Yesterday was the deadline for Canadian grocery retailers to submit a “comprehensive plan” to the federal government on how to reduce grocery prices. In September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the industry an ultimatum to “stabilize” food prices. In a speech in Ontario, the PM said: In recent years, large grocers have been making more money, all while the cost of groceries has risen drastically and families are struggling to put food on their tables. We are also looking at all tools at our disposal, and we are not ruling out the use of tax measures, in order to restore the grocery price stability that Canadians expect. The CEOs of the top five retailers were called to Ottawa to testify before Par...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.