06 August, 2021
The UK has said that it is going to restrict marketing, promotion and in-store placement for products that are considered high in fat, sugar and salt. Who will emerge as the winners and losers from this policy shake up?
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06 August, 2021
Restrictions on TV and online advertising of HFSS products are imminent, with the potential to do ‘huge damage’. So what are brands doing to stay visible to shoppers?
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06 July, 2021
Privacy is increasingly important to consumers and, with data protection regulations growing stricter, brands need to be guided by a unified approach to consent-driven data.
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05 July, 2021
Businesses need to understand the importance of nurturing young and diverse talent, says Jaime Silvester, head of retail at IRI
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19 May, 2021
UK food brands are currently digesting planned government legislation coming next year which will prevent marketing and advertising of HFSS being shown on TV (pre-9pm) and online from 2022 and limit where these products can be placed in bricks and mortar stores.
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19 May, 2021
It’s official. Plans to ban advertising of HFSS products on TV pre-watershed and online are set to go ahead, following their inclusion in the Queen’s Speech last week at the opening of Parliament.
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12 November, 2020
Having access to more accurate predictions of the demand for products is a competitive factor for CPG (consumer packaged goods) manufacturers and retailers at any time. But as brands and retailers are forced to adapt to new shopper behaviours in response to the COVID crisis an...
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08 October, 2020
The UK Government’s proposed ban on off-shelf promotions of food and drink products high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) will have a major impact on FMCG manufacturers and retailers, according to new figures released by IRI, a global leader in innovative solutions and services fo...
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27 August, 2020
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for many years to come, particularly in FMCG, where retailers and manufacturers have had to adapt, and in some cases transform, the way they meet the changing demands of shoppers. Patrick van der Zee, Senior Vice President Inte...
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27 July, 2020
Tesco is looking to beat the discounters at their own game. Can it make the tactic work at scale, or could promotions deliver higher volumes?
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09 July, 2020
Fruit is out; fry-ups are in.
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06 July, 2020
The economic impact of COVID-19 means that all companies are reassessing how they operate in order to survive. Expenditure is under increased scrutiny and FMCG marketers have a tough job to defend their advertising strategy in conditions that no one has ever seen before.
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26 June, 2020
IRI has released two economic indicators for consumer packaged goods (CPG) retailers and manufacturers in Europe in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. The IRI Demand Index and IRI Inflation Tracker measure weekly changes and also provide insights and key trends for brands and...
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24 June, 2020
COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further afield are tackling the Coronavirus pandemic.
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03 June, 2020
Keeping work and home life separate can be especially difficult while working remotely as a result of COVID-19. Get to know the CEO of IRI, Andrew Appel, and glean some insight into big data, and what leadership looks like in a pandemic.
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18 May, 2020
Applies six lessons from the last recession to today's uncertainty around customer loyalty, the rise of
private label, right pricing, sacrificing non-essentials, the joy of upgrading and discounting leads to
changing habits.
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18 May, 2020
PRIVATE LABEL'S GRIP ON THE GROCERY RETAIL SECTOR IS WELL-ESTABLISHED, BUT WITH THE COVID-19 CRISISmDRAMATICALLY ALTERING SHOPPING HABITS, ARE STORE
BRANDS SET TO GET EVEN STRONGER? ESM EXPLORES THIS IN MORE DETAIL AS PART OF OUR EXTENSIVE 2020 PRIVATE LABEL REPORT.
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06 May, 2020
From ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a new series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further afield are tackling the Coronavirus pandemic.
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11 March, 2020
The world is changing at pace and our preferences as consumers are more complex than they were a decade ago. The next generation of consumers are more experimental and granular than those before them, which makes it harder for organisations to understand and predict their ever...
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