Consumer Insights
Quarterly Consumer Review
As we settle into Q3 2024, it’s clear that the athletic and wellness trends we observed last quarter have become a major catalyst for innovation across the consumer goods landscape. Performance and health are undeniably driving product development throughout the industry, with functional ingredients popping up in everything from coffee to skincare. The last three…
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For our second Quarterly Consumer Review of 2024, we’re focusing in on performance-ready products across a variety of consumer categories like food & beverage, beauty, apparel, and more. Whether driven by the influx of athlete-led businesses or typical seasonal patterns, the industry is aligning with consumer preferences and emphasizing functional ingredients and products. Not everything…
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We’re back with the first Quarterly Consumer Review of 2024. Throughout the past quarter, we’ve been avidly collecting compelling industry news in order to see which product categories are capturing consumer and investor attention in today’s unpredictable economic climate. Despite investors maintaining the conservative approach that defined the fundraising landscape in 2023, several equity groups…
Read MoreDwight’s 2023 in Review
2023 presented it’s fair share of both opportunities and challenges for digitally native and omnichannel brands in the consumer products space. Investors adopted a more conservative approach than previous years, forcing many brands to pivot growth strategies to focus on profitability at all costs. Despite having to make some fundamental strategic changes, many brands are…
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We’re back for the third installment of Dwight’s Quarterly Consumer Review, and we have much to discuss. 2023 has flown by for food & beverage brands channeling energy and capital toward growing their retail footprint, for digitally native brands breaking into brick-and-mortar, for investors closing new funds, and for all of us following along for…
Read MoreDwight x CPG Wire Present: Quarterly Consumer Review
April 1st — June 30th, 2023 CPG Wire is back for the second installment of our quarterly industry report with a slew of updates following an eventful quarter for the consumer products industry. We’ve been following along as brands secured fresh funding, collaborated with each other, launched behind new doors, released new products, and exited the…
Read MoreDwight x CPG Wire Present: DTC Trends & Fundraising Index
Janaury 1st — March 31st, 2023 Leading CPG Working Capital Provider Dwight Funding and DTC news aggregator CPG Wire combine expertise to present the first-ever index of the latest fundraises and trends across food & beverage, beauty, and general consumer product categories. Those of us who know DTC know that we have one of the most…
Read MoreDwight’s 2023 F&B Trend of the Year: Sustainable Seafood
Dwight’s F&B Trend of the Year, Sustainable Seafood has been gaining popularity in the natural food space, whether it’s sustainably-sourced seafood or plant-based seafood alternatives. We predict this momentum to accelerate throughout the year. Sustainable seafood is crucial for the health of our oceans and the long-term viability of the seafood industry. With growing awareness…
Read MoreDwight’s 2022 in Review
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. From our vantage point, CPG in 2022 was shaped by inflation, the conscious consumer, staying power of DTC amidst diversification to other channels, and a shift away from 3rd party data. Between tinkering with promotion strategies, to upping the ante on green & social good…
Read MoreRaising Capital 1 Year into COVID-19
In April 2020, Dwight Funding and Stage 1 Financial each hosted virtual forums around Raising Capital during COVID, one of the most uncertain periods in history. As we enter the post-COVID era, our groups have joined forces to bring a timely update on the current fundraising environment. Watch full State of the Market webinar here:…
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