Media Coverage

Study: Start at the Core to Optimise Your Beer Assortment

10 October, 2017

Within a convenience store retail outlet, the cold vault space is the beachfront property in the store and, on average, there are typically five cold vault doors dedicated to beer. To help c-store retailers optimize their beer assortments within that valuable in-store real est...

Is The Retail Sector Ready To Turn Big Data Into Smart Data?

09 October, 2017

With the overwhelming amount of data available, Stephanie Augier, European lead for analytics at IRI, discusses the importance of analysing Big Data to unlock its full potential.

Can retailers and manufacturers turn big data into smart data?

28 August, 2017

Gaining access to an increasing amount of data does not necessarily lead to better decision-making.

AACS presents its ‘2014 State of the Industry Report’

13 August, 2016

AACS has launched its latest annual report card on the convenience channel and, again, it outperformed grocery stores.

AACS presents its ‘2014 State of the Industry Report’

How the discounters are unsettling Australia's grocery landscape

17 May, 2016

The rise of Aldi and Costco in Australia in recent years has shaken up the country's grocery retail sector. Brian Cook, group director for solutions and innovations for IRI in Australia, analyses what has happened and sets out how manufacturers and the country's two largest su...

How the discounters are unsettling Australia

Craft beer aping flavoured vodka fad?

10 May, 2016

The avalanche of spiced as well as fruit- and vegetable-infused beers coming onto the US market has prompted concerns that craft brewers may be charting a similar faddish path to that trodden by distillers with flavoured vodka.

AACS SOI report: Convenience industry in good shape

05 May, 2016

The AACS SOI report pulls together data sources and contributions from across the P&C industry. IRI was appointed to provide the most robust and granular market performance overview for the local petrol and convenience (P&C) industry.

AACS SOI report: Convenience industry in good shape

Retailers should not fear craft beer

20 April, 2016

While craft beer in Australia is still behind countries like the US and the UK in terms of its percentage of the overall beer market it is continuing to grow.

ALSA president says state of the industry report is a 'must-read' for retailers

06 April, 2016

The Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA) and IRI held a joint networking event in Sydney yesterday to present the findings of the inaugural 2016 Australian Retail Liquor - State of the Industry Report, following its launch in Canberra last month.

ALSA president says state of the industry report is a

Australians drinking less but spending more on booze.

17 March, 2016

IRI – ALSA State of the Industry Report insights, findings that Australians are more drinking less but spending on higher quality alcohol.

Australians drinking less but spending more on booze.

ALSA and IRI publish the 2016 State of the Industry Report

15 March, 2016

The Australian Liquor Stores Association and IRI have worked together to produce the inaugural 2016 Australian Retail Liquor – State of the Industry Report.

ALSA and IRI publish the 2016 State of the Industry Report

IRI Hires Former Reckitt Benckiser Exec for CGD Role

16 February, 2016

February 23 2016 - Retail and healthcare data giant IRI has appointed former Reckitt Benckiser exec Caspar Netscher as Executive Vice President of Regional Client Growth Development (CGD), based in its Netherlands office.