retail therapy

Shrinkflation has become endemic.

This is when a product price stays the same while its quantity decreases. It happens often in the CPG world. “One upside to shrinkflation is it might save you some calories. If your candy bar is now 1.5 ounces instead […]

retail therapy

A price war of giants.

Amazon and Wal-Mart are in a price war in grocery and CPG, with the latter renewing its drive for “Everyday Low Prices” to double down on its successful discount retailing strategy. Amazon’s pricing algorithm is following them down. Brands are […]