Big brands towards decline?
Private label products continue to grow while the share of big brands falls
In the past twelve months, almost 4 out of 10 consumers in the US have boycotted a brand
‘Political and social positions now have measurable business consequences’
Industry margins doping inflation
Names crop up: Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Procter and Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Pepscico, Algida (Unilever) and L’Orèal for FMCG in a ‘Dejà Vu’ I had experienced in Esselunga with the advent of the Euro
Ahold Delhaize: e-commerce and customisation
Profitable, double-digit growth E-commerce and 14 billion customisation in marketing: a recipe to admire and copy
THE FUTURE WE ENVISAGED E-commerce food today
E-commerce sustainability, personalisation and AI. The European GDPR should not be an excuse, Mario Gasbarrino: ‘if you want to commit suicide, don’t do e-commerce’. And Marco Biasin: ‘we need a single database’
JD.com with Joybuy challenges Amazon and European e-commerce with same-day delivery
Joybuy can rely on the company’s own logistics, which include several warehouses in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg… This facilitates same-day delivery to a limited number of regions within these countries, where orders placed before 11am will arrive by 11pm…
The video of the ‘MDD Strategies and Marketplace – IDM’ event – Factory Positioning
The video of the event ‘MDD Strategies and Market – IDM’ – Factory Positioning on 18 March 2026
Silver Economy: the Industry and Retail Approach
Nutraceuticals and cosmetics certainly have it easier because they have more sophisticated channels. Retail is struggling because it is more conservative and until now had not felt the need to personalise its service and offers
Esselunga at home (e-commerce): the operating result
In 2013 Esselunga a Casa had a gross profit – before tax – of 7.9%. This is discussed in ‘Le Ossa dei Caprotti’
AI Agents in Retail: the silent revolution in large-scale retail
McKinsey estimates that retailers with autonomous AI systems are growing 50 per cent faster than competitors. Cognizant projects $4.4 trillion in additional spending over the next five years from customers embracing AI. Agents are not an investment in the future of retail, they are already the present, and those who delay to act today risk having to make up for a hard-to-fill disadvantage tomorrow
Food eCommerce today as a result of an evolution not entirely foreseen
“49% of young people now consult ChatGpt for eCommerce and soon this trend will also reach Europe. Walmart has made a deal with OpenAi because they want to control the flow of information: lists, prices and more’. The future of eCommerce has arrived
The video of ‘The future they imagined, eCommerce food today’
Today, eCommerce food & grocery, although still representing a limited share of the overall turnover of food distribution, has in several cases reached economically sustainable models. This topic was discussed at the eCommerce Food Conference during a round table discussion between Giuseppe Caprotti and Mario Gasbarrino, two historical protagonists of Italian large-scale retail, moderated by Cristina Lazzati, director of Mark Up and Gdoweek
