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

Since the turn of the century and consistently for nearly a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic ravished global markets, Read more

Business Intelligence Community FMCG Informal Market Manufacturing Problem in South Africa Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Technology Trading Environment Trends Wholesale

The informal sector, also described as the shadow or grey economy plays a key role in economic growth, where operators have no formal contractual agreements and are instead connected Read more

Business Intelligence FMCG Informal Market Trends

Heritage Day celebrates the diverse cultures that make up South Africa. Brands, like cultures, are rooted in storytelling and a number of brands have been part of South Africa’s story for so long that they form part of our heritage. Read more

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

At which point do we remove the ‘new’ in “new normal”? Until we have a clear answer on that, I will, like many others, keep referring to the times we are living in as just that. COVID-19 has undoubtedly shaken things up across categories, Read more

Ecommerce FMCG Liquor Private Label Shopper / Consumer Sustainability Trends

A view on the state of e-commerce in South Africa, with no mention of a new normal, pivoting or anything unprecedented. Read more

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