Read in-depth analysis on the key trends shaping demand across in...
Read in-depth analysis on the key trends shaping demand across industries, consumers and national markets, with insight and market statistics that offer global strategic coverage.
Alcoholic drinks have always straddled the line between traditionalism and novelty, with heritage providing timeless gravitas, while innovation recruits younger consumers or allows for fresh occasions or need states to emerge. The pandemic years…
This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence among the key economies remains. Supply chain and commodities markets disruptions remain the key risks for…
While premiumisation has demonstrated remarkable resilience in spirits, the inevitable slowdown is now underway. Discretionary spending is being scaled back, as a result of prolonged cost of living pressures, and the effects will become increasingly…
Technological advances in 2024 will continue to reshape consumer behaviour. This annual report explores the top five digital shopper trends that will redefine commerce the most in the year ahead. Some of the trends included in this report’s edition…
The rise in global food insecurity will be a defining challenge for the food and beverage industry in the coming decades. Once-reliable supply chains are under threat from climate change and geopolitical shifts, which means the future will be one of…
While the alcoholic drinks industry’s resilience in the face of permacrisis has driven the post pandemic recovery narrative up to early 2023, significant macroeconomic headwinds are finally and inevitably taking a toll. With growth slowing,…
After decades of low inflation, consumers are grappling with rising living costs, prompting shifts in priorities and preferences. This report delves into four major consumer goods industries – apparel, beauty and personal care, drinks, and food – to…
The on-trade continued its recovery in the Western European alcoholic drinks market in 2022. However, it still has some ground to make up after the losses inflicted by the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The off-trade, after seeing a demand spike in…
The alcoholic drinks market has made a swift recovery from the pandemic losses of 2020, returning to pre-COVID-19 sales levels already in 2022. In spite of the difficult economic situation, premiumisation continued to be seen in Nigeria, although it…
The alcoholic drinks market has made a strong and swift recovery from the pandemic in Latin America, in spite of the difficult economic circumstances in many countries in the region. While the off-trade continued growing in recent years, the on-trade…
The regional recovery from the 2020 sales decline slowed in Asia Pacific in 2022 given the return of COVID-19 in China, the dominant country market. However, growth remained positive at a regional level in 2022 as sales were increasing everywhere in…
This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…
Global alcoholic drinks volumes have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels. However, there is little respite to be found, as brand owners are now facing the prospect of slowing demand driven by prolonged macroeconomic headwinds. Looking ahead,…
Private label – retailers’ alternatives to brands – tend to benefit from inflation. However, despite record inflation in France, Germany and the UK, the market share of private label in the three countries remained broadly stable across FMCGs in…
Consumer Types can be a powerful tool to help companies better understand and appeal to their target markets. Consumers are grouped based on shared traits and preferences, companies can better develop products and marketing campaigns that resonate…
In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…
This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence among the key economies increases. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of agricultural commodities…
Total alcoholic drinks volumes have almost reached pre-pandemic levels, but an adjustment is evident in the channel balance; retail is on the rise while on-trade recovery is still underway. Macroeconomic pressures and long-term socialising changes…
As the cataclysmic, pandemic-induced declines fade in the rear-view mirror and the tidal wave of revenge conviviality that followed begins to break and subside, the alcoholic drinks industry narrative is facing a significant slowdown yet remains…
Online sales, though slowing, remain the leading source of future growth for groceries in the US. Persuading consumers to spend extra money in order to save time is a hard sell in a time of high inflation but the convenience of online ordering…