During the first day of IE Group's Consumer Packaged Goods Forecasting and Planning Summit last week, almost every speaker reiterated that historical trends and year-over-year comparisons do not carry the same weight that they have in the past. What factors in addition to historical trends should be used to help determine your forecasts?

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