Whilst society as a whole navigates the challenges that have come with the COVID-19 pandemic, the youth have endured specific hardships that are often suffered in silence, behind closed doors or are discounted as laziness or entitlement. Read more

COVID-19 Retail Shopper / Consumer Trading Environment Trends

With some of the longest working and commuting hours in the world, Japanese consumers rely heavily on the country's more than 55,000 convenience stores to fulfill immediate consumption needs across dayparts. Read more

COVID-19 Loyalty Retail Shopper / Consumer Trends

We’ve all experienced some discomfort from the coronavirus on a very real and personal level. For some, the lockdown Read more

COVID-19 Retail

COVID-19 reports and commentary are abounding – every sector and industry is affected, every link in the value chain Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail

Whilst the novel coronavirus pandemic has hit our organisations like a high-voltage shock – ‘VUCA’* Read more

COVID-19 Retail

One of the mistakes we make in Africa is we believe our population is ‘westernising’ – as if anyone of us, least of all Africans, just easily peel off our culture, ethnicity, language, identity and adopt another, in this case, a westernised European ... Read more

FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer

Competition amongst suppliers and retailers are at an all-time high, and today's consumer is much less predictable than in the past. Throw in South Africa's broad spectrum of shoppers with equally diverse buying behaviours and you're closer to unders... Read more

Business Intelligence Manufacturing Retail Shopper / Consumer