JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Acosta, a national sales and marketing services provider, has identified several opportunities and challenges for brands and retailers as they navigate a dynamic and uncertain consumer marketplace in the coming year. “The economic challenges of the past year will continue to impact consumer behavior in 2023, providing overarching context for what shoppers
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Acosta has made two leadership appointments: Mike Anderson as senior vice president of natural specialty sales in the U.S., and David Johnston, executive vice president, general manager of Acosta Canada. Anderson brings with him more than three decades of CPG, natural and specialty industry experience, including 16 years at Acosta. He joined the agency in
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Industry veteran Tom Duffy has been named vice president of member development at the Global Market Development Center (GMDC). He will focus primarily on expanding the association’s reach within the retail and consumer product industry in order to create the best global network of those in the health, beauty, wellness and general
A recent study serves as a reminder of the substantial opportunity that supermarket operators have in the field of health and wellness. In a report entitled “The Health of Health & Beauty Care in the Grocery Channel,” Acosta points out that of the $84 billion a year spent on H&BAs in this country, supermarkets garner