The total FMCG market had an estimated value of R655bn* as at end 2021 and is divided up into three contributing channels – corporate retail, formal independents and direct to supplier – with the corporates contributing 65% to the total market. Read more

Customers FMCG Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing

Grocery stores and supermarkets are likely to undergo significant change in coming years, but they will be defined by partnerships – between tech developers, environmentalists, retailers, and wholesalers. Read more

Customers FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer

Rising prices have been hogging the retail headlines lately, and while some might find it a welcome break from all the breathless commentary over the explosion of e-commerce during the worst of the pandemic, interestingly, it looks like the currently... Read more

Convenience Ecommerce FMCG Retail Trends

Consumer prices are skyrocketing, and we are all feeling it. Driven by a perfect storm of COVID restrictions and impacts over the last two years followed by a major European war, and significantly for South Africa, a Chinese economic slowdown Read more

Business Intelligence Customers Economic Education Financial FMCG International Rising Prices Shopper / Consumer

I recently visited the newly renovated Neighborly Lifestyle Grocery Store. Upon my arrival I was greeted by the store owner, who said, “Welcome to your grocery store” – a very ‘neighborly’ thing to do and which made me feel right at home. Read more

Community FMCG Informal Market Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trading Environment Trends

Clean, slick, organised and completely innovative, Neighborly Lifestyle Grocery Store is bringing shopping of distinction to Soweto. But don’t take our word for it. Let the pictures tell the story. Read more

Community Customers FMCG

The past two years have put tremendous pressure on retailers, manufacturers and brands to manage and maintain prices through severe difficulties related to COVID-19 and supply chains; this was now further exasperated by global conflicts, and the rise... Read more

Consumers COVID-19 Customers Economic FMCG