Summary Slides U.S. retail outlook for 2019+ 16 Jan 2019 By: Kantar Consulting Research Team. 60 Slides What’s on tap for U.S. retail this year? Our comprehensive report covers macro, shopper, channel, and retailer expectations for 2019. Summary Slides US eCommerce outlook: Category group forecasts 31 Oct 2018 By: Doug Hermanson. 9 Slides This slide deck summarizes Kantar Consulting’s U.S. online and in-store category spending forecasts to 2023. Additionally, gain access to all data and charts for fifteen online categories through a link on the webpage. Summary Slides U.S. macro outlook: Holiday forecast 4 Oct 2018 By: Doug Hermanson. 35 Slides Macro conditions will support above-average holiday growth for the second-straight year, but some trends have changed dramatically since last holiday. Find out in this summary slide deck how the economy has changed and what it means for shoppers, retailers and suppliers. Summary Slides Home improvement forecasts and outlook 29 Aug 2018 By: Doug Hermanson. 11 Slides Kantar Consulting’s latest home improvement forecasts indicate the channel will remain a bright spot for retail. Find out in this publication the macro and channel trends you need to know to capitalize on the opportunity. Summary Slides Canadian Macroeconomic and Retail Sales Overview 23 Aug 2018 By: Amar Singh, Doug Hermanson. 20 Slides The Canadian retail industry is growing at a moderate pace versus last year. The economy has been creating jobs; however, trade tariffs and other macroeconomic factors are weakening consumer confidence. This report provides an overview of important Canadian macroeconomic and retail trends. View All Event Presentations Summary Slides Life stage spending: Forecasts and implications for the next decade 15 Dec 2018 By: Doug Hermanson. 51 Slides Understand the forces shaping shoppers’ expectations about what a shopping experience can and should be. Learn the main “types” of value equations that shoppers today are seeking to maximize. Discover strategies to cope with this complex and uncomfortable shopper landscape and unlock growth. Summary Slides Forming new alliances in the battle for share: Key insights and interactive workshop 14 Dec 2018 By: Doug Hermanson. 30 Slides Identify the fastest-growing areas of the consumer industry. Learn how CPG categories are teaming up with fast-growing areas of the consumer industry to outpace total growth. Summary Slides Capitalizing on the future of services in an interconnected retail environment 14 Dec 2018 By: Doug Hermanson, Hannah Hayes. 57 Slides Recognize the opportunity to generate incremental sales as shoppers shift more spending toward retailer services. Understand how new technology and the push to create seamless, interconnected retail operations enable both new opportunities and disruptions to the services landscape. Summary Slides Turkey: Retail Today and Tomorrow (But Mostly Today) 10 Dec 2018 By: Ray Gaul. 31 Slides An overview of the Turkish retail landscape, the drivers and economic and consumer shifts shaping the environment and presenting both challenges and opportunities to retailers and suppliers throughout the market. Summary Slides Hard discounters in Russia: A trend or a fad? 11 Oct 2018 By: Vadim Khetsuriani. 25 Slides Explore the role of private label and exclusive brands versus national brands in hard discounters. Examine the different hard discount business models in place in Russia, and know how your category operates in each. Understand specific shopper trips that hard discounters capture. View All Webinar Presentations Webinar Emerging Macro Retail Trends Webinar: Putting a spotlight on the (life)stage of shoppers 29 Nov 2018, 11:00 AM EST In the past, the age, generation, and lifestage of household shoppers may have been considered one and the same to suppliers and retailers—middle-aged boomers with children at home. Now, those three characteristics of household shoppers are quite distinct. For instance, the age at which households have children has change drastically from previous decades.Tune in to this webinar to learn the spending and shopping patterns of households as they move through a half dozen different lifestages. ... Webinar Emerging Macro Retail Trends Webinar: Holiday 2018 Forecast - Staying on course in the wake of macro disruption 22 Aug 2018, 11:00 AM EDT Many retailers this holiday will find themselves in an unfamiliar situation since the Great Recession made waves—trying to keep themselves sailing downwind, rather than just trying to plug the holes in their boat. Big box mass and select specialty retailers began to turn themselves around last holiday as shopper confidence gained strength. Tax policy changes and job gains will once again provide shoppers motivation this holiday, but retaining the loyalty of holiday shoppers will be ... Webinar US Home Improvement Webinar: Home improvement strategic checkup - Understanding the current retailer and shopper landscape to build future growth 2 Aug 2018, 01:00 PM EDT As the macro environment stabilizes in a post-recession economy, the home improvement channel has fared particularly well, with a continued positive outlook in future forecasts. Amid this period of growth, key home improvement retailers have been proactive in investing in initiatives that will drive future growth, rather than resting on the laurels of recent successes. Six months after announcing major changes to strategic initiatives, Home Depot’s investment of over $11 billion, aimed ... Webinar US Home Improvement Webinar: Aligning with retailer services to build value across shopper segments 20 Jun 2018, 01:00 PM EDT In a time when shoppers are empowered by digital technology and presented with a wider set of retail formats to choose from, many are rethinking their spending priorities and their views around value. Shoppers’ will no longer compromise on price, quality, or convenience elevating personalized experiences like services as key value differentiators in retail. In fact, Kantar Consulting forecasts that consumer spending on services will rise to 70% of all consumer spending by 2023. As ... Webinar Emerging Macro Retail Trends Webinar - Competing for Share of Wallet: Forecasts and Implications 2 May 2018, 11:00 AM EDT Competition for share of wallet is heating up. Digital has brought all categories within the reach of shoppers at just about any point in time, making specialty goods and services more accessible. Meanwhile, costs are rising in some essential services and goods, siphoning away discretionary income. Consumer brands will increasingly struggle to stand on their own as shoppers adjust their spending accordingly. Suppliers and retailers will need to develop new partnerships, assets, and skills ... View All