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Retail Technology Review
OCTOBER 18, 4500
According to a new survey* of 1,000 UK consumers carried out on behalf of JRNI, over half (56%) of consumers plan to do their Christmas holiday shopping early in 2021 due to fears of empty shelves and further lockdown measures. Critical Issues Internet Retailing Retail Supply Chain
Retail Technology Review
JUNE 1, 3100
Over half of consumers globally (53%) believe it is more important to shop with local businesses now than it was before the pandemic. That’s according to new research released by Pollinate, the global software business that partners with banks to help them deepen and extend relationships with their business customers, in which over 4,500 consumers were surveyed across the UK, US, Australia, and Brazil.
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Retail Technology Review
FEBRUARY 15, 5187
More and more, brands are beginning to see the value of their packaging in influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions. But much less often do they understand the true potential of their outer and additional elements in driving brand engagement, increasing loyalty and enhancing the overall customer experience – and it’s by doing the latter, you can really make consumers fall in love with not only your products, but your brand and business too.
Retail Technology Review
NOVEMBER 16, 6880
Six months after COVID-19 started making its mark across the world, lockdown restrictions and widespread working from home offices have caused many consumers to rethink their shopping habits. Retail technology company Conversity believes that understanding the intricacies of these new mindsets is vital if brands are to thrive in the post-pandemic world. Retail Supply Chain Critical Issues Internet Retailing
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As part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address critical environmental issues, outlined in this white paper.
Retail Technology Review
NOVEMBER 16, 6940
The boom in online retail in recent years has undoubtedly boosted warehouse and logistics operation in the UK while the circumstances of 2020 continue to fuel further growth within the industry as consumers steer clear of the high street; opting instead for online shopping and delivery. By David Thomas, General Manager, ZoneSafe - Proximity Warning & Alert Systems.
Inside Retail
MAY 15, 2022
Clothing retailer A&S Labels – trading online as Tiger Mist – has paid $26,640 in penalties for allegedly misleading consumers about their right to return faulty items. Consumers have the same rights whether they make a purchase online or in-store.
Inside Retail
MAY 15, 2022
Clothing retailer A&S Labels – trading online as Tiger Mist – has paid $26,640 in penalties for allegedly misleading consumers about their right to return faulty items. Consumers have the same rights whether they make a purchase online or in-store.
Inside Retail
JUNE 20, 2021
Lockdowns with little advance notice, panic buying, supply chain disruptions, hastily made changes to health and safety regulations, and extreme swings in consumer needs and expectations. How did they fare and how have consumers changed due to their pandemic experience?
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
New technologies have sprung up to connect consumers at a time of increasing distance. Substack, Patreon, Discord, and Clubhouse have enabled consumers to become one-click content creators, and mind-sharers whilst connecting people globally. Consumers want authenticity.
Inside Retail
APRIL 6, 2022
If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that being available to consumers across different channels is key to your success. When asked why consumers purchased specifically from a D2C site, aside from price, the perception of a wide range and exclusive products was a key driver.
Inside Retail
MAY 2, 2021
Covid-19 hit the reset button on consumer behaviour. But it is not just the initial seismic shifts in consumer behaviour that have thrown down the gauntlet for retail. This leaves the obvious question: how exactly has Covid-19 altered consumers?
Inside Retail
APRIL 18, 2022
AR has a wide variety of potential applications, from allowing consumers to virtually try on clothes or see how products fit within their own homes, to enabling employees and designers to better explore product features. Technologies can have a lot of benefits for retailers.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
One recent study by ChannelAdvisor and Dynata surveyed over 1000 Australian consumers about their current shopping habits and how they expect these habits to change in the near future. More Australian consumers are using multiple platforms.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Consumers are placing a premium on the romanticised ‘village life’. Many consumers have cooled to impersonal shopping experiences and are dreaming about shopping in a way that is connected, simple, and friendly. Consumers do not want to see these things as tokens in the background.
Inside Retail
JUNE 2, 2021
We have over a billion active consumers on our platform and around 800 million of those are in China. Lloyd said with those figures, global businesses should look for ways to attract the Chinese consumer. So this is why gamification is very, very important for Chinese consumers.”.
Inside Retail
APRIL 7, 2022
Of all the habits consumers have established in the past two years, some are more likely to stick than others and the uptick in online shopping is certainly one of them. This can be especially true for brands in categories such as hardware, electrical consumer goods or homewares.
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Consumer protection laws need a radical overhaul in order to keep step with the digitisation of retail, a new report by the Consumer Policy Research Centre has found. The post Consumer protection laws need an overhaul for the digital age: CPRC appeared first on Inside Retail.
Talking Retail
MAY 20, 2022
A consumer confidence monitor that has been running since 1974 recorded its lowest-ever score this month. The well-established GfK index was down to -40 for May, meaning consumers are less confident now than at any time for nearly half a century. Industry News consumer confidence
The Global Small Business Blog
JANUARY 19, 2022
©iStock/scyther5 Global market research company Euromonitor reveals the Top 10 Global Consumer Trends in 2022. consumer trends Euromonitor prevalent trends strategic business recommendations top 10 global consumer trends
Inside Retail
JANUARY 18, 2022
ANZ-Roy Morgan’s Consumer Confidence survey has hit its lowest since October last year during Victoria’s second wave of Covid, with consumer confidence down to 8.1 ANZ head of Australian economics David Plank said, “consumer confidence dropped 7.6%
Inside Retail
MAY 19, 2021
In KPMG’s Responding to consumer trends in the new reality report, our research details findings from 75,000 consumer survey responses taken over four months, from May to September 2020, across 12 countries. Covid-19 has had a polarising effect on consumers’ finances.
Inside Retail
AUGUST 16, 2021
million for selling products that failed to meet Australia’s mandatory safety standards – an act in breach of consumer law. Decathlon Australia’s CEO Olivier Robinet welcomed the decision, and said they respect the work the ACCC does to keep consumers safe.
Inside Retail
JULY 4, 2021
Mérieux NutriSciences Australia was keen to dive further into the major food trends shifting for Australian consumers since the pandemic began, which has resulted in their latest report titled ‘What Australians Want to Know About The Food They Buy’.
Inside Retail
MAY 1, 2022
After two years of quarantining, it’s no wonder consumers are now expert digital shoppers. In fact, 55 per cent of AU consumers are shopping online more frequently than before the pandemic. The modern consumer journey. The post Online consumer behaviour has changed drastically.
Inside Retail
MAY 11, 2022
Scentre group’s figures came out on the same day as the latest consumer confidence data from Westpac shows a decline of 5.6 The post Australians return to the malls despite a plunge in consumer confidence appeared first on Inside Retail.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 23, 2022
But, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the business opened its doors to direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales to buoy the market through periods of empty supermarket shelves. IR: How many direct-to-consumer customers have you had throughout the pandemic?
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Brands that successfully surfed 2020’s first wave of Covid-impacted consumer behaviour changes have now learned that was the best and longest ride. There are always winners and losers with large-scale shifts in consumer behaviour, and this time is no different.
VMS
JANUARY 26, 2022
shoppers, more consumers are gearing up to make large purchases like new homes, cars and other big-ticket items, according to a survey from The Conference Board. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index fell to 113.8 Headlines consumer confidence
Rangeme
MAY 12, 2022
There are myriad ways you can connect with consumers. One of the most important ways is developing a brand voice that shows the consumer packaged goods (CPG) world who you are and provides that first impression and connection with potential consumers. Who is your target consumer?
Inside Retail
APRIL 19, 2022
Over the past two years, many Australian consumers have reset their expectations of the brand and customer experience. Having endured the pandemic and moved by escalating social and environmental causes, more consumers want to act for the greater good and expect businesses to follow.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
According to the CommBank Consumer Insights Report May 2021, the experiences during the pandemic last year greatly impacted how consumers think, act and shop. consumer-insights. The report refers to data sourced from an online survey of 5656 consumers.
Talking Retail
APRIL 13, 2021
Consumer spending fell 7.2% This story continues at Consumer spending falls. Industry News barclaycard consumer confidence consumer research convenience storesin March compared to the same period in 2019, as lockdown continued, new research reveals.
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
It’s easy to connect mindful consumption to buying less and that could be the case for consumers who have spent lockdown decluttering. The past two years have been the catalyst for change in many people’s lives and consumers want brands to be mindful of this.
Retail Touch
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Seismic shifts in consumer trends accelerated by the pandemic will have long-lasting implications for the retail industry at large. Future Commerce partnered with Method + Mode to conduct broad consumer research over a period of three months ending in January 2021.
A1 Retail
MAY 13, 2022
The report proves today’s power shift from brands to consumers, reinforcing the importance of shopper-driven content over brand-created content. Consumers prefer peers’ content over professionals’: There is a growing global trend for UGC, with 53% of global shoppers stating that it makes them more confident in their purchase decision. 74% of UK shoppers find ratings, reviews, photos, and videos from other shoppers important. Bazaarvoice, Inc.,
Inside Retail
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The hope is that getting consumers to love your brand will make them more loyal, purchase more frequently, and so on. Or, is it a loved brand because of how successfully it has embedded itself into consumers’ lives? The post Opinion: Do consumers really shop in the name of love?
Retail Touch
APRIL 27, 2022
What’s more, consumers are clearly willing to act on this sentiment with three-quarters of shoppers surveyed saying they had parted ways with a brand over a conflict in values. A decade ago, values like these weren’t front-and-center operational priorities for many consumer goods companies.
Mike Anthony
APRIL 27, 2021
The consumer isn’t always the shopper , for one thing. But here is a difference that you might not have thought about: Shopper marketing exists because shoppers and consumers have fundamentally different relationships with brands. I love them when I’m consuming.
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Booktopia is being taken to Federal Court after an ACCC investigation found it had misled consumers about their rights in the event of receiving faulty or damaged goods. These stipulations fly in the face of Australian Consumer Law, argued ACCC chair Rod Sims.
Talking Retail
MAY 11, 2021
Consumer spending grew 0.4% This story continues at Consumer spending grows. Industry News barclaycard consumer confidence convenience storesin April compared to the same period in 2019 – the first growth recorded this year, new research reveals.
Retail Touch
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
With COVID-19 case counts declining and vaccination efforts underway, eager consumers and retailers are both looking hopefully toward a future return to normal. Here are five key takeaways: The 2021 Consumer is Craving Convenience. The 2021 Consumer has a Recessionary Mindset.
Inside Retail
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Australian consumers have the world at their fingertips and can order from all across the globe, not only from the large international e-commerce companies but also from specialist retailers – be it fashion, electronics or sporting goods.
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