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March 3, 2026

Riding a New Wave of Innovation in CPG: What the 2026 Product of the Year Winners Signal for Brands

CPG innovation is accelerating. Discover how Product of the Year winners use consumer validation, packaging, and strategy to win the moment of choice.
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February 23, 2026

The Power of Understanding Shopper Decision-Making: Why Context, Needs, and Occasions Matter

Learn how context, needs states, and occasions shape shopper decisions—and how brands can use these insights to create smarter marketing and stronger connections.
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January 29, 2026

Double the Celebrities, Double the Impact? What Super Bowl Ads Reveal

Do celebrity-packed Super Bowl ads really work? Learn when star pairings boost brand impact—and when too much star power hurts recall and awareness.
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January 21, 2026

Vista Grande Acquires Ameritest Creative Testing System, Positioning the Industry’s Leading Creative Diagnostics Platform for Accelerated Innovation and Growth

Vista Grande acquires the Ameritest Creative Testing System, expanding its creative diagnostics platform to help brands measure ad effectiveness and drive growth.
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October 16, 2025

Vista Grande Concludes National Study With The Wine Market Council to Uncover Wine Purchase Obstacles

Vista Grande and the Wine Market Council reveal new research on wine purchase barriers and how brands can better engage younger consumers and grow the category.
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May 14, 2025

CMA | SIMA Webinar: Controlled-Store Testing: Learn, Validate, Launch with Confidence

Learn why Controlled Store Testing is returning to CPG strategy and how GameChanger testing helps brands validate innovations, packaging, and merchandising in real stores.
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February 13, 2025

Vista Grande Acquires GameChanger Products, Expanding its Shopper Insights Portfolio with Real-World Testing Expertise

Vista Grande acquires GameChanger Products to expand real-world in-store testing, helping brands validate shopper insights, innovations, and retail strategies.
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March 5, 2024

WHAT IF? Two simple words that have the power to change everything!

Discover how a “What If?” mindset can spark category innovation. Learn how Kraft Heinz and Vista Grande explore bold merchandising and new growth strategies.
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December 11, 2023

Introducing Vista Grande's Latest Innovation: Shopper Stream!

Discover Shopper Stream, Vista Grande’s qualitative research solution using video interviews and AI-powered insights to reveal how shoppers make real decisions.
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November 17, 2023

When is "again" a gain?

How often should you refresh category decision trees or market structures? Learn why evolving shopper behavior makes updating insights every 1–2 years critical.
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April 6, 2023

CMA | SIMA 2023 Annual Conference - Activating an Omni-Channel Decision Tree

This session will explore how CDTs (Category Decision Trees) are used today particularly in an omnichannel environment where decisions can be made very differently in brick and mortar stores vs. online for any given category.
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April 6, 2023

CMA | SIMA 2023 Annual Conference - Foresight: Shopper Strategies in Fast-Evolving Categories

Learn how Boston Beer and Vista Grande turn emerging shopper trends into actionable strategies to lead fast-evolving categories like Beyond Beer.
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June 27, 2022

CMA | SIMA Webinar: Decision Trees and other Controversies

Should the retail shelf follow the Decision Tree? Sounds reasonable in theory. In practice, however, there are many thorny issues to navigate.
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November 14, 2021

CMA Webinar: Why did she buy that Chardonnay? Treasury Wine Estates

How need states inform the omni-channel path to purchase.
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April 15, 2021

Packaging Perception is Reality

This new campaign from AB InBev is a great opportunity to understand the power of packaging… and why blind taste tests may be very misleading…
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