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
When it comes to shopping, New Zealanders are increasingly digital, with two-thirds shopping online in the last 12 months - up from 37% in 2006 and expected to hit 83% by 2026.
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...
The Changing NZ Consumer
New Zealand is changing in many ways and often at a faster rate than people may assume. Understanding this change has never been more important. Media owners, brand owners and agencies need this knowledge of past, present and future trends to ensure we continue to meet the needs of the target...
Uneven Growth in Retail: Finding your share of Australia's $6.2B Prize in the next 5 years
In the last decade, we’ve grown the market by $10 billion in retail sales. However, most of that growth was five years ago. Our research tells us that growth is out there to be had, but it is uneven. We predict the next five years will offer the market a $6 billion growth prize. But, as an...