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Crowdsourcing Common CPG Calculations and Formulas

December 2, 2020 By Robin Simon 31 Comments

A reader recently asked if we could recommend a reference document resource that contains a comprehensive list of calculations or formulas used in CPG.  While our Glossary currently contains over 75 terms and abbreviations (many with calculations), we are considering expanding our glossary scope beyond syndicated data to cover other types of CPG metrics. We […]

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Online Grocery Shopping: My First Experience!

October 7, 2020 By Robin Simon 4 Comments

This post is different from what we usually write about, since it’s not directly about data and analysis.   Believe it or not…I did my grocery shopping online for the first time ever back in July and saw this as an opportunity to share my view on how the online shopping experience compares to shopping in […]

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Analysis Tips During Very Uncertain Times

April 16, 2020 By Robin Simon 1 Comment

In these uncertain times, you’re probably asking (or being asked) questions like: What will the business look like for the rest of the year?  Will it get back to normal and, if so, when?  Will there be a “new normal” and what will that look like?  Of course, there is no one right answer to […]

Filed Under: How To Answer Business Questions Tagged With: analytic skills, coronavirus, covid-19, uncertain times

The Case of the Missing Displays or…“I know we have more display activity than that!”

January 7, 2020 By Robin Simon 6 Comments

Does Nielsen data say your brand is getting less Display support than you think you are (or that you’re paying for)?  This post gives many reasons why that commonly happens. Here is part of an actual email that we received from a reader.  See if this sounds familiar:  “I am the owner of a regional […]

Filed Under: Know Your Measures: Pricing and Promotion Tagged With: display, endcap, shipper

Who’s NOT Selling My Products? or How to Identify Distribution Voids

August 27, 2019 By Robin Simon 3 Comments

Let’s start with stating the obvious:  Shoppers cannot buy your products if they are not available where they shop.  Even though your brand may have 12 different items in its product line, not every retailer carries every item.  You can identify which retailers sell which items using a relatively straightforward data pull from IRI or […]

Filed Under: How To Answer Business Questions, Know Your Measures: Distribution Tagged With: distribution, distribution opportunity, distribution void, void

Size of The Prize: How Much Is It Worth If Shoppers Buy ONE MORE TIME?

May 14, 2019 By Robin Simon 6 Comments

This is the second in a series of posts on how to quantify the impact of improving the various elements of consumers’ purchase behavior. These purchase behavior analyses are based on household panel/shopper data (not POS/store data).  Take a look at these posts if you need a refresher on this type of data: Overview of […]

Filed Under: How To Answer Business Questions Tagged With: panel data, purchase frequency, shopper data

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We (Sally Martin and Robin Simon) first met in business school and bonded over our interest in geeky marketing stuff. Eventually we both started independent consulting practices. Now we’ve reunited to share with you some of what we’ve learned in our decades of experience working with syndicated CPG data.

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