Data Dive: From Cotton to Wheat—What’s Happening with Retail Commodity Prices?

What's Inside

We consider recent trajectories in global price indices for a number of major commodities that comprise or contribute to major categories in retail.

This report is part of our Data Dive series, in which each report offers an essential briefing on topical, need-to-know data.

Data in this research report include:

• Price indices and annual/monthly price changes for selected commodities—including cotton, coffee, sugar and wheat
• US: Finished consumer foods PPI vs. grocery retail PPI and food-at-home CPI
• US: Clothing retailers’ PPI vs. apparel CPI
• Pricing changes at major CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies

Companies mentioned in this report include: Clorox, Kimberly-Clark, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Unilever

Other relevant research:

• Read more about what apparel, grocery and CPG brands/retailers are reporting in our Earnings Insights series.
• The previous report in our Data Dive series, What US, European and Australian Retailers Are Saying on Capex