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 Summary Slides Amazon North America Q4 2019 results 18 Feb 2020 By: Rachel Dalton. 14 Slides This slide summary report evaluates the Q4 2019 financial results, highlights key North America initiatives, and discusses implications for suppliers. Followers: 149 BLOG POST FMCG in China grew by 5.3% in 2019 11 Feb 2020 By: Kantar Worldpanel The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel shows that spend in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) in urban China grew by 5.3% in 2019, up by 0.2ppt compared to the previous year. Despite slower economic growth and trade tension with the US, retail sales growth released by the government maintained ... Five Slides Amazon: The five slides you need 7 Feb 2020 By: Rachel Dalton. 8 Slides Check out Kantar’s overview of Amazon for a SWOT analysis, shopper profile, financial review, summary of key initiatives, and implications. SWOT Amazon SWOT analysis 7 Feb 2020 By: Rachel Dalton. 1 Slides Get a one-slide summary of Amazon's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Followers: 149 BLOG POST A month of moderation for the UK grocery sector 4 Feb 2020 By: Kantar Worldpanel The latest figures from Kantar show the grocery market achieved modest 0.3% growth during the past 12 weeks as January once again brought consumer commitments to Dry January and Veganuary. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, comments: “Many people start the ... View All The Shoppers' Evolving Path to Purchase Followers: 28 BLOG POST Metro closes Q1 2020 with 1.3% sales growth and positive outlook 30 Jan 2020 By: Ellie Pinto Metro closed its first quarter of 2020 on December 21, 2019 with 1.3% sales growth versus Q1 2019, amounting to CAD4.0 billion. These sales incorporate same-store food sales of 1.4% and food basket inflation of 2.0%. Accounting for the shift in Christmas sales, same store food sales would have ... Followers: 374 BLOG POST Decoding desire in China’s luxury social ecosystem 6 Dec 2019 By: Kantar Research Team Kantar, in collaboration with MediaCom China, has published the whitepaper Decoding Desire in the China Luxury Social Ecosystem. A large-scale research project was undertaken to unlock the formula luxury brands need to activate their social media effectively from an audience-first approach. ... 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: 471 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 ... View All Developing Multichannel Strategies Followers: 28 BLOG POST Loblaw finishes Q4/FY 2019 positively, strong pharmacy growth 20 Feb 2020 By: Ellie Pinto Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest food retailer, closed its Q4 and fiscal year 2019 on December 28, 2019 with steady growth and positive profits; however, the retailer missed its estimates and has room to improve. Q4 2019 Loblaw’s food retail same-store sales growth for Q4 2019 ... Followers: 224 BLOG POST Walmart Q4 FY 2020: Establishing direction under new executives 19 Feb 2020 By: Timothy Campbell The verdict on Walmart’s Q4 is mixed as total company sales grew 2.1%. Domestically, Walmart US sales and comps both slowed to 1.9% growth for the quarter due to shorter holiday season. Toys, electronics, and general merchandise were weaker even though grocery remained strong overall. ... Followers: 28 BLOG POST Omnichannel growth fuels Ahold Delhaize USA Q4 and FY 2019 12 Feb 2020 By: Ellie Pinto Ahold Delhaize USA posted strong overall growth, and particularly significant online growth, in its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019. Q4 2019 net sales increased 2.7% to reach USD11.47 billion. Same-store sales excluding gas increased 2.3% and 2.6% when adjusted for weather events that impacted ... Summary Slides Drug spotlight: The expanding mental health opportunity in retail 6 Feb 2020 By: Ben Antenore. 23 Slides As younger cohorts become independent household shoppers, there is an expanding opportunity to help them manage their mental health through retail. Followers: 149 BLOG POST Epidemic impact on consumer purchase behaviour 5 Feb 2020 By: Kantar Worldpanel The country and the world have been paying close attention to the novel coronavirus outbreak in the past 2 weeks which, according to China’s National Health Commission up to 12am on 4 February 2020, has caused 20,471 infected in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and 150 people ... View All Staying Ahead of Emerging Trends Followers: 149 BLOG POST New opportunities for dairy amid epidemic 19 Feb 2020 By: Kantar Worldpanel As the coronavirus epidemic developed, Chinese consumers became even more focused on their health. In addition to taking physical exercise, people are also looking to supplement their diets and improve their immunity through healthy food. In China, dairy products are widely recognised as having ... Followers: 149 BLOG POST French seniors: the forgotten El Dorado of FMCG 10 Feb 2020 By: Kantar Worldpanel In a society with so much focus on millennials, we have almost forgotten another, even more promising generation: seniors. Brands and distributors have not yet developed customer relations adapted to the over-55s and there are few specific offers that appeal to rather than stigmatise the elderly. ... Followers: 471 BLOG POST Multimodal shopping 10 Feb 2020 By: Ray Gaul Retailing in the Week Ahead, Week 7 Everyone loves a good macrotrend. Think ageing, urbanisation, sustainability, retailtainment, and so on. I find it relatively easy to make the leap from macrotrend to implication and I think most of us do. For example, if populations are getting older, logically ... Summary Slides Hidden gems of the grocery channel: Q1 2020 7 Feb 2020 By: Kantar Research Team, Tory Gundelach. 21 Slides The Hidden Gems series highlights ideas and themes from smaller retailers that Kantar does not regularly track. Read about this quarter’s innovation and developments in store formats, digital/technology, and sustainability initiatives. Summary Slides 2020 FMI Midwinter Conference retailer briefing guide 14 Jan 2020 By: Ellie Pinto. 58 Slides Take a look at our briefing guide to review grocery channel trends, important retailer information, and prepare for the FMI Midwinter Conference. View All