Retail Market Research

"Black consumers are estimated to spend $72 billion on food and drink in 2018, a 4.5% increase vs 2017. Falling market prices along with better economic conditions may lead this consumer to buy more of their favorite brand names in categories such as meats and center-of-store items to please ...

"Big stock-up trips at traditional supermarkets are still happening, but especially among younger food and drink shoppers they’re giving way to smaller quick-fill trips across a wider array of retail outlets. This new generation of shoppers is also less likely to make a list and more likely to ...

“Although consumer spending and retail sales growth appears to have slowed in 2018, the leading grocery retailers in Italy have continued to perform well. As a result, there is ongoing consolidation in what has traditionally been a highly fragmented market. Once reluctant to embrace the online ...

“Mintel’s report on supermarkets in Europe paints a picture of a sector struggling with the problems of maturity. There is much less scope for new store development in Western Europe, while competition is increasing. Aldi and Lidl are expanding hard on the back of their improved formats, and ...

“As fundamental as their needs for grocery goods are, grocery shoppers’ habits are changing. Grocery shopping occasions will become more diverse, and consumers are becoming sophisticated and demanding. Rather than being all things for all people and competing with scale, future competition will be ...

“Grocery retailing in France is changing – people are shopping less at hypermarkets and more at local, convenience stores. The digital world is making shoppers more demanding and online grocery is beginning to develop beyond the Drive click and collect model. Several retailers have introduced ...

“The German grocery retailers are struggling to overcome the issues related to operating in a very mature sector. Growth has to come from taking share from each other but the propensity of German consumers to split their spending across wherever is most convenient, best value or highest quality ...

“Retail sales are growing again in Spain. Consumers look for low prices, and value for money, but they also rate fresh foods as very important in choosing where to shop. Mercadona has cottoned on to that demand and we think that the discounters are doing so as well. The conditions are set for a ...

"Brazil's beauty retailers still perform simple actions to attract consumers to their stores, compared to what has been done in countries such as the US. The competition is getting increasingly fiercer, as pharmacies merge to become stronger and big players in the sector buy smaller brands to ...