insights
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We use all available tools to understand our target consumers – their attitudes, behaviors and emotional triggers – and we use those insights to inform our strategy and creativity.
5 Emerging Pet Trends to Watch in 2023
With pet parents increasingly treating their pets like people, it’s not surprising that there’s a surge in pet care products and services that put Fido at the forefront of all. Here’s a quick list of some hot trends in pet parent products and behavior to keep on your...
5 Trends for Pet Channel Marketers
The pet industry continues to expand and pet parents are spending more than ever, both in-store and online. Moreover, just like for themselves, pet owners are increasingly seeking a more personalized array of products to elevate the health of their pets. Let’s take a...
Moving Ahead of the Curve with Regenerative Organic Farming
Remember when ‘organic’ products first started popping up in grocery stores back in the early 2000’s? The products were few, largely produce-centric and most consumers were striving to understand what ‘organic’ meant, what made it better and why it was more costly....
Winning with D2C Online Selling
Winning with D2C Online Selling Historically, CPG brands relied exclusively on retailers to reach new customers and build brand awareness. Although 72% of shoppers still rely on brick-and-mortar stores as their primary source of purchase, this traditional model of...
Big Brands Innovating with Equity to Meet the Demands of the Day
Innovation is often said to be the lifeblood of smaller brands breaking into the marketplace – providing purpose for their being and a point of differentiation. However, the giants of the CPG world must also play in this sandbox from time to time to both attract new...
Innovation That’s Making a Difference: Responding to Growing Consumer Consciousness
An unexpected outcome of COVID-19 was the compression of a decade’s worth of change into a mere two years. Without question, the pandemic has reshaped businesses, industries, and our broader culture in a multitude of ways – from how we work, shop, receive medical...
3 Ways for Building Brands in the Pet Industry: It’s About the Relationship
What can we say? Americans love their pets. We pamper and spoil them like children, we humanize them by dressing them up during holidays, they travel with us, shop with us, sleep in our beds, and even have their own social media pages. In return, they shower us with...
Our Favorite Mother-Inspired Recipes
This Sunday, we’re celebrating all the mothers in our lives! In typical Ignite2X fashion, when we started thinking about our moms, we thought about all the delicious food they've introduced to our lives! Below, you'll find some of our team's favorite mother-inspired...
Why Things Are Looking Up for Upcycling
Waste not want not; I was always told growing up, and I have seen each generation take that to heart, conserving water, recycling paper, bottles, and plastics - and even composting food waste. While generations ago only people who shopped at food co-ops understood the...
Doing Well by Doing Good
We’re proud to continue our work with the Mid-Atlantic Food Trade Organization (MAFTO) and Philabundance, a relief program that delivered more than 26 million pounds of food in 2019 and serves 90,000 people each week.