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Product Trend: Small Indulgences Turned Must-Haves

by Christina Lee on March 15th, 2009

Examine some of the most popular purchases in today’s retailing environment, and you may discover a common thread between them all. They are what the industry is calling small indulgences, or even little luxuries that consumers are also refusing to give up. They offer high quality without a heavy price, while also a small dose of relief for today’s more stressed-out consumer. Chocolate Premium chocolate manufacturer Ghirardelli actually expects 2009 sales to exceed that of 2009, as reported by USA Today. Meanwhile, Cadbury and Nestle saw revenue increase by 7 percent or higher last month. “Chocolate does fine in a... Read more »

Wholesale and Retail Year in Review: Chocolate

by Christina Lee on January 27th, 2009

Less than three weeks away is Valentine’s Day – and with this, the best-selling week for chocolate candy. But while the holiday morsels may taste as sweet as usual, the chocolate market had to pay a higher price, due to a number of reasons beyond the economic downturn that made 2008 a rather bittersweet year: Mother Nature Punishes the Ivory Coast The Ivory Coast produced more than 1.4 million tonnes of cocoa beans in the year ending Sept. 30, providing nearly 40 percent of the world’s supply, as Bloomberg reported on Jan. 7. But its dwindling supply is still not... Read more »

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