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Consumer Goods Forum 2023

Consumer Goods Forum 2023

Join Bain this June in Kyoto at the CGF Global Summit.

Explore our curated collection of thought leadership relevant to senior leaders in consumer goods and retail.

Join us in June

Join us in June

Speaking Session: The Future Consumer

Introducing our research on 2035 consumer & shopper behaviors and how they will impact consumer products & retail companies.

7th June, 1:30-2:20pm

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Our Delegation

Richard Webster Partner London

Bruno Lannes Partner Shanghai

David Zehner Partner Sydney

Leah Johns Practice Director, Global Consumer Lab and EMEA Consumer Products Lisbon

Harry Morrison Partner Europe

Kenji Govaers Partner Tokyo

Marc-André Kamel Partner Paris

Miltiadis Athanassiou Partner Zurich

Aaron Cheris Partner San Francisco

Melanie Sanders Partner Melbourne

James Yang Partner Hong Kong

Weiwen Han Partner Hong Kong

Joëlle de Montgolfier Practice Executive Vice President Paris

Featured Insights

Featured Insights

Sustainability in Retail: Practical Ways to Make Progress

In ESG, moving from “why” to “how” is hard, but it can unlock long-term value for retailers.

Purpose-Led Brands Can Reshape the Consumer Goods Industry if They Can Scale …

A new generation of purpose-led brands promises to improve the world by offering consumers ethical, sustainable purchase choices, but their success depends on scale.

How Brands Can Embrace the Sustainable Fashion Opportunity

Brands can accelerate and capitalize on this opportunity as more fashion consumers become champions for sustainability.

A Roadmap for Sustainable Packaging in Consumer Goods

How companies can balance opportunities and trade-offs when reimagining packaging for sustainability.

Finding the Real Value in Environmental Footprints

As companies search for the perfect way to measure environmental impact, the best will view their efforts as just a starting point for deeper transformation.

What's Keeping Asia-Pacific Shoppers from Buying Sustainable Goods?

Our survey of 16,000 consumers across 11 countries in Asia-Pacific highlights the “say-do gap” between intent and action.

Inflation Strategies for Brands and Retailers

Bain Partners Richard Pelz and Marco Caldarelli discuss how consumer packaged goods companies and retailers can collaborate to respond to inflation.

Future of Retail: New Era, New Challenges

Bain Partner Marc-André Kamel outlines winning principles to stay on top during times of retail convergence.

Favoring the Bold: A Strategic Roadmap for Consumer Products

Bain Partner Richard Webster shares new strategies to tackle turbulence.

Supply Chain Reset: A Different Reality Demands a Different Approach

As we move into a post-globalization, post-pandemic world, supply chain reinvention has become essential.

Unpacking Asia-Pacific Consumers’ New Love Affair with Sustainability

As interest grows for buying sustainable products, the “say-do gap” in purchasing looms large.

How Retailers Can Rediscover the Skill of Taming Inflation

Soaring costs demand a customer-centric overhaul of pricing, assortment, and operations.

Achieving Circularity in Beauty Products

Beauty companies, like most consumer product companies, are setting ambitious circularity goals for the next decade. Success will require careful planning and a robust strategy.

Food System Transformation: The Time Is Now

More sustainable food and agriculture offers one of our best shots at reversing climate change and environmental degradation while improving health and livelihoods around the world.

Online Grocery Strategy: A Reality Check for Disruptors and Incumbents

Innovative grocery delivery models will face the same challenges as established omnichannel grocers.

Insurgent Brands Deliver More Value to Consumers and Are Rewarded for It

Delivering what consumers value enables brands to achieve greater growth.

Growth for Both: How US Brands and Retailers Grow the Profit Pool for All

Manufacturers and retailers can improve joint business planning to help each other thrive amid mounting challenges in a postpandemic world.

Beyond Omicron: Six Strategic Priorities for Retailers in 2022

Amid urgent operational challenges, executive teams need to remain focused on the bigger picture.

Meet Asia-Pacific’s Sustainable Consumers

Our breakthrough survey of 16,000 consumers across 11 countries in Asia-Pacific uncovered surprising trends.

Supplier Diversity: How to Overcome Four Key Obstacles

Leaders integrate supplier diversity goals into their procurement strategy.

Getting Sustainability Right

While most executives agree that sustainability initiatives are becoming more important, many are still early in their journeys. Here’s how leading companies excel.

Making DEI Work Inside and Out

To ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion take hold inside your organization, remember to focus on external shareholders, too.

Retail and Sustainability: The Supply Chain Opportunity

Retailers’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) progress has the potential to accelerate.