RSL is the Marketing Engine that Drives Retail & CPG
Our agency supports retail, CPG, and beverage brands. You bring the product. We build the brand, strategy, and creative, set the budget, and oversee execution
One Number You Can Take to the Next Board Meeting:
U.S. retail media ad spending is forecast to reach nearly $70 billion in 2026. (Source: eMarketer). The brands winning at retail are the ones running a strong marketing engine.
In 2023, the Range Rover recorded the highest owner loyalty rate of any vehicle nameplate in the United States, with 41.1% of returning households buying another Range Rover, against an industry average of 25.1%, according to S&P Global Mobility. For a retail or consumer brand chief executive, the implication is direct: a distinctive, aspirational brand keeps its best customers coming back at close to double the market rate, and that repeat demand is the most profitable growth a company can own.
Vuori has been profitable every year since 2017, roughly two years after its founding, and reached a $5.5 billion valuation in its 2024 investment round led by General Atlantic and Stripes, a round structured as a secondary sale that handed early backers liquidity while the balance sheet stayed self-funded, according to reporting from Retail Dive, Fashion Dive, and WWD. For a retail or consumer brand chief executive, the signal is clear: durable brand value is built on real margin and repeat demand, and growth funded that way keeps its worth when a trend moves on.
When a large group of consumers changes how much they eat, the opportunity is to redesign the offer around the new behavior. GLP-1 users report smaller portions and a pull toward protein and fiber that keep them satisfied, and the snacking category has moved to meet them. For a marketing leader, the snack aisle has become a live case study in repositioning around a demand shock.