The Future Awaits: Tech-Transformed Consumption
In our latest research, we examine the challenges and accelerators affecting how and when consumers around the world will engage with the myriad forms of emerging technologies primed to make their lives easier and more efficient.
Connectivity Improves User Adoption of E-Commerce for Evolving Product Categories Like FMCG
As manufacturers and retailers seek to capitalize on the opportunity of e-commerce, they need to understand consumers’ online usage, behaviour and habits, as well as what’s driving e-commerce adoption.
Connected Commerce: Connectivity is Enabling Lifestyle Evolution
It’s undisputed that internet accessibility, mobile technology and digital innovations are redefining consumers every interaction and will continue to enable and disrupt many aspects of consumers’ lifestyle well into the future.
Digital Formats Are Among the Most Trusted Advertising Sources Despite Slow Growth
The most credible advertising comes straight from the people we know and trust. And it should come as no surprise that more than eight-in-10 global respondents (83%) say they completely or somewhat trust the recommendations of friends and family.
From X-Rays to MBAs: The Next Wave of Digital Opportunities
From search engines to social networks, people around the globe mostly use electronic devices for three primary purposes: relationship building/maintaining, information gathering and entertainment viewing. But what does the future use of electronic devices look like, and where are the best...
Age of Technology: Generational Video Viewing Preferences Vary By Device and Activity
Globally, consumers largely favor TV as the device of choice for watching video programming. However, there are a few regional and generational differences in how we watch.
Don’t Touch That Dial – Or That One – Or That One: The Changing Digital Landscape
We’re living in a world of 24/7 connectivity, accessing our content on our own terms, and we like it that way. Around the globe, 76% of respondents in a Nielsen online survey say they enjoy the freedom of being connected anywhere, anytime. While consumers love this flexibility, it represents a...
Middle East/Africa Consumers Remain Bullish In Q3
Consumer confidence in the Middle East/Africa region revved up in the third quarter, increasing in all five countries measured by Nielsen’s Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions. With an index score of 112, the United Arab Emirates had the highest confidence in the region,...
Tapping the Full Potential of Mobile Advertising
There’s little doubt that mobile is here to stay, and its growing influence can be seen in pockets and purses around the globe. Smartphone penetration in the UAE, for example, stands at 78 percent, which is almost 10 percent higher than in the U.S. Despite the forward momentum, however, recent...
Multiplying Mobile: How Multicultural Consumers are Leading Smartphone Adoption
Smartphone ownership grew to 68 percent between November and January 2014, up 9 percent from the start of 2013. And among those who bought their mobile phone within the last three months, a whopping 84 percent chose smartphones for their new handsets. Multicultural consumers have led the growth in...