United States IT Opportunity: Consumer Packaged Goods/Retail

The widespread challenges faced by consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies often focus on internal operations, competitive activity, and regulatory requirements. The sheer complexity of their business profitability models makes these companies a key target for IT vendors determined to help them harvest value from past IT investments while helping them remain competitive through the integration of critical technology advancements. Manufacturing Insights' United States IT Opportunity: Consumer Packaged Goods/Retail service provides research on trends, five-year market forecasts, and detailed analyses on the pockets of opportunity within these sectors. It equips IT vendors with analysis of industry events, market insight, competitive research, and demand-side adoption trends to successfully navigate and position themselves in the CPG and retail sectors.

Key Questions Answered

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

• How large is the opportunity to sell IT products and services into the CPG and retail sectors?
• How will business, economic, and regulatory issues facing these U.S. companies translate into IT sales?
• Which technology needs are driving key growth opportunities for IT vendors?
• How will IT be used throughout the various business functions of these companies to increase collaboration and reduce costs?
• Who are the key IT vendors serving these markets, and how is the competitive landscape shifting?

Subjects Covered

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• IT budget allocation and current state of the IT investment portfolio
• Outlook for upcoming IT budget trends and allocation
• How business challenges and opportunities translate into IT investments
• Annual five-year forecast and analysis of IT spending
• Annual list of leading IT vendors in these sectors
• Quarterly updates on the health of the sectors, major IT investments, critical business initiatives, and regulatory issues
• Frequent examination of major current events and the impact on IT spending

Subscription Benefits

• A full 12 months of documents providing intelligence on market developments and direction along with informed commentary and recommended actions
• Access to the analyst team for further discussions and explanation (one-hour increments)
• Preferential pricing on purchases of other services
• Complimentary tickets (3) to a Manufacturing Insights Executive Conference each year
• Complimentary invitations to regular telebriefings

Research Agenda

Throughout the year, this service will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:

This biweekly update provides an analysis of events and opinions in the manufacturing industry.

Based on primary research, this annual study provides coverage of critical business initiatives and the current state of IT investment portfolios in the CPG and retail sectors.

This document details the current state of the market and provides a five-year outlook for IT spending in the CPG and retail industries.

Based on 2005 revenue, this document identifies the leading IT vendors in the CPG and retail industries.

This quarterly assessment of the CPG and retail industries analyzes industry indicators, critical business initiatives, key regulatory hot buttons, and key contract signings for the period. This document explores the impact of these circumstances on IT spending.

Each event-driven document analyzes the overall IT impact of a major current event and, more specifically, its impact on IT spending.

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