Jan 22, 2026 | 04 min read Share: January 16, 2026. Bengaluru. Leaders from across industries gathered to contribute to Vision 2030: Rewriting the CPG Playbook with AI.  As the discussion unfolded, the question surfaced: Why does AI promise so much, yet deliver so little and still not up to scale? 

Dec 18, 2025 | 04 min read Share: At the RI Tour: Chennai Edition, leaders across CPG and allied industries came together to discuss a question that is becoming increasingly urgent: what will brands need to get right over the next 30 years to sustain growth? The discussion was refreshingly honest.

Nov 27, 2025 | 04 min read Share: Nairobi doesn’t just host retail – it breathes retail. Corner dukas move roughly 70–80% of FMCG sales, aisles turn over in hours, and visibility is the currency that turns a shelf into sales. So when 50+ leaders from Kenya’s retail, distribution and CPG

Nov 13, 2025 | 03 min read Share: At the RI Tour – Mumbai Edition, the air was electric with ideas.Sales and CPG leaders gathered not just to discuss technology, but to decode a deeper question:Are we using AI to simplify our world, or are we layering AI on top of

Sep 25, 2025 | 04 min read Share: Hey visionaries,  RIO here! I lately realised, life in CPG is chronically boring. It’s a bold statement but in my defence,  think about it: master data cleanup, endless reports, beat identification, MRP updates, duplicate outlet checks… the list never ends. It’s boring, repetitive,

August 14, 2025 | 06 min read Share: When I stepped off the plane in Jakarta for Bizom’s RI Tour, the air wrapped around me – thick with humidity, richer still with opportunity. Below, Indonesia stretched out like a captain’s chart of scattered emeralds on a restless sea, each island glinting