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Pam Wood
Industry Analyst, Home
Pam Wood is Circana’s director and industry analyst for the home industry in Canada. She has more than 25 years of experience in the market research industry, collaborating with leading manufacturers and retailers to identify growth opportunities. Developed through her earlier roles at Circana and previously with Nielsen, Wood combines an extensive background in data analytics with deep knowledge of and passion for the industry. This enables her to provide relevant, actionable insights for the Canadian appliance and housewares market.
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Pam Wood
Eating Patterns in America 2026 reveals how evolving consumer eating and drinking behaviors are reshaping opportunities across food, beverage, retail, and foodservice. Drawing on more than $1.8 trillion in spending and 618 billion consumption occasions, Circana’s 41st annual report delivers a comprehensive view of in-home and away-from-home consumption. Discover emerging trends, high-potential growth opportunities, and actionable insights to drive smarter innovation, marketing, and activation st
6 Aug 2026
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Retail media is growing fast, but measurement remains fragmented. In a Cannes Lions 2026 conversation with Circana, CVS Media Exchange's Parbinder Dhariwal explains why the traditional funnel no longer applies, why most purchases still happen in-store, and why independent, cross-retailer measurement is essential to uncovering the true ROI of retail media investments and turning reporting into a business decision engine.
31 Jul 2026
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Retail data is helping small and medium-sized brands compete more effectively with larger rivals. With near real-time visibility into inventory, sales, and store-level performance, SMBs can proactively manage supply chains, prove value to retailers, identify growth opportunities, and make smarter decisions using retailer-trusted insights.
30 Jul 2026
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After years of reacting to disruption, CPG brands have an opportunity to shift from defense to growth. The path forward is rooted in three enduring fundamentals: deeply understanding consumers, innovating to meet evolving needs, and executing with precision across pricing, promotion, and distribution. By combining trusted principles with modern data and insights, brands can build resilience, unlock growth, and stay competitive in an increasingly complex marketplace.
30 Jul 2026
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The once-a-year marketing mix model is a legacy convention, and for most brands operating in volatile categories, it goes stale long before the next study begins. CPGs can match their measurement cadence to what actually drives it — decision frequency, category volatility, and data availability — using a smarter, always-on hybrid approach.
29 Jul 2026
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For emerging CPG brands, momentum is everything. A retailer meeting moves up. A competitor drops price. A new flavor starts to outperform expectations in one region but stalls in another. A founder needs to know whether last week’s sales spike was a signal, a fluke, or the beginning of something bigger.
27 Jul 2026
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Snacking is evolving from a between-meals habit into a lifestyle behavior. Across the U.S., Europe, and Australia, consumers are driving growth through demand for functional benefits, GLP-1-friendly options, natural ingredients, and anytime-anywhere convenience. Learn how changing motivations, occasions, and shopping habits are creating new opportunities for brands and retailers worldwide.
27 Jul 2026
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Private label has evolved from a lower cost alternative into a growth engine reshaping how consumers define value across more categories. Shoppers are looking for products they can trust, with consistent quality and affordability that fits tighter household budgets, and retailers are increasingly meeting that demand with own-brand portfolios that do not ask consumers to compromise.
21 Jul 2026
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Retail media has spent years proving it can grow. Now it has to prove it can be trusted. At Cannes Lions 2026, Jon Gibs, group director, media insights and measurement at Walmart Connect, sat down with Circana’s Lindsay Pullins, senior VP of global retail media and commerce, to explain what that shift really means for advertisers.
Here is a preview. The full conversation is worth watching.
17 Jul 2026
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The path to product discovery is no longer a straight line, as social commerce, omnichannel behavior, and AI are reshaping how consumers find and choose what's new. Circana's 2025 New Product Pacesetters report reveals where these forces converge and why generational differences are redrawing the discovery landscape.
17 Jul 2026
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