Chart of the Month: Could Expanded Access to Cannabinoids Damage Your Sales?
Paula Ferolla
While legalization remains a major hurdle, increasing cannabis usage can influence consumer habits and behaviour, on interconnected categories. For industries such as nicotine, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, and supplements, open questions remain as to the impact on sales and market penetration in the forecast period. In other words, is cannabis seen as a replacement?
“她运动”风靡，撑起体育消费半边天
Fatima Linares
国际足联女子世界杯和美国女子职业篮球联赛（WNBA）等备受瞩目的赛事吸引的观众人数不断攀升，同时媒体报道和社交媒体的曝光度也在扩大。人们对女性体育运动的兴趣大增，促进了女性运动服装的销售，在过去五年中，这些产品的表现优于男性运动服装（2018-2023 年的年均复合增长率分别为 5%和 3%）。尽管表现较好，但体育界的性别差距依然存在，这为那些希望投资这一不断扩大的细分市场的人提供了机会。
Digital Dining: The FinTech Revolution in Global Foodservice Industry
David Zhang
Over 2018-2023, the consumer foodservice industry has grappled with the challenge of eroding profit margins and the need to improve the customer journey experience. Nevertheless, fintech presents transformational opportunities. It not only enhances customer journey satisfaction through payment digitalisation, but also accelerates digital transformation of operations.
Innovation in Pet Care: A Convergence of Functionality, Premiumisation, and Route to Consumers
Sahiba Puri
From human-grade ingredients to novel formats and now functional benefits, innovation in pet care is becoming even more sophisticated. As the industry expands through new brands and categories, tracking new product development should be an important consideration for brand innovation strategy. With pet owners adopting a more “health first” approach, pet product innovation is increasingly going down the same route.
US 2024 Election: Implications for the Global Economy
Aiste Bijune
The US is approaching a presidential election in November 2024. The outcome of the election will shape the country’s future fiscal, monetary and trade policies, which will in turn influence the growth trajectory of the world’s largest economy, while having spillover effects globally.
Consumer Foodservice Growth in Asia Pacific
Emil Fazira
Join Emil Fazira, Insights Manager at Euromonitor International, specialising in food research and insights across Asia, as she discusses the factors at play behind Asia Pacific’s foodservice industry hitting its highest growth since the pandemic.
Top Five Global Population Trends
Jana Rude
Ageing, urbanisation and health concerns are significant factors shaping global population trends. As populations age, we witness a rise in “super-aged” countries where seniors represent a substantial segment of consumers with considerable purchasing power. Meanwhile, Generation Z, though not yet affluent, wield considerable influence through numbers and heightened focus on values. Additionally, climate change now becomes a critical concern for consumers centred on health and wellbeing.
Rigid Plastics’ Circularity: Demand for Renewable Packaging Intensifies
Rosemarie Downey
There is ever-growing expectation for sustainable packaging. The search for better is reflected in consumer sentiment and regulatory attention. The focus on plastic goes wide with regulation increasingly the lever used to secure more rapid progress on the road towards a circular economy.
Infant Nutrition: Feeding the Future 2024
Icey Huang
The 5th Feeding the Future conference will be held on 21 – 23 October 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The Conference will be held right on Darling Harbour at Dockside Venue with the Gala Dinner on the evening of the 22nd to be held across the harbour at Doltone House, Darling Island.