"Sevendots helped us to elicit a powerful purpose for Heineken brand globally... We very much appreciated their way of working with us, embedding in the journey our whole team, including external partners. We ended up with a clear purpose endorsed by top executives."

- Bram Westenbrink, Global Senior Director at Heineken

"I’ve found Sevendots to be visionary, inspiring and practical; they are great at distilling wide and complex information and insights, building actionable frameworks and developing strong opportunities that are helping us shape our future strategy."

- Dan Smith, Senior Vice President at Nestle Purina PetCare GSBU

“The Sevendots team led us on a truly collaborative journey of discovery. They gave us a clear framework to understand what was required to win within this new wellness territory we’ve called 'Modern Natural Health'. They challenged some of our assumptions, encouraged us to think even bigger and brought our entire team together around a common ambition and platform.”

- Larry Page, Head of Marketing at Zarbees® at Johnson & Johnson

"We have had the opportunity to work with the Sevendots team on an extremely strategic project related to Global Travel Retail. They have given us both valuable insights and tools to further accelerate our strategy. We particularly appreciate their ability to bring to life the strategic thinking with simple yet effective frameworks that helped inspire the organisation."

- Leigh Irvine and Biancamaria Sansone, GTR Managing Director & Marketing Director, Campari Group

Our Perspectives

With experience comes perspective. Hear what we have to say.

15 April 2025

Is Poppi acquisition another example of the inability of large CPG companies to develop transformative innovation?

PepsiCo’s recent acquisition of Poppi for approximately USD 2 billion exemplifies this trend. Instead of cultivating transformative innovations internally, PepsiCo... View Article

Andrea Bielli

Sevendots, Rome

, 01 April 2025

Navigating Growth Challenges: How major CPG companies plan to sustain growth despite volume pressures

Low Volume Growth Based on the low volume growth experienced in 2024, overall organic growth among the eleven leading CPG... View Article

Andrea Bielli

Sevendots, Rome

, 07 March 2025

Balancing portfolio simplification with shopper-centric customization in consumer goods

The Case for Simplification Simplifying a product portfolio involves reducing the number of brands or SKUs, standardizing formulations, and eliminating... View Article

Andrea Bielli

Sevendots, Rome

27 February 2025

TomorrowLens: The importance of cultural relevance for CPG brands

Consumer purchasing behaviour and decisions are becoming increasingly ambivalent, reflecting the uncertainty felt on a global scale, from political instability... View Article

Karen Rickers

Sevendots, Amsterdam

13 February 2025

Why Australia is an Excellent Test Market for CPG Products

With a culturally diverse and trend-sensitive population, a strong middle class with high disposable income, and a well-developed retail ecosystem,... View Article

Francesco Percopo

Sevendots, Sydney

29 October 2024

Value Chain: Where you can find the funds to grow

The first definition of value chain was created in 1985 by Michael Porter. Back then, the definition of primary activities... View Article

Hans-Friedrich Zeh

Sevendots, Zug

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Karen Rickers

Karen holds a MSc in Global Business and Sustainability from the Rotterdam School of Management, specialising in feminist research on the relevance of contextualisation of, and diversified networks for women’s entrepreneurship. She further studied entrepreneurship and leadership at the National University of Singapore, before relocating to London to manage Sevendots’ Gen Z spin-off The Red Flower Factory, helping CPG brands innovate for and realign with future generations of consumption. Now based in Amsterdam, Karen has joined Sevendots as a Senior Strategy Manager, leading the development of Sevendots’ strategic foresight capabilities, with a focus on sustainability, generational dynamics, and innovation. She loves to play tennis, go to the cinema, and cook.

We’re part of a broad ecosystem.

 

 

Our ecosystem includes Gen-Z led solution company, The Red Flower Factory, and our expert market research and insights agency, Moment10. This ecosystem enables an integrated approach to our clients’ business questions in order to formulate effective, proven and actionable opportunities.