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Redesigning FMCG Innovation: How Feasibility Is Rewriting Competitive Strategy
20 Apr 26Climate volatility and commodity disruption are forcing FMCG companies to rethink how innovation is designed and scaled. This article explores why feasibility is moving upstream in the innovation process, reshaping formulation choices, portfolios and long term strategy. As resilience becomes a competitive advantage, brands are redesigning innovation systems to ensure products remain viable under sustained supply uncertainty.
Alison Angus
Geopolitical Shocks Reshaping FMCG Packaging Strategy
15 Apr 26The packaging industry confronts significant margin pressure, especially plastics, where most production costs tie directly to petrochemical feedstocks. Energy volatility is also hitting energy-intensive materials like glass and aluminium, forcing FMCG players to execute strategies like downsizing and lightweighting to defend margins. While cost reduction is the main motivator, environmental benefits are a welcome secondary outcome, opening space to recalculate material economics and accelerate the shift towards sustainable packaging.
Jorge Zuniga
Longevity Ingredients in Beauty: Separating Trends from Drivers of Skin Care and Hair Care Growth
2 Apr 26Longevity is everywhere in beauty today across product claims, ingredient narratives, and innovation pipelines. But when a theme becomes this pervasive, the more important question is not what is trending, but what is translating into sustained demand. From a market perspective, this distinction matters. Trends create noise while repeat purchase, ingredient scale, and cross-category adoption signal where companies should invest versus where they should wait.
Ina Dawer
What Is Your Packaging Really Telling Consumers?
1 Apr 26As regulations tighten, circularity expectations intensify and greenwashing scrutiny increases, packaging has transformed from a design consideration to a frontline credibility test for brand sustainability strategies.
Jorge Zuniga
Mapping Beauty Ingredient Opportunities Through Brands and Innovation Activity
16 Feb 26Tracking beauty ingredient growth requires understanding which ingredients are gaining traction and which companies and brands are driving adoption and innovation. This article focuses on salicylic acid, an important functional ingredient across skin care and hair care. Using Euromonitor’s Ingredients Dashboard, we examine how usage is concentrated among leading multinationals while faster-growing brands are expanding their portfolios.
Jared Conway
Demand-Driven Botanicals: Mapping Ingredient Growth and Evolving BPC Trends
18 Dec 25Botanical ingredients continue to play a central role in product formulation and innovation as consumers increasingly recognise the natural benefits associated with plant-based extracts and healthier positioning. However, it is not enough to track which ingredients are rising in popularity from the supply side; understanding which botanicals are used at the product level and in which countries and categories they appear provides a clearer view of what trends are here to stay.
Jared Conway