12 11월, 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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27 8월, 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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26 6월, 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 6월, 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 6월, 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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11 3월, 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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28 1월, 2020
According to a report from analysts at Canalys, the worldwide smart speaker market grew by 187 per cent in the second quarter of 2018.
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12 12월, 2019
The world is changing at an incredible pace and consumer preferences are more complex than they were 10 years ago. The next generation of consumers are far more fickle, experimental and granular than those that went before. This makes it harder for all businesses, and retailer...
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10 10월, 2019
FMCG consumers are less engaged and predictable than they have ever been, less loyal than previous generations and more interested in personalised experiences, Andrew Appel, president and chief executive officer, IRI, writes.
The challenge this presents to manufacturers and r...
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01 5월, 2019
This month’s IRI Insights take a slightly different look at the market, detailing how the total off-premise market has performed over the last 12 months to March (03/03/19).
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28 4월, 2019
Hair salons are getting the snip as households make cutbacks to stretch their dollars further. Almost three in five consumers have confesses to going to hairdressers less often to save money, according to new research…
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26 4월, 2019
Hair salons are getting the snip as households make cutbacks to stretch their dollars further. Almost three in five consumers have confessed to going to hairdressers less often to save money, according to new research…
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28 2월, 2019
2018 was a year of innovation that appealed to multi-faceted needs in New Zealand. IRI explores the concept of ‘wellness’ as New Zealanders make trade-offs…
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10 10월, 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...
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09 10월, 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.
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28 8월, 2017
Gaining access to an increasing amount of data does not necessarily lead to better decision-making.
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13 8월, 2016
AACS has launched its latest annual report card on the convenience channel and, again, it outperformed grocery stores.
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17 5월, 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...
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10 5월, 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.
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20 4월, 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.
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