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The FMCG Marketing Daily — June 10, 2026 The essential daily briefing for brand managers and marketers in consumer goods. In today's episode: • With the World Cup now live, the defining brand battle of the tournament is how Nike and Adidas are deploying fundamentally different marketing strategies to own the moment. • A UK advertising watchdog ruling against Beauty Pie's 'clinically proven' claim is a sharp reminder that efficacy-led brand communications are under intensifying regulatory scrutiny across beauty and personal care. • Second Nature Brands' acquisition of Tillamook Country Smoker signals a consolidation wave in the fast-growing meat snacks category that challengers and legacy FMCG players alike cannot ignore. Fun fact: Costco deliberately limits its store-brand Kirkland Signature line to fewer than 400 SKUs, yet Kirkland alone generates over $53 billion in annual sales — making it a larger 'brand' by revenue than Nike or Budweiser. The strategy is intentional: scarcity of choice forces such high volume concentration per item that Costco can demand manufacturing quality typically reserved for premium national brands. Hosted by Marco and Klara.