April 29, 2019 – For the fourth year in a row, Drug Store News has published a special report, Future 50, powered by Hamacher Resource Group Inc.’s (HRG) images and data.
HRG analysts reviewed over 2,587 new health, beauty, and wellness products in 2018. The Future 50 products were identified using their unbiased, weighted review of promotional support, product innovation, importance to community pharmacy, and earning as well as category growth potential, to determine future performance. HRG’s category research & analysis team reviewed key sales indicators and distribution within community pharmacies to select the new items trending to be the top 50 performers.
HRG’s vast database of HBW CPG products is the source of solutions for various supply chain clients. It contains a multitude of item attributes including UPCs/GTINs, directions for use, product dimensions and digital images, unit of measure, ingredients, and many other discrete snippets of information. Data can be used to improve the shopping experience on an e-commerce site, provide insights about competing products, or populate a pharmacy’s POS system or a wholesaler’s online ordering system, to name a few.