How will demographic  trends affect consumer shopping behaviors?

While consumers around the world are more confident about the year ahead, Americans still seem relatively unconvinced there will be drastic improvement.

American consumers embrace an expanding range of foods and beverages -- driven by ever more complex lifestyles and schedules, nutritional and dietary considerations and culinary cross-currents.

Each generation will make a distinctive mark on how and what Americans will be eating in 10 years, according to The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y.

Consumers find breakfast fare comforting and many, especially women, wish they could eat it at any time of the day.

Survey results from the eighth annual Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey show consumers had more memorable experiences with fast food launches than with technology, toys or personal care products.

How do you follow up a wild year of $5 menus, gourmet meals for paupers’ prices and buy-one-get-one restaurant specials? You return to quality.

Millennials are one of the largest demographics in the country and will soon be entering a strong growth period in both income and consumer packaged goods (CPG) spending.

What will the breakthrough new products of next year be? Most likely something recognizable...with a twist.

The economic downturn can be blamed for a number of lifestyle changes, but causing Americans to cook more is not one of them, according to The 24th Annual Report on Eating Patterns in America, recently released by The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y.