Agentic shopping is no longer an interesting prediction to debate between conference sessions. Walmart has announced Agent Profiles, a Walmart Agent Gateway, and operating rules for AI agents that shop on behalf of customers. The retailer is...
The Hidden Flaws in CPG Marketing Finance Reporting
Introduction: Same Money, Different Languages
Finance and Marketing share the same budget from opposite ends of the battlefield. Finance sees ledgers, accruals, quarter-end precision and Accounting Standards compliance. Marketing sees campaigns,...
How One Agency Rebuilt Client Trust with a Single Source of Truth: A Conversation with Jared Kirby of CEMM
In the high-stakes world of shopper marketing, agencies often juggle a maze of spreadsheets, multiple stakeholders, and way too many “final” versions of the truth. But what happens when all that noise is replaced with one streamlined, centralized...
From Agency Hustle to Retail Muscle: Nikki Johnson's Career Crossover
Careers in Shopper Marketing is a topic I am passionate about. I love hearing stories about where shopper marketers come from and what careers they pursue if they leave their roles. In the past, my former colleague Carolyne Klug shared about her...
Why CPG Marketers Feel Restless – And What to Do About It
It’s Monday morning. Again. Your calendar is a patchwork of meetings. Your inbox is a graveyard of endless, unfinished conversations—chasing facts, corralling inputs, or begging for approvals that never quite come. And that promotion plan you...
7 Shopper Marketing Thought Leaders You Should Follow
The world of shopper marketing is dynamic and getting more technical and complex by the day. To help us make sense of it all, many of us seek opinions and advice from industry experts and thought leaders.
Omnichannel Shopper Marketing Mind Map And 5 Ways To Use It
The omnichannel shopper marketing job is a tough one (I wrote about it at length in this post), and it’s getting more complex and technical each year. This shifting playing field got to a point where shopper marketers have a hard time explaining ...
How to Calculate Shopper Marketing ROI
Return on Investment, or ROI, is a metric that CPG marketers hear about a lot. However, despite its ubiquity, its definition is often inconsistent or unclear. Let’s demystify the ROI
Three New Rules for CPG Brand-Building
With shopping behavior expanding online through eCommerce buying and digital influence on in-store purchasing, brand building requires new rules to play and win.
4 Reasons Why Shopper Marketers Dread Planning Post-COVID
We are in the middle of July, a time when many CPG shopper marketers are rolling up their sleeves to prepare for national sales meetings, a big part of which is putting together preliminary marketing plans. This planning process is intended to align...




