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title: Category Management Insights for Retail and CPG Teams for Retail & CPG teams. | Convenience / C-Store
description: Convenience / C-Store | Explore practical insights, category management thinking, and capability-building ideas for modern retail and CPG organizations.
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## [Limited Data is a Fact of Category Management Life for Many. Here’s why …](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/limited-data-is-a-fact-of-catman-life-for-many.-heres-why-)

By | [Sue Nicholls, Founder & President CMKG](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/author/sue-nicholls-cpsa-founder-president-cmkg) |  0 Comments  | [Category Management](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/category-management) [Category Management with Limited Data](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/category-management-with-limited-data) [Convenience / C-Store](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/convenience-c-store) [Individual Solutions](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/individual-solutions)

 Note: This content is part of our new eBook on Category Management with Limited Data. Feel free to read and share. 

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## [Top 10 Ways to Use Category Management in Retail (Small- to Mid-Size)](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/top-10-opportunities-small-mid-size-retail-strategy)

By | [Sue Nicholls, Founder & President CMKG](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/author/sue-nicholls-cpsa-founder-president-cmkg) |  0 Comments  | [Retailer Solutions](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/retailer-solutions) [Category Management](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/category-management) [Convenience / C-Store](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/convenience-c-store) [Strategic Priorities Work](https://blog.cmkg.org/blog/topic/strategic-priorities-work)

 For the past 4 weeks I’ve been blogging and getting feedback from Small- to Mid-Sized Retailers on overall retail strategy and category management practices and approaches. I originally broached this subject based on a theory I had developed through one-on-one client training, professional speaking engagements, and larger discussions via social media. But being a data-driven person, I wanted to test my theory about this specific group of Retailers so I developed a series of anonymous, online surveys to collect more insight. Of note, the surveys were primarily filled out by Small- to Mid-Sized Retailers (<1000 stores) and we removed the large Retailers from the survey results for more specific results. Here they are: 

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