Featured Blog Followers: 144 BLOG POST China’s desire for FMCG imports continues to grow 9 Dec 2019 By: Kantar Worldpanel While China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in 2019, spending on fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) grew steadily, increasing in overall value by 4.9% in the first three quarters of the year. This was especially noticeable among imported goods which now account for 18% of all ... Blogs Followers: 144 BLOG POST Shoppers vote to hold back on festive spending in UK 10 Dec 2019 By: Kantar Worldpanel The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show year-on-year supermarket sales growth slowed again during the past 12 weeks to a modest 0.5%. Amid the uncertainty of a General Election, a lacklustre Black Friday and a wet autumn, shoppers have been delaying their Christmas preparations ... Followers: 144 BLOG POST China’s desire for FMCG imports continues to grow 9 Dec 2019 By: Kantar Worldpanel While China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in 2019, spending on fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) grew steadily, increasing in overall value by 4.9% in the first three quarters of the year. This was especially noticeable among imported goods which now account for 18% of all ... Followers: 132 BLOG POST Ulta maintains solid growth despite cosmetics category slowdown 6 Dec 2019 By: Ben Antenore After lowering its guidance for the year and warning its investors of a sales slowdown coming for the beauty category, the retailer pulled off yet another strong quarter, with sales growth of 7.9%, comps of 3.2%, and gross margin increases of 40 basis points. Although the retailer reported broad ... Followers: 364 BLOG POST Decoding desire in China’s luxury social ecosystem 6 Dec 2019 By: Kantar Research Team Kantar, in collaboration with MediaCom China, has published the whitepaper Decoding Desire in the China Luxury Social Ecosystem. A large-scale research project was undertaken to unlock the formula luxury brands need to activate their social media effectively from an audience-first approach. ... Followers: 92 BLOG POST Kroger builds confidence that it is back on stable ground and positioned for future growth 5 Dec 2019 By: Tory Gundelach Kroger announced Q3 2019 earnings today, reporting 2.5% Identical (ID) Sales without fuel and $254 million of operating profit for the quarter. These results prompted Kroger to reconfirm ID sales, operating profit, and adjusted EPS guidance for 2019 and 2020. Additionally, digital sales grew ... Followers: 319 BLOG POST What do the most recent Q3 2019 results tell us about the dollar channel? 5 Dec 2019 By: Simon Johnstone For CPG companies working within the discounter channel, the dollar stores remain the big prize, with Dollar General and Dollar Tree accounting for over 30% of all channel sales. It was a week of mixed financial results in the channel, which highlight the various trajectories that both retailers ... Followers: 679 BLOG POST Lessons from toy in retail joy and innovation 2 Dec 2019 By: Sara Al-Tukhaim For the second year running, Kantar’s 2019 Toy Tracker is officially live. This year, we showcase performance prospects for toy, where toy shoppers are going and the retail lessons everyone can learn from the innovation and experiences emerging in this category. As the holidays draw closer, ... Followers: 538 BLOG POST Black Friday 2019: Bright but blurred 2 Dec 2019 By: Brian Owens, Kantar Research Team Kantar’s team of analysts hit stores and sites on Black Friday and came away with some distinct impressions. Here’s a rundown of the key themes we saw this year along with our take on how you should be interpreting various Black Friday performance reports. Black Friday Sales Grow ... Followers: 144 BLOG POST Health and natural looks drive beauty sales in Asia 2 Dec 2019 By: Kantar Worldpanel Kantar has revealed that the key drivers of growth in the Asia beauty market are natural ingredients that help consumers achieve good skin health, makeup that helps people obtain a natural look, and skincare products aimed at male shoppers. The Beauty Trends in Asia report highlights the key ... Followers: 94 BLOG POST Black Friday is entering a new decade 29 Nov 2019 By: Malcolm Pinkerton It’s that time of year again, when we all get over excited about Black Friday. Amazon’s brainchild is celebrating its 10th Birthday, reaffirming its place as a stalwart in the retail calendar. Over that decade of existence, however, the frenzies seen in its early years have lessened ... Followers: 69 BLOG POST Black Friday expectations – Amazon and beyond 27 Nov 2019 By: Harriet Leach Promotional activity is happening earlier and earlier each year, as high street retailers try to maintain, or even steal, share across high traffic eCommerce-origin sales events. Singles Day and now Black Friday and Cyber Monday are intensifying competition earlier in the season. This is forcing ... Followers: 62 BLOG POST November report on shopper behavior 22 Nov 2019 By: Caroline Dumas Key findings from Kantar’s ShopperScape® survey For a closer look at October’s ShopperScape® findings, visit our Shopper Insights center. For details on the methodology and sample, check out this helpful overview of the changes to the 2019 tracking survey. October ... Followers: 144 BLOG POST Black Friday 2019: 10 predictions for the UK 22 Nov 2019 By: Kantar Worldpanel Kantar Worldpanel’s 10 predictions for Black Friday 2019 are based on behavioural data from its omnishopper panel supplemented with a survey of over 54,000 UK shoppers, asking people about their plans for this year. The data reveals some key insights, such as that the average shopper ... Followers: 144 BLOG POST Who is winning more Chinese consumers in 2019? 19 Nov 2019 By: Kantar Worldpanel The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel shows that there were 22 fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies reaching over 100 million urban Chinese households during the 52 weeks ending 4 October 2019, with P&G, Yili and Mengniu each attracting more than 160 million families. Products from ... Followers: 216 BLOG POST Walmart total company Q3 2020: Scaling omnichannel to overcome challenges 18 Nov 2019 By: Timothy Campbell Walmart’s Q3 results reflected the strength of the retailer's U.S. division, a succeeding transformation at Sam’s Club, and a mixed but growing international market. Total company sales rose by 2.5% and eCommerce platform continued to outperform with explosive growth. Walmart U.S. ...