Take a deep dive into the pet category with this 42-page report highlighting consumer trends and insights. Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
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Pet Trends 2024:
Ingredients on the Rise: Elderberry
(This article covering elderberry is part of a series we’re calling Ingredients on the Rise, where we’re tracking emerging consumer interest in healthy and functional food, beverage, and supplement ingredients through a mix of social listening and online research. Read further for insights on the commonly understood benefits and use of elderberry, its formulation considerations,… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
5 Questions to Ask Before Selling Supplements on Amazon
Amazon Marketplace has transformed the retail landscape and how businesses sell directly to consumers. With over 190 million active monthly users, selling on Amazon can be lucrative for many companies looking to grow their sales. As a member of a supplement company, you may have searched “Can I sell supplements on Amazon?” or “How do I… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Ingredients on the Rise: Blue-Green Algae (Spirulina)
(This article covering blue-green algae (spirulina) is part of a series we’re calling Ingredients on the Rise, where we’re tracking emerging consumer interest in healthy and functional food, beverage, and supplement ingredients through a mix of social listening and online research. Read further for insights on the commonly understood benefits and use of spirulina, its… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Ingredients on the Rise: Butterfly Pea Flower
(This article covering butterfly pea flower is part of a series we’re calling Ingredients on the Rise, where we’re tracking emerging consumer interest in healthy and functional food, beverage, and supplement ingredients through a mix of social listening and online research. Read further for insights on the commonly understood benefits and use of the pea… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Ingredients on the Rise: Dragon Fruit
(This article covering dragon fruit is part of a series we’re calling Ingredients on the Rise, where we’re tracking emerging consumer interest in healthy and functional food, beverage, and supplement ingredients through a mix of social listening and online research. Read further for insights on the commonly understood benefits and use of dragon fruit, its… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Optimized hydration drives growth in the beverage category
Rising consumer skepticism requires proof for claims
Pet Category Trends 2022: Supplements, Ingredients, Behaviors, & Lifestyles
Insights into the 2022 pet parent consumer’s awareness, attitudes, and behaviors. Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
How to Forecast Trends in Food, Pet, and Wellness
Over the course of almost 11 years partnering with food, pet, and wellness companies, I’ve done a fair bit of what I’ll call “trend forecasting.” Wondering how to forecast trends for the foot, pet, and wellness industries? So, for instance, when we helped a leader in the dog jerky space solve brand architecture and positioning… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Webinar: Emerging Pet Trends Influenced by Human Health and Wellness
Welcome to our Webinar on emerging pet trends. Have you ever encountered a person who looks like their pet? Some speculate that this curious phenomenon may be due to mere-exposure effect. Put simply, people tend to favor the familiar. And as people become more familiar with functional ingredients, sustainability, the microbiome, and beyond, these familiar… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Should I Build an In-house Agency?
These days, marketing requires brands to be highly responsive and integrated in their approach, able to generate the perfect social post at the perfect time or to push updates to their software on a daily and hourly basis. This challenge, among other factors, has driven an increasing number of consumer brands to shift to an… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Marketing Close in a Time of Social Distancing
Here’s something that you don’t need team meetings for: showing empathy to your customers. This is the time to turn off your regularly scheduled posts and to communicate as thoughtfully as possible. To be sure, it’s not insensitive to try to continue business while flattening curves and social distancing, but how can we as marketers… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
The Challenges and Opportunities of a B2E (Business-to-Everyone) Era
“B2B or B2C?” Often among the first things agencies ask their prospective partners is this question of initialisms, delineating whether the company aims to reach an industry or a consumer audience. Conventionally, B2B and B2C marketing share little in terms of technique, channel, or sensibility. A categorical difference in audience extends to numerous considerations that… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>
Three Powerlifting Disciplines for Powerful Digital Marketing
Powerlifting and digital marketing aren’t typically talked about in the same space. As someone with experience in both, I’d like to change that. Though one features squatting, benching, and deadlifting and the other branding, storytelling, and selling, the same fundamentals are required for success in either. 1. Set Realistic Goals When I was approached to… Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span>