Featured Insights
The Squeeze for Space
When a popular trend takes a market by storm, it’s tough to not want to go all in on it. There is, however, something to be said for having too much of a good thing. And in many ways, having too much of a good thing can actually have a negative effect on category sales.
Merry but Mindful
Around the world, there are five key ways that consumers are influencing the fast moving consumer goods sector and these trends are consistent with what we are currently seeing in New Zealand. All of these factors create new demand for consumers and new growth opportunities for manufacturers and...
Make your digital dollars go further
According to Nielsen’s 2018 CMO Report, 74% of CMOs today are not very confident in their ability to measure the performance of their digital campaigns. In the latest Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings Benchmarks Report, 40% of digital ad impressions targeted at 25-54 year olds in New Zealand did not hit...
Game Changer
The best sports properties in the world will succeed in the long run by understanding the wants and needs of Generation Z and transforming themselves so they can attract and engage fans for years to come.
Augmented Retail: The New Consumer Reality
Consumers today are increasingly craving immersive, real-life experiences. But they want these experiences without foregoing time or effort. The solution? Augmented and virtual reality technology, coming to a “store” near you.
Brands, It’s Time to Wise Up to Women
Despite the headlines and hashtags, women around the world are fatigued and believe meaningful change is coming too slowly. So how can brands ensure they’re making authentic connections with women?
Women: Primed and Ready for Progress
For brands to succeed today, they need to find ways to address the challenges women face. Making up half of the population, women are key influencers across the globe. And the reality is that women still shoulder most of the household responsibilities.
Speak Up—The Media Industry Is Listening
With new digital devices and platforms fragmenting audiences, consumers have found power through their choices and voices. The media industry needs to look carefully at whose voices they listen to and communicate with in order to create the most empowering and engaging content. It’s not just the...
What’s Next in Media Measurement?
The only thing consistent about the media industry is change. Media fragmentation is the new norm. People are constantly modifying what media they consume, how they consume it and when they consume it. Currency data is critical to understanding the engagement of these audiences through reach and...
Road to Rationality: Australian Grocery Sector saves $1billion dollars in promotional spend in 2018 - Nielsen
2018 marked one of the biggest turnarounds in the Australian grocery industry in 10 years, with the percentage of sales on promotion dropping to 38% and the amount wasted on price promotion down to $10.1 billion.
From Great Panels Come Great Insights
At Nielsen, we believe that our panels make our company stand out. We devote a great deal of time and resources to ensuring that our panels produce high-quality data. By combining big data with smaller data sets from carefully chosen and measured households, we believe that we provide a higher...
Consumer Disloyalty is the New Normal
A whopping 46% of consumers tell us they are more likely to try new brands than they were five years ago; a clear signal to a trend we should expect to intensify. Yet we see few signs that adjustments have been made to marketing initiatives or innovation pipelines to match these numbers.
A Digital Giant Awakens
Marketing has evolved over the last several decades from marketing to many, marketing to some and now marketing to one. With advancements in technology and the growth of digital media and addressability, precision marketing is now a reality.