AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoRetail Expansion: M&S opens an 8,600-square-foot Foodhall at London’s Elephant and Castle on Nov. 12, adding bakery, flowers, wine and click-and-collect for fashion, home and beauty. Packaging: Nestlé is pausing its Quality Street paper tub for Christmas 2026, using lessons from two years of trials to refine the design, with a possible return at greater scale. CPG Investment: Mars plans to invest $1.4 billion in U.S. manufacturing next year, while major consumer-goods players including Nestlé, P&G and AB InBev are pairing AI and automation with factory and supply-chain upgrades. New Markets: At Shanghai’s CIIE, international brands put food, cosmetics and clothing before Chinese shoppers, as a French dairy giant bets on growing demand for cheese.
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