Nielsen, Chicago, predicts brands, marketers and consumers to have a big appetite for data and information about cannabis in 2020.

Consumers aren’t eating as well as they’d like to, and that’s an opportunity for growth in consumer packaged goods (CPG), according to a report from Nielsen, New York.

Across the U.S. retail landscape, convenience stores are said to grow faster than all other offline channels over the next five years, according to a study released by Nielsen, Chicago, thus reflecting the hyper-focus consumers put on expediency.

Nielsen, Chicago, announced its predictions for technology, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail for 2020.

The latest Total Consumer Report from Nielsen, Chicago, shows that fresh categories within the United States are driving nearly 49% of all dollar growth across the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brick-and-mortar landscape.

Although a large sector of cannabis products remain illegal under U.S. federal law, state-legalized cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) from hemp will translate into billions of dollars in revenue, according to research from Nielsen, New York.

There’s a private label outbreak, and there’s no slowing it down—both in stores and online.

According to the latest data from Nielsen, New York, and Headset, Seattle, Wash., consumer interest in purchasing legal cannabis exists across gender and age groups in the United States.

Buying local had the highest awareness among U.S. consumers, topping the charts at 46%, according to a study produced by Nielsen, Chicago.

Private label dollar volume in the mass retail channel surged +41% over the last five years, compared to a gain of only +7.4% for national brands, according to analysis from Nielsen, New York.