Category: Food & Consumer Products & Retail
Grassroots Sports Streaming: An Up-and-Coming Avenue for Effective Community Engagement
It is no longer unusual to see grassroots and amateur sport streamed online. People expect that live stream services will be offered...
Read moreGlobal Food Security is Y(O)ur Business
Global food security is too important to be left to the food and agriculture industry to address alone. All industries must step up and see themselves as part of the global food system...
Read moreCommsLife: Let’s Get Phygital
The future of the retail landscape looks very different to the bricks and mortar physical buildings we interact with today...
Read moreUNGA Week: Food Security
With conversations around the 2021 UN General Assembly in mind, this edition of APCO Forum covers the top factors that impact global food security, from climate change to the role of women in food production, from institutional responsibilities to the innovation needed to boost production, increase nutrition and reduce waste...
Read moreWill 2021 Be a Year of Rebound for Retail?
The retail sector is going through a disruption accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are several important cornerstones of the transformation that successful retail companies need to have in order to survive and grow through 2021 and beyond...
Read moreRecognizing the Role and Responsibility the Food Industry Plays in All of Our Lives
The COVID-19 crisis has put a unique spotlight on food and food systems, revealing both strengths and weaknesses across sectors and practices. In some ways, it has placed consumers on a level playing field, but also exposed some deep inequalities...
Read moreHow can the Food Industry Come Back Stronger from the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The food industry, from farms to restaurants to retail to the tables of consumers, has been upended by COVID-19. This has resulted in a forced shift in the supply chain and could change how the world produces and consumes food well into the future...
Read moreThe Future of Travel: Mapping Predictive Trends in the Tourism Industry
One of the most jarring consequences of a pandemic in our interconnected world has been the restriction of individual movement. The freedom to travel, locally or abroad, has been limited. Beyond canceled vacations, the travel, tourism and hospitality industries have been crippled and only recently, experts began imagining the future of travel in a post-COVID-19 world...
Read moreAre Brands Meeting Consumer Expectations During the Crisis?
Intelligence from APCO Worldwide’s proprietary COVID-19 Response Index (CRI) show that brands such as Starbucks, McDonald’s, and Pepsi are underperforming in consumer online conversations despite having pushed out messages of reassurance, hope, and health...
Read moreSuper Bowl LIV Ad Review
Much like the game itself, Super Bowl LIV advertisers played it pretty safe with their offerings. Bill Dalbec, managing director of APCO Insight, takes a closer look at the commercials, companies and brands that aligned to a higher purpose of advocating on behalf of their key stakeholders on game day...
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