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“The purse strings are tightening and shifting when it comes to retail spending. Inflation is easing, but consumers continue to feel the pinch of still-elevated food and beverage prices. Impacts of higher prices, lower demand, and weather disruption may be starting to extend beyond discretionary spending. Retailers and manufacturers need to find the trigger points that will motivate the consumer to start to spend, despite reprioritization and the various economic challenges they are facing.”

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In the beverages market, consumer preferences remain stable with no changes in category rankings. Carbonated beverages lead despite a 7.4% sales drop, followed by bottled water (1.2% increase) and energy drinks (1.7% increase). Significant movements include Minute Maid's climb in bottled juices and Powerade overtaking Bodyarmor in sports drinks. In energy drinks, Red Bull, Monster, and Celsius hold the top spots, with Ghost and Rockstar showing notable gains. Bottled water brand rankings are unchanged, with a shift towards nonflavored options. In coffee, Folgers Ground takes the lead despite a sales dip. The tea and non-fruit drink categories show minimal changes with Bigelow and Nestle leading, respectively. Ready-to-drink sectors and aseptic juices observed steady positions, highlighting consistent consumer choices.

Source: Circana, Liquid AI™,

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October Retail Sales Reveal the Impact of Headwinds Challenging Consumers, Reports Circana

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October Retail Sales Reveal the Impact of Headwinds Challenging Consumers, Reports Circana

Consumers appear nimble as they bend and stretch their ability to purchase amid an abundance of headwinds hitting their wallets. But the struggle to exceed last October’s soft comps resulting from pre-election distraction makes it clear that their resiliency is being tested heading into the core holiday shopping period.

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Recognized as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Retail Planning Platforms, Q4 2023 report, Circana is leading a new era in supporting retail data ecosystems and decision making. We provide complete visibility into consumer behaviors, covering $4T in global consumer spending across 26 industries. Our world-class technology and decades of industry expertise and experience transform vast amounts of data into a focused vision. Our relationships with retailers, and capabilities tailored for them, can strengthen your business in this highly competitive, ever-changing global environment.

We bring retailers a holistic picture of categories, cross-category influences, buyer behavior, and more, so they can accelerate decision making and grow new revenue streams. We also offer analytic solutions such as assortment optimization, price and promotion evaluation, loyalty analysis, and more. Imagine seeing all the angles in one place, curated into meaningful insights you can act on.