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Consumer Credit, Generation Z, and the Consumer Packaged Goods Sector

Enterra Insights

Consider that there are 70 million more credit card accounts open now than there were in 2019, before the pandemic.” According to anonymized and aggregated account data tracked by the Bank of America Institute, the median savings and checking balances were at least 30% higher in July than they averaged in 2019.

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The prevalence of smoking is going down, but the world’s population is increasing; the net result is that the forecast for the number of smokers is essentially flat in 2025 as compared to 2010. At the end of 2019 that supply chain covered 38 PMI owned factories, 28 third party manufacturers, and more than 180 markets.

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

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Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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IoT Benefits for Supply Chain Operations

Enterra Insights

1] Because IoT solutions affect every stage of supply chain operations, all supply chain professionals need to be better informed, not just manufacturing professionals. 2] Experts have identified a number of potential benefits supply chain organizations can hope to achieve by implementing IoT solutions. Demand Sensing. ”[5].

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10 Global Food Processing Industry Trends for 2021

Unleashed

The way we eat, technology, people’s expectations — the knock-on effect of this is revolutionising much of the food industry, from the ingredients we buy to the food manufacturing software we use. Changing habits: Purchasing food that lasts. So what are the food processing trends to watch out for in 2021?

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Trends and Predictions 2020: Retail

Enterra Insights

In 2019, he notes, these transactions resulted in $3 trillion of sales. He asserts, “The outstanding opportunity is $27 trillion remaining in the global retail economy, including things that are fundamentally more complex purchases.” straight forward buying and selling). ” Trend 2. ”[7]. ” Trend 5.

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Emerging Trends Around Last-Mile Delivery Fulfillment Models 2022

Locus

” – Drivers of online purchases in the U.S. million online buyers in 2025. – Number of digital buyers in the United States 2017-2025, Statista. – US Grocery E-commerce Sales 2019-2024, March 2021. The Statista Digital Market Outlook forecasts that by 2025, online shopping revenue in the U.S.