Identify and leverage emerging trends in digital retail, technology, supply chain, and marketing to grow eCommerce and better target shoppers across multiple channels. Topics Understanding Pure Play Retailers The Shoppers' Evolving Path to Purchase Developing Multichannel Strategies Staying Ahead of Emerging Trends Interactive Chart: Amazon and Prime Penetration Amazon's rise as a retail force has been swift and steady. To better understand the growing reach of Amazon among shoppers, use this interactive graphic to see the multi-year trend in shopping Amazon.com and Prime membership. Line: Percent of U.S. Households Shopped Amazon.com during Past Four Weeks Bars: Percent of U.S. Households with Amazon Prime Membership* * Prime Membership incidence rates reported in December of each year All Shoppers Gen Y Gen X Boomers Seniors HH with Kids HH without Kids "Haves" "Have Nots" Understanding Pure Play Retailers ARTICLE Singles Day 2019 shows how Alibaba is changing the eCommerce game everywhere 14 Nov 2019 By: Harriet Leach Discover how 2019’s record-breaking Singles Day shopping festival unfolded and how Alibaba is innovating to reach new audiences and generate higher sales and shopper engagement. Summary Slides Amazon North America Q3 2019 Results 31 Oct 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 10 Slides This slide summary report evaluates the Q3 2019 financial results, highlights key North America initiatives, and discusses implications for suppliers. Summary Slides Understanding the Amazon shopper within the broader omni-shopper landscape 23 Oct 2019 By: Jonathan Young. 21 Slides Understand today's omni-shopper mindset and behavior. Discuss the latest findings on the Amazon shopper as compared to the Amazon Prime shopper. Identify best practices for building engaging and relevant shopper experiences on Amazon. Summary Slides Navigating Amazon’s path forward in grocery 23 Oct 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 40 Slides Review the online grocery landscape and Amazon’s position. Understand Amazon grocery shoppers’ mindsets and motivations. Evaluate the impact of Amazon’s grocery platforms and outlook for the future. Summary Slides Connecting with the social shopper on Amazon 23 Oct 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 43 Slides Understand how social media is influencing the online retail experience. Discuss the unique characteristics of shoppers who use social media in the shopping process. Evaluate how Amazon is evolving its platforms to foster more product discovery and engagement. View All The Shoppers' Evolving Path to Purchase Summary Slides Selling alcohol online 17 Oct 2019 By: Kate McGee. 15 Slides We look at the challenges and opportunities retailers and suppliers face in this fast-growing, but highly regulated and complex category. Summary Slides Digital Payment Transformation: What’s happening now. What’s happening next 23 Sep 2019 By: Kantar Research Team, Harriet Leach. 35 Slides Digital payment development is accelerating at unparalleled speed, transforming how shoppers pay and interact with retailers and brands. Kantar's comprehensive overview and analysis of the current and future landscape is essential reading to gain understanding of this crucial aspect of retail. Followers: 459 BLOG POST Rethinking big store perimeters 2 Sep 2019 By: Ray Gaul Retailing in the Week Ahead – Week 36, 2019 Conventional wisdom has it that the inside perimeter of big stores is where services are positioned. These include the lottery tickets, tobacco lockers, newsstand, or a click & collect area, even cafés/restaurants. This makes sense ... Followers: 73 BLOG POST Building a strong loyalty program in beauty 20 Aug 2019 By: Hanna Ryngmark In our most recent loyalty research Kantar found that attaining consumer loyalty is a continuous challenge for suppliers facing a multitude of external factors in their attempts to understand complex drivers behind shopper decision-making. At the same time, new data insights are increasingly ... Summary Slides eCommerce ON report: Global Insights Report 2019 -- Wave 1 25 Jul 2019 By: Kantar Research Team, Malcolm Pinkerton. 37 Slides eCommerce ON offers a foundational, shopper-centric understanding of eCommerce across categories and countries. This global overview introduces you to this exciting new project and details the scope of this unique and groundbreaking Kantar study. View All Developing Multichannel Strategies Webinar Digital Retailing Webinar: Healthcare in a digital world 14 Nov 2019, 11:00 AM EST Health & Wellness has been a dominant trend for 20+ years. A myriad of categories and brands have transformed their strategies and products to capitalize on consumers’ desires to live their best lives. Now, retailers are evolving their ecosystems to include health & wellness initiatives as top strategic priorities for investment. Join Kantar to learn more about: The online opportunity in health & wellness Amazon’s ... Followers: 23 BLOG POST Ahold Delhaize posts strong Q3 sales, supported by robust online growth 6 Nov 2019 By: Ellie Pinto Net sales for Ahold Delhaize USA grew 2% reaching USD11.4 billion for Q3 2019. Hurricane Dorian positively impacted sales by 0.3%, though the effects were too minor to offset costs from Hurricane Florence last year. Comparable sales growth also excelled, reaching 1.8% this quarter excluding ... Followers: 91 BLOG POST Albertsons Companies shows ray of light in Q2 17 Oct 2019 By: Tory Gundelach Albertsons Companies Inc. showed signs of positive momentum with its Q2 results, posting ID sales growth of 2.4%, equating seven quarters of positive ID sales. In addition to the positive sales growth, the retailer showed healthy numbers in several areas including a 40% increase in delivery ... Followers: 459 BLOG POST Key account planning in Russia 14 Oct 2019 By: Ray Gaul Retailing in the Week Ahead, Week 42 Kantar had the pleasure of hosting key account managers in Russia for a one-day workshop in Moscow on 10 October 2019. I joined my colleagues Vadim Khetsuriani, who is based in Moscow, and Lidia Palubina, who is working from London in a global eCommerce ... Walking the Box Modern Retail Collective: Walking the box 9 Oct 2019 By: Tory Gundelach. 10 Slides Modern Retail Collective is a testing ground for retail innovation. Take a look inside. View All Staying Ahead of Emerging Trends Followers: 459 BLOG POST Winning the grocery growth challenge 8 Nov 2019 By: Ray Gaul British grocery retailers and brands want to spend time finding ways to grow, they just have less time to do it. Grocers have been forced to downsize teams – driving more with fewer people. Brands have had to embrace a new landscape by selling to eCommerce operators, discounters, and specialty ... Followers: 470 BLOG POST Managing Key Accounts in Turkey: Commercial Management 3.0 for 2020 and beyond 5 Nov 2019 By: Derya Guvenc, Ray Gaul From the Desks of… Ray Gaul and Derya Güvenç The Turkish retail market continues to be one of the most complex and challenging yet rewarding markets in Europe for global brands. Commercial teams at global brands in Turkey face increased pressure and will face intense negotiations ... Summary Slides Double-clicking on the physical footprint 23 Oct 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 31 Slides Explore Amazon’s omnichannel evolution and the latest insights on Whole Foods Market. Map its widespread physical touchpoints with shoppers. Gain insights into Amazon’s omnichannel strategies and brand-building initiatives. Summary Slides The rise of celebrity beauty brands 10 Oct 2019 By: Tiffany Hogan, Caroline Dumas. 16 Slides Celebrity beauty brands are on the rise. See what their success means for the category and what traditional brands can learn from their success. Followers: 91 BLOG POST A visit to the Modern Retail Collective: A lesson in learning 9 Oct 2019 By: Tory Gundelach Last week, I visited the new Modern Retail Collective, a retail innovation center that McKinsey & Co has opened inside the Mall of America in Bloomfield, Minn. According to McKinsey, the collective “provides a dedicated and fully supported space for retailers to test and measure how ... View All