December 15, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Blacksmith Applications, Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics
Business, Leading Headlines, Supplier News, Technology
BOSTON — Blacksmith Applications, a leading provider of SaaS-based trade promotion management and optimization software to the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, announced the acquisition of TABS Analytics. The combined entity brings together the market-leading trade effectiveness, data analytics, category management and shopper insights solutions of TABS with the technical acumen, trade management expertise and domain
July 22, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
Arthur Drogue, Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics
Leading Headlines, Supplier News
Shelton, Conn. — TABS Analytics announced Monday that Arthur Drogue, who held executive roles at Unilever, Best Foods, Nabisco and other major Consumer Packaged Goods companies, has joined TABS’s board of directors. “We are pleased to welcome Art to the TABS board,” said Kurt Jetta, executive chairman and founder of TABS Analytics. “Art’s background, experience
June 27, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
Kurt Jetta, online vitamin sales, TABS Analytics, TABS Analytics 12th Annual Vitamin Study.
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
SHELTON, Conn. – Mass market brick and mortar stores, like Walmart and Target, and eCommerce retailers have seen the most success in attracting buyers of vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements (VMS), according the TABS Analytics 12th Annual Vitamin Study. However, after more than doubling in the past decade, overall online penetration has plateaued at about 17%.
June 20, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CPGToolBox, Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics
Leading Headlines, Supplier News, Technology
SHELTON, Conn. – TABS Analytics Thursday announced that it is collaborating with CPGToolBox to deliver an integrated trade promotion and optimization solution for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers. The joint venture brings together the two organizations’ best-in-class solutions to forecast, plan, settle and analyze promotions, and then conduct a rigorous analytical overview of the optimal
October 20, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Jeff Elderton, Kurt Jetta, Pivotstream, TABS Analytics
Business, Supplier News, Technology
SHELTON, Conn. — TABS Analytics has acquired Pivotstream Inc., a Seattle-based global data analytics firm. Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. In announcing the deal this week, TABS said the Pivotstream platform will be a core component of its service offerings going forward. A cloud-based business intelligence firm specializing in the CPG space, Pivotstream has
August 19, 2017 by Kurt Jetta and Chain Drug Review
drug store retailers, Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics, value brands
Leading Headlines, Opinion
For many drug store executives, the conventional wisdom is that their customers simply don’t buy value brands — such as Suave and VO5 shampoo, or Aim and Pepsodent toothpaste. When looking closer at their stores’ offerings, the truth is that the executives’ beliefs are a self-fulfilling prophecy. Customers in these drug stores are less likely
April 27, 2017 by Kurt Jetta and Chain Drug Review
consumer packaged goods, CPG industry, CPG sales growth, Kurt Jetta, retail populism, TABS Analytics
Opinion
This is a subject that will inevitably scrape a political nerve or two, but it is vital for all consumer packaged goods (CPG) practitioners and suppliers to understand this basic premise: The disproportionate gains in income by the highest-income groups is the primary reason why CPG sales growth is lagging GDP growth for the past
April 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 TABS Personal Care Study, CVS Pharmacy, Kurt Jetta, personal care market, TABS Analytics, Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 04-03-2017, Issues, News
SHELTON, Conn. — Walmart has the largest retail share in the $40 billion personal care market, but CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens are leading the way in driving deals for consumers, according to TABS Analytics. Walmart holds a 19.4% share of personal care purchases, followed by traditional supermarkets (such as Kroger Co. and Publix Super Markets
March 21, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 TABS Personal Care Study, CVS Pharmacy, Kurt Jetta, personal care market, personal care products, TABS Analytics, Target, Walgreens
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Supplier News
SHELTON, Conn. — Walmart holds the largest share of the personal care market among all retailers, according to TABS Analytics. Meanwhile, CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens have helped make rewards programs consumers’ preferred vehicle for getting deals on personal care items, the 2017 TABS Personal Care Study found. In the $40 billion personal care market, Walmart has
November 21, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Anna Werner, CBS Sunday Morning, Kurt Jetta, online grocery services, Rise of Online Food Delivery, TABS Analytics, video
Leading Headlines, Videos
These days, supermarkets are under attack from a host of retail competitors looking to up their ante in the grocery business, including mass merchants, warehouse clubs, chain drug stores, dollar stores and convenience stores, among others. One emerging competitor that’s been drawing more attention lately are online grocery services, which offer the benefits of being
November 11, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Andrea Van Dam, beauty care market, beauty consumer demographics, Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics, TABS Analytics Beauty Study, Women’s Marketing
Business, Leading Headlines, Supplier News
SHELTON, Conn. — TABS Analytics next week plans to release the results of its third annual TABS Analytics Beauty Study, shedding some light on the ever-changing buying habits of consumers in a core mass retail market. Surveying 1,000 women ages 18 to 75 in October, the study looks at what types of beauty products shopper are
October 17, 2016 by Kurt Jetta and Chain Drug Review
Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics, vitamin sales, Vitamin Study, vitamins minerals and supplements, VMS category
Leading Headlines, Opinion
SHELTON, Conn. — There has been a long-standing debate over the size of the vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) category. We started our Vitamin Study in 2005 with a simple goal: to get a more accurate measurement of the category size. With our 2016 study, we offered a broader and more robust set of data
September 22, 2016 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Kurt Jetta, online grocery shopping, TABS Analytics, TABS Analytics Fourth Annual Food and Beverage Study
CDR Blog
Maybe there’s some stuff that people just don’t really want to buy online. That’s one of the undercurrents to the the TABS Analytics Fourth Annual Food and Beverage Study, which concluded that online grocery shopping hasn’t caught on. In TABS survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers ages 18 to 75, only 4.5% of respondents said they
April 22, 2016 by Kurt Jetta and Chain Drug Review
consumer packaged goods, CPG companies, CPG industry sales, Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics
Opinion
Much has been written about the historic sluggishness of the consumer packaged goods industry. Since 2013 CPG industry sales growth has been below 2%, and that growth has been entirely driven by pricing. In response, we see companies merging, brands being sold and jobs being lost. The pundits in our industry sit on the sideline