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Report projects Amazon to overtake Walmart as top retailer by 2024

- Retail
Edge by Ascential, whose technology-driven products power brands to win in digital commerce, today released its annual 2022 United States Retail Landscape and Go-to-Market Planning Report, which shows that ecommerce will continue to be the largest driver of retail growth in the US.

Dole poll shows nearly half of Americans ignore produce health benefits

- General News
Released on National Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day, an annual holiday created in 2015 to raise awareness and encourage more Americans to adopt a produce-rich diet, the survey results offer a glimpse into the public's often-contradictory views on healthier eating.

Grocery chains score well in reputation poll

- General News
Grocery stores are riding reputational highs two years after the start of COVID-19 – with regional chains in particular being recognized for weathering the supply-chain storm. At the same time, the pandemic-era halo many industries enjoyed are beginning to normalize.

Report shows consumer confidence sinks, cost-cutting grocery strategies

- General News
Nearly 75% of consumers have less confidence to spend today as inflation hits a 40-year high according to a new First Insight report, The State of Consumer Spending: Inflation Impacting Consumer Confidence.

Grocery inflation accelerates in March

- General News
Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, has released its monthly inflation insights update to provide a view of rising prices through March 2022, with added context by consumer demographic segments.

Dunnhumby: Consumers think food inflation is higher than it is

- General News
The ninth wave of the dunnhumby Consumer Pulse Survey found that U.S. consumers are now more worried about rising food prices, the economy, and their own personal finances than they are with getting COVID.

Amazon tops dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index

- Retail
dunnhumby, the global leader in customer data science, today released the fifth annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), a comprehensive, nationwide study that examines the approximately $1 trillion U.S. grocery market.

IFIC survey lists wellness, nostalgia and innovation among food trends for 2022

- General News
As we enter the new year and the world begins year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in a decade that proves the adage, “The only constant is change.” The food system is hardly immune to turmoil.

Surveys don’t always lead to results

- Analysis
Personally, I’m skeptical about surveys. It’s partly because you can create a survey that tells you anything you want it to, as political advocacy groups learned decades ago.

Study shows 68% of shoppers will pay more for branded produce

- General News
New research conducted by Foodmix Marketing Communications, a leading food marketing agency, reveals the underdeveloped state of branding within the fresh produce industry and how commodity growers can make a larger profit by leveraging their authentic stories.