Life in rebound: What will living a new normal look like in the Pacific?
The unforeseen shocks from the global COVID-19 pandemic will draw consumers, industries and societies into a course of restoration and renewal as they look to revive growth. FMCG manufacturers and retailers will need to consider what consumers have endured and how they will emerge over the next few...
A Quick Health Check For New Zealand's Convenience Channel
Convenience retailers and Manufacturers have a huge opportunity to tap into the needs of time-poor, health conscious shoppers in New Zealand. To realise this opportunity, we need to know what these shoppers’ motivations are. Are they aspiring to be healthy, or are they truly healthy people?
Think Small: Unlocking Grocery Growth
The traditional channels and your traditional consumer will most likely not be where your growth will come from in the next few years. Despite facing the lowest growth environment we have had in decades, the opportunity for growth is there, if we think small.
1.9 Million Australians Chasing Cheaper Energy as Winter Bills Arrive
For many Australians, the winter energy bill is one of the highest household expenses for the year. With three major retailers announcing energy price increases of up to 20% taking effect on 1 July 2017, Australian families are bracing themselves for an extra big hit on their household budget when...
The Daigou Effect: How Brands can Break Down Chinese Borders and Drive Growth
Australian brands have the opportunity to tap into the wants and needs of the massive China population through a growing export and e-commerce ecosystem – Daigou.
Connection and Contrast: Marketing to Australian and New Zealand Consumers
Marketing teams strive to show how their smarts and silver deliver Return on Investment (ROI). Some global brands are looking for efficiencies by centralising marketing teams and exploring the merits of wider Pacific campaigns - so how alike are we to our Aussie neighbours and what are the...
Ad Spend from Cruise Ship Companies Set to Change Course
Australians are willing to take to the seas with more than half (55%) considering going on a cruise. Strong growth in advertising spend from cruise operators is driving consumer enthusiasm, but questions have been raised as to whether Sydney’s infrastructure can support demand. If tour operators...
Breaking Borders: How Pacific Companies can Tap into the Buying Power of the Chinese Consumer
China, with its huge population and increasing affluence, is a very lucrative market for companies and brands in the Pacific. The Demand Institute, projects that consumers in China will spend $56 trillion over the next decade, with a largely young, affluent, connected consumer base with disposable...
Switching On: What Energy Retailers can Learn from the Changing New Zealand Landscape
Over the next decade, the New Zealand population will undergo some profound shifts. Larger households, ethnic diversity, ageing consumers, increased device usage and growing concern about the environment, will all need to be factored into future marketing and advertising planning for companies and...
Marketing to the Modern Woman: Tapping into the Multi-Screening, Multi-Tasking Australian Woman
Women know exactly how to harness technology and navigate the digital landscape to meet their needs and desires, and, women want brands to talk to them on their terms. Understanding patterns of behaviour and preferences for devices and platforms gives brands a better opportunity to reach, engage...