The top trends that Euromonitor believes will define consumer behaviour and influence business strategies in the year ahead...
Digital sales grew around 58% during the five days leading up to Christmas, despite earlier shipping cutoffs...
Manufacturing production decreased by 3.5% in November 2020 compared with November 2019, according to data from Statistics South Africa...
Despite the dissemination of vaccines in the months ahead, a larger portion of consumer spending will be impacted by recessionary conditions...
Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021
A severely subdued Black Friday, with sales down 38.0% on last year. November sales down 10.7%...
Covid-19 has certainly rocked the boat of retail with an immense force this year. But as we have seen with the recent Black Friday period, there is no reason to jump ship when you have a solid, seamless online sales strategy in place...
Even with the good news about successful vaccine trials around the world, we're most likely still months away from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumer behaviour is far from returning to normal...
Grant Lapping 18 Dec 2020
People aged 18-34 are 37% more likely to engage with social media, a study of 2,000 adults found; whilst 34% are far more swayed by online video ads than traditional advertising...
Ovatoyou ran two surveys during lockdown to gain a clear read on how we've fared during the pandemic and where to from here. Founding director Amanda Reekie unpacks the key findings...
imagineNATION Alliance 14 Dec 2020
Retailers will need to adapt to changing customer expectations to secure much-needed profits...
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Cigarette prices have decreased sharply from their highly inflated levels during the sales ban, but are substantially higher than their pre-lockdown levels...
Stats SA reports that South Africa's retail trade sales decreased by 1,8% year-on-year in October 2020...
The past few months have brought unprecedented uncertainty, complexity and change to the FMCG and retail industry across the globe...
Giuliana Dias 9 Dec 2020
Retail Trends 2021
