In our analogy, grocery shoppers are the voting public. Retailers are the political parties competing for votes. The media is saturated with ads and campaigns. The promises fly thick and fast. Read more

FMCG Private Label Product Public Needs Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Shopping Trends

The Corporate Retail Comparative Report (CRCR) from Trade Intelligence paints a picture of a sector under pressure – but continuing to innovate and invest, as the major retailers compete ever more fiercely for market share.  Read more

Corporate Retail Product Retail

Local e-commerce growth is slowing, which was inevitable considering the huge leaps made during and post-COVID, but the sector is still growing and is driving total retail growth both here and abroad. Read more

Ecommerce Product Retail

Africa is open for business. The continent has a rapidly growing and urbanising population, an increasingly sophisticated financial and monetary system, improving infrastructure, and is adopting information and mobile technology at a rate that is the... Read more

FMCG Product Retail

Headlines around the world have been focused on events relating to Britain’s loss of their longest-serving monarch, but coincidentally, it’s a different Queen that has provided us with the inspiration for this article. Read more

Consumers FMCG Product Retail Rising Prices Shopper Marketing

Private label within FMCG retail, historically driven by corporate retailers and embraced by South African shoppers has now also started emerging within the formal independent wholesale trade. Read more

Business Intelligence COVID-19 FMCG Formal Independent Private Label Product Retail Shopper / Consumer Trends

Everyday low price (EDLP) as a retailer pricing strategy promises shoppers a low price without the need to wait for a sale Read more

FMCG Loyalty Private Label Product Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Sustainability Trends