Blog Post Convenience Store Retail M&A in C-Store Retail: Unpacking the Recent RaceTrac-Potbelly Acquisition RaceTrac recently announced its acquisition of Potbelly Sandwich Shop for approximately $566 million, a strategic move that potentially fills an ...
Case Study Consumer Products Food and Beverage Category Management Transformation Assessment & Operating Model Development Clarkston Consulting recently partnered with a CPG company on a category management transformation assessment. Read a synopsis of the project ...
Blog Post Life Sciences Quality + Compliance Five Key Considerations for Selecting a Laboratory Information System (LIS) When the time comes for a clinical organization to select a new Laboratory Information System (LIS), it may be challenging ...
Blog Post Retail Data + Analytics The Impact of Generative AI in Retail: 2025 Use Cases Within the retail industry, businesses and executives are quickly shifting from establishing Generative AI (Gen AI) use cases to implementing ...
Blog Post Sales + Marketing Life Sciences Veeva Vault CRM vs. Salesforce CRM: Considerations for Migrating or Switching Solutions Veeva, while operating Veeva CRM on a Saleforce-based platform, identified limitations in the value the existing Veeva Customer Relationship Management ...
Blog Post Sales + Marketing Pharma FDA Ramps Up Enforcement on Drug Advertising: What Pharmaceutical Marketers Need to Know On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, the FDA announced plans to ramp up enforcement with respect to prescription drug advertising, issuing ...
Blog Post Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Consumer Products Innovations in Accessible Packaging to Serve Diverse Consumer Needs According to the WHO, 15% of the global population lives with a disability. Because of this, we know that the ...
Blog Post Quality + Compliance Life Sciences 4 Key Takeaways from the 2025 Veeva R&D and Quality Summit Last week, a number of Clarkston’s life sciences experts attended the 2025 Veeva R&D and Quality Summit in Boston, Massachusetts. This ...
Case Study Life Sciences Quality + Compliance TraceLink Implementation Case Study: Serialization Strategy for a Pre-Commercial Company In this TraceLink implementation case study, Clarkston Consulting recently partnered with a pre-commercial biopharma company on a serialization strategy. Read ...
Blog Post Retail Digital Leveraging Digital Twins for the Retail Customer Experience Retailers are constantly under pressure to improve customer experience while simultaneously lowering costs. Recent external threats haven’t made that easier. ...
Case Study Life Sciences Biotech Developing a Commercialization Roadmap for Cell Therapy Operations Clarkston Consulting recently partnered with a biotech client on a commercialization roadmap for cell therapy. Read a synopsis of the ...
Blog Post Supply Chain Consumer Products The Evolution Toward Touchless Planning in CPG Supply Chains Faced with volatile consumer preferences and rapid changes in demand, consumer products supply chain leaders are striving to achieve touchless ...