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We offer a blended learning approach to Retail, CPG, Sales, CatMan and Shopper Insights teams and individuals through:
CMKG updates its courses every 2 years – we revamped all of our online accredited training in 2020, including foundational, intermediate, and advanced online courses and programs.
We add a minimum of 6 industry-relevant instructor-led virtual training courses per year on topics related to Shopper, Omni-Channel, eCommerce, Storytelling & Presentation Skills and Strategic Thinking.
First and foremost, you get the CMKG family - including passionate and caring thought leaders to help you achieve your learning goals.
All Corporate and Premium Programs purchased come with CMKG-Exclusive resources including a dynamic 13000-term glossary, hand-picked whitepapers, news, reference, tools, and microlearning resources to help individuals succeed and remain engaged. Compare benefits across all learning options here.
We have accredited practitioners accessible 12 hours per day via online chat, email, and phone whose mission is to help:
1. Our clients and their teams create the best training programs and plans based on their goals; and 2. Our individual learners build skills and make progress in their learning journey.
Users can log in using a unique id and password set up for them. We also offer Single Sign-On (SSO) for site license clients who have a large # of participants.
All training can be completed via desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile device. All online courses are also available through a mobile app for site licenses, premium programs, and premium subscription training. Compare learning options and benefits by training type.
We help Retailers and Manufacturers meet the needs and expectations of their increasingly sophisticated consumers and shoppers by maximizing the impact of their work by supporting and enhancing any company’s most important asset — people.
We continuously search out and share industry news, update our >1300 term glossary, create new virtual courses on topics most relevant to our clients & students, while ensuring that our training always meets current needs and anticipates what’s next in our industry. We developed a continuous learning path for ourselves and for our clients who need to keep pace with our industry. Learning should never end!
CMKG is proud to be the exclusive provider of category management training to CMA+SIMA Members that brings together professional standards with best-in-class training for its membership.
Our clients and students represent both Retailers and Manufacturers, including a variety of business units and roles such as category managers, sales, shopper insights, marketing, key account managers, training and development, and human resources. We understand that different roles need different levels of training and work with you to develop the best solution for your circumstances.
The options to succeed in meeting your goals takes more than an off-the-shelf solution to developing your most important asset — PEOPLE. People are the key to innovation, strategy, and forward momentum. We’re here to help you meet your goals, not fit you into what we have to offer.
Make it easy and cost-effective by starting with our Online Assessment to help you:
Document team strengths
Ensure role alignment
Identify knowledge gaps
Identify barriers created by lack of capability.
Maximize the interconnected nature of effective category management with industry-trust training. Retail and CPG teams learn to collaborate — enhancing business outcomes for both by serving the needs of the Shopper.
A global training company based in Canada. Our clients and students represent both retailer and supplier organizations, including a variety of business units and roles such as category management, sales, and marketing. Training and assessments are accessed through our online Training & Learning Resource Center or through client-based LMS systems.
