Changing Needs, New Challenges: Trace One Meets Each Customer “Where They Are.” In 2023 Trace One saw explosive growth, both at the company and customer level. Completing its acquisition of Selerant, the company doubled in size. The combined customer portfolio ranges wide from ingredient suppliers and process manufacturers to CPG retailers around the world, effectively positioning Trace One as the only PLM and compliance solutions providers to cover the end-to-end product lifecycle, from idea to shelf. New products, more vendors to manage, expanded processes, compliance bottlenecks—Trace One ..read more

Successful retailers have invested handsomely in their customer relationships. They know what their customers want, and they know how to give it to them. And they also know that they’ll continue to see dividends from this investment of time, energy, and money if they can maintain engagement and loyalty.   But as the trust and relationship grows deeper, so will the demands of your consumers themselves. You worked hard to build your brand, and you need the tools to help you protect it.   Today’s business environment is complex and fraught with new risks. The modern consumer has more i ..read more

You’ve launched a range of private label products and your customers love them. Now what do you do? To build on your brand’s successes requires new thinking and tools. What got you here may not get you there: growth brings complexity to your portfolio as well as your data. And if you’re not careful, you can lose control of both. Today’s modern product lifecycle management (PLM) systems bring order to your business’ product development chaos. Whether you’re working to launch new brand extensions or are experiencing great gains in sales volume, you’ll quickly see exponential data growth as you ..read more

In February 2019, the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, alongside a dozen French companies and NGOs including Citeo, launched the Pacte National sur les emballages plastiques (the French National Pact on Plastic Packaging). This initiative transformed the role plastics play in consumer packaging in France and has wide-ranging implications for manufacturers and retailers who are marketing products in the country ..read more

Introduction In this blog series we introduced four key areas of return and how these can be estimated for a medium sized retailer with a private brands program and achievable growth objectives ..read more

Introduction PLM solutions have been around for decades. Historically they have been considered as large investments, with long implementation projects caused by heavy customization, and slow return on investment ..read more

Introduction PLM solutions have been around for decades. Historically they have been considered as large investments, with long implementation projects caused by heavy customization, and slow return on investment ..read more

Introduction PLM solutions have been around for decades. Historically they have been considered as large investments, with long implementation projects caused by heavy customization, and slow return on investment ..read more

Inflation-weary consumers around the world are filling their shopping carts with more affordable essentials, including private labels. As the cost of living keeps climbing, more shoppers are switching to grocery private labels this year, especially since March 2022, as the war in Ukraine compounded inflation concerns ..read more

This year, the global retail industry is facing urgent, new market risks and uncertainties. After enduring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic – including supply chain disruption, store and factory closures, and rising inflation – global retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers were jolted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ..read more