The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the precariousness of a solely bricks and mortar model. According to a recent report by McKinsey, consumers expect a relative shift to online shopping in most categories in the short term, driven primarily by a sharp... Read more

Business Intelligence COVID-19 Ecommerce FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

New York (CNN Business)Walmart on Monday began requiring customers at all of its US stores to wear masks, becoming the largest retailer to mandate facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Read more

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London/Paris — When reality star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian’s walked Instagram fans through her California home in 2020, many were agog to see a refrigerator devoted to just one product — packaged water. Read more

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JOHANNESBURG – Private sector players have rallied behind the accelerated economic recovery strategy proposed by South Africa’s biggest business Read more

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South Africa's alcohol industry has expressed its disappointment with the government's decision to reinstate the ban on the sale and distribution Read more

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Dis-Chem has decided to close its Covid-19 testing facilities “for the foreseeable future” as the company struggles with a backlog in getting test results from the testing labs. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Product Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

JSE-listed Dis-Chem, one of the country's largest pharmaceutical retailers, is planning to expand further into the hair salon market by capitalising on the woes of independent shops that are closing because of the lockdown. Read more

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