CPG Manufacturers: Supply Chain Executive Brief
To meet consumer and retailer needs, FMCG/CPG manufacturers must use granular data and have better visibility across the local supply chain to know where their products are going and when the next demand surge will occur.
Still Concerned About COVID-19, U.S. Consumers Will Want More from Convenience Stores
Across the U.S. retail landscape, the convenience channel has been the offline channel to watch over the past year. With the country now in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the convenience channel is poised to be even more dominant.
Rebalancing the ‘COVID-19 Effect’ on Alcohol Sales
What would it take to rebalance topline market performance for alcohol? And how can current behavioral shifts toward take-out restaurant services and “off-premise”* alcohol sales be leveraged to offset the immense “on-premise” losses?
Scenarios Beyond COVID-19: Rebound, Reboot, Reinvent
Nielsen has identified three distinct time horizons for global market regeneration beyond the COVID-19 global health emergency and attached likely scenarios to each. The three-tiered framework identifies the conditions for businesses to rebound, reboot or reinvent as they confront expected...
During Times of Uncertainty, Let Consumers Take the Wheel
In times of uncertainty, it’s important to stay connected with your consumers. Whether you’re trying to add new benefits to your offerings to keep up with changing consumer opinions, updating claims on your packaging or building your innovation pipeline to meet emerging needs, you need consumer...
Pantries Padded With Produce as North Americans Prepare for the COVID-19 Long Haul
Much like the sentiment felt among European consumers, many North Americans expect the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to last for quite some time. That means the inordinate rise of in-home food and beverage consumption we’ve seen this year will likely continue for the foreseeable...
From The Field: Nielsen China Offers Personal Insight On Shopping Trends Amid The Covid-19 Outbreak
Joe Fan, who has a team of more than 1,200 retailer auditors operating across China, said access for his team was difficult at first, but they remained protected throughout the toughest days of the crisis.
Nielsen Design Impact Awards
This year’s winners represent a wide range of business situations across food, beverage, personal and home care. Some transformed brands; others tacked challenges with competing in saturated categories; and some adapted heritage brands to stay relevant amid an evolving FMCG landscape.
Disloyalty is the New Black
Only 9% of U.S. consumers say they’re brand loyal, and consumers in Canada are on par with the global average of 8%. Compared with the global average, however, Americans are the opposite of adventurous: In fact, only 36% of Americans say they love trying new brands and products, a full 8...
The Database: Who’s Buying Your Brand and How to Grow It
With a massive 42% of global consumers actively on the hunt for new and different, there’s never been a more important time to look at your brand targeting strategies—things like acquisition and retention—and have clear insight into the implications of those strategies. And that’s what this...