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The soft drinks market saw continued innovation in 2019, heavily characterised by the growing importance of natural wellness, the blurring of consumption occasions and sustainability. While these trends influenced the industry before 2019, recent…

The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) differs across consumer goods industries in Australia, with discretionary items such as luxury goods, premium products and apparel the most negatively affected. In contrast essential items such as fresh food,…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and its resulting recession will have a long-lasting impact on younger generations. This is the second recession faced by millennials, while the Gen Z cohort is coming of age and reaching key milestones in life.…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) resulted in supply shock for the global car industry, while in the long term, companies will face depressed demand and delayed production recovery. The briefing investigates COVID-19’s impact on automotive production, potential…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is changing consumers’ attitudes about sustainability topics, while corporations are responding to the pandemic by putting people and purpose first. This report highlights examples of businesses taking actions to…

The March 2020 peak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) purchases offered clues to how sales of consumer health products are likely to develop in the near term as the pandemic continues. The peak showed that COVID-19 energised sales of a subset of consumer…

Middle East and Africa ranks the lowest in terms of internet penetration. However, with the affordability of smartphones and increasing investment in ICT, the region is the fastest growing in terms of internet users. Gulf countries outstand with…

This report provides an overview of how leading e-commerce companies responded to the COVID-19 crisis between January and March 2020. The companies included in this report are Alibaba, Amazon, eBay, Farfetch, Flipkart, JD.com, Jumia, MercadoLibre,…

The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on toys and games has reinforced many trends already shaping the industry pre-COVID-19, mainly in digital transformation. 2020 demonstrates further shift towards hometainment and online education, with surge in…

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the largest trade show (in terms of floor space) for electronics and appliances globally, and arguably the most important for smart home launches. This report is intended as a review of the key trends found in…

Ingredients in packaged food are largely driven by a rise in flexitarian diets with non-animal proteins on the rise while milks are in decline. Growth is also largely dependent on health benefits, with sucrose declining due to links with obesity as…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the most severe global crisis since WWII. COVID-19 restrictions have effectively stopped economies around the world, and the global economy is expected to enter a recession in 2020. However, the magnitude of the…

This report examines the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic on the luxury goods industry. Luxury shopping behaviour, channel dynamics and travel plans are seeing inevitable shifts as a result of lockdowns, as well as the closure of…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has already had a wide-ranging impact on sales of consumer electronics and the industry’s forecast outlook. Some categories like computers and peripherals have benefited as consumers are working from home, leading…

Nothing in the modern evolution of the industry has compared with the global disruption caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Given that retailers sell across categories, the pandemic will negatively impact some more than others. The outlook…

This report examines the short-term impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on apparel and footwear and the immediate strategies deployed by key players as a result. With consumption at a standstill and inventory piling up in warehouses, business priorities…

This briefing explores how the busier lifestyles of new generation parents have increased their reliance on packaged snacks for children. Children offer a big opportunity to brand owners; however, parents have high nutritional expectations of…

This report examines the outlook for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic on the tobacco industry. The social, economic and health effects of the COVID-19 crisis will be felt in every global market for several years to come. While it is the…

Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to impact nearly every industry, the damage wrought to the global consumer foodservice industry is projected to be especially severe, with social distancing regulations closing millions of…

With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) response seen across global markets, the home and garden industry saw a spike in demand in Q1 2020 in categories that cater to the needs of stay-at-home mandates and food supply concerns. Full-year 2020 industry sales…