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

What it’s not – a click through to social-media ads that take you to a brand site. Instead, it’s a way of selling products directly on channels like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. Read more

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

This Africa Day, we focus our attention on the subject of Nutrition – a pressing issue for our continent, and for our industry, which can provide many of the solutions we need. Read more

Formal Independent Informal Market Private Label Retail Shopper Marketing

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