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Consumer Goods & Services

Welcome to the new era of commerce.

Rethinking strategies to tackle new industry pressures

Recessionary signs, decreasing consumer confidence and rising costs are shaking the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry. A reinvention strategy is key for manufacturers to remain relevant and embrace new market opportunities through technology and new ways of working.

Change is at our door, with five new CPG businesses emerging each week. What’s more, consumers now expect companies to address their changing living, working and leisure needs amid industry pressures.

CPGs are moving away from a brand-led approach to seeing consumers as individuals who want to own and architect the brands they engage with, bringing complexity, contradictions and unpredictable shifts. To address this scenario, CPGs must embrace 360° value to become future-ready, human-led and data-fueled businesses.

Companies that can reimagine their consumer offerings, reengineer themselves and dominate emerging capabilities will generate long-term, sustainable value. In our report, CPGs can explore the 5 principles and 12 characteristics they need to cultivate to become a future ready CPG.

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The CPG industry is experiencing the largest channel proliferation and fundamental shift in consumer and customer relationships to date. Digital channels are now being used by 92% of consumers according to our research.

This transformation leaves CPGs rethinking how they use digital to shape the future of commerce. It’s no longer about the online-offline paradigm, but about becoming digital from the inside out and providing a consistent brand experience in every relevant channel.

Accenture outlines what CPG leaders are doing different to operate as a digital business and grow digital commerce.

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Unlocking the full benefits of cloud technology requires CPG companies to take a holistic approach. In the industry, an impressive 48% haven’t taken this road, restricting the positive impact of their journey.

CPGs are falling into two archetypes in their cloud transformations: frontrunners and followers. Frontrunners are agile organizations boosted by robust data and analytics capabilities, using granular insights to anticipate and respond to consumers’ needs. On the other hand, followers fall behind due to their leaders seeing cloud as a mere cost reduction program—never fully migrating to or leveraging the potential of this technology.

Our report identifies the three barriers that are keeping CPGs from achieving the full benefits of cloud and steps to follow to avoid falling behind.

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After two years of disruption, two in three consumers face budget restraints and their confidence is lower than it was during the pandemic.

Virtual ways of living, shifting priorities, and new approaches to sustainability are demanding the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies find new strategies to keep up with the ever-changing consumer.

To face these challenges, brands must abandon their preconceptions and understand the new consumer needs by rethinking talent, processes and technology.

As our report shows, an approach powered by industry-leading innovation, new leadership skills, empathy and a human-centered design will create new opportunities in this dynamic scenario.

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Capabilities

Accenture Consumer Goods and Service consulting offers a full range of services that help identify new business growth opportunities, drive consumer goods innovation, technology transformation and personalized customer experiences.

Where we serve

Agribusiness

Discover how we are working across the food value chain (seeds, farming and processing) to drive innovation and growth for our agri clients.

Beauty

Check out how we are transforming the beauty customer experience and enabling clients to discover new areas of opportunity fueled by data.

Beverages

Enabling the transformation of beverages through human-centric product innovation and sustainable models, driving superior performance and experience.

Food

We’re helping food companies pivot to consumers' evolving needs for quick, healthy, socially responsible products that elevate experiences.

Home and personal care

From personal care and hygiene to home care products and appliances, we help clients adapt to a new reality, driven by evolving consumer lifestyles.

Case studies

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Talent & Organization

Change from every angle: Henkel

See how Accenture is helping Henkel foster growth through the growth of their people.
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Consumer Goods and Services

Change that’s more than skin deep for Shiseido

Shiseido is using digital to create new beauty experiences.
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Raising a glass to M&A success

Carlsberg taps into a winning IT integration strategy.

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What’s new in consumer goods and services

What we think

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Strategy & Consulting

Total Enterprise Reinvention

We outline how organizations can achieve higher levels of performance through technology and innovation by embracing “Total Enterprise Reinvention”.

Accenture Song

The life centricity playbook

Growth through relevance begins when businesses stop seeing customers and start seeing people.

Accenture Song

Accenture Life Trends 2023: Control and Power

Our annual report digging into the cultural and human behavior trends that will shape 2023.

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Meet the team

Oliver Wright

Senior Managing Director – Global Lead, Consumer Goods & Services
Oliver Wright

Rajat Agarwal

Managing Director – Consumer Goods and Retail, Industry Lead, Growth Markets
Rajat Agarwal

Venky Rao

Senior Managing Director – Consumer Goods & Services Lead, North America
Venky Rao

News

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