly but surely gaining in importance in the consumer and business worlds. While most of us are at least familiar with recycling, sustainability is one of the newer terms popping up in the debate surrounding the environment. And even with the term "sustainability" itself perhaps not known or understood by a large percentage of the population, the daily headlines on renewable energy, alternative fuels, carbon footprint and hybrid cars have certainly put the environment in the spotlight in recent years. 
In our May issue of F3 we talked about how variety, value and convenience are three themes that are winning in today's U.S. retail environment. An integral part of these three themes is innovation in terms of new or evolving retail formats and new products that meet consumer needs or offer growth opportunities across consumer trends or consumer segments. As we review the latest trends in retail store count and the resulting consumer response to those changes, variety, value and convenience continue to be major forces behind retail success in the marketplace. 
