Sitemap - 2022 - The Slotting Fee

End of year recap: What happened last year within the consumer goods and retail industry

Dollar General conquered rural America. Now it's eying grocery and home goods.

Recapping the Kroger / Albertsons Merger, When Social Mission Meets the Board Room and More

After years of price increases, J.M. Smucker boosts sales guidance

Dollar Tree Announces a Push Into Private Label

Wealthy consumers head to Walmart as inflation takes its toll.

Clorox beats Wall Street expectations but posts big volume losses after two years of price increases.

With the Kroger and Albertson merger, why trust market forces when you can just enforce the law?

Despite slowing sales, Trade Promotion Optimization has P&G looking good

Conagra shows sometimes it's better to be a big fish in a small pond

Did the FTC just signal the End of Trade Promotion?

General Mills boosts sales guidance after seeing favorable elasticities

The strategy is still strong, but Hormel experiences growing pains as it transitions into a branded food company.

Private label propels Kroger Co. in Q2

Brand positioning is the foundation of consumer goods strategy

What is E-Commerce? It's more than Amazon. Defining and understanding the fast-growing retail segment.

Campbell's management signals that promotions can help maintain their soup monopoly

Slotting Fee - August 2022

Milk Bone and Meow Mix are lone bright spots for the J.M. Smucker Co.

Consumption is still strong at Target, despite inventory woes

In Q2, Walmart managed inflation and inventory levels

Utz Brands uses a fast follower strategy to grow sales

Lancaster Colony reports a poor Q3, but it has good problems

Kellogg Co. raises sales guidance, hypes cereal

Led by advertising efficiencies, P&G post another solid quarter

Mondelez raises guidance after fantastic Q2

No price rollbacks. Coca-Cola says high prices are here to stay.

Conagra Brands plans more price increases despite losing volume for four straight quarters

Is J.M. Smucker management overestimating its brand power?

Kroger and the return of private label

Is the Hershey Company about to face private label competition?

Trade-up, trade-down, Campbell Soup Company has consumers covered

A forecasting miss derails Walmart and Target

All the exciting RGM work at Coca-Cola is happening internationally

A look at Strategic Revenue Management at General Mills

Constellation Brands pushes back against aggressive beer price hikes

Post Holdings announced more price increases. Will it work?

Kimberly-Clark signals more diaper inflation, and that's just the start

Operations and Pricing - What we can learn from the recent P&G price increase

Retail Media Networks and Slotting Fees

Conagra Brands Makes An Interesting E-commerce Push