The informal retail1 sector operates via various channel formats, such as hawkers, small and large spazas Read more

Convenience FMCG Loyalty Point of Purchase Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trading Environment Wholesale

These days most of us can agree that time is one of our ultimate luxuries. As a result, satisfying shoppers’ need for convenience for any FMCG retailer is not just a “nice to have”, but a business imperative – an imperative that takes on new signific... Read more

Business Intelligence Convenience COVID-19 FMCG Product Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trading Environment Trends

South Africa is a country of many public holidays: religious holidays and historical ones, some of which have been repurposed into occasions for the promotion of national unity. Perhaps the most beloved of these is Heritage Day, Read more

COVID-19 Trends

As we celebrate Women’s Month, it’s an opportune time for the FMCG industry to take stock of how far we’ve come in empowering women, and the journey that still lies ahead Read more

Business Intelligence FMCG Retail

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