21/10/2020
Mid-tier manufacturers and devices are driving consumer purchasing decisions during COVID-19
19/10/2020
Dublin under lockdown could paint a picture of what’s to come for the rest of Ireland.
16/10/2020
Q3 saw a further drop in the number of GB households taking out a new SVoD subscription
14/10/2020
Amazon Prime Video continues to show strong subscriber growth, buoyed by uptake of memberships
13/10/2020
An update on the grocery market covering 12 weeks to 4 October 2020
09/10/2020
Five insights about the market in the post pandemic era.
Compare the evolution of the market share for the main retailers in five countries
Check out historic data in our OS market share interactive dataviz
13/10/2020 - Sky News
Shoppers have increased their purchases of alcohol, toilet rolls and flour as tighter coronavirus restrictions loom and the 10pm pub curfew kicks in, according to industry data. Figures from Kantar showed consumers spent £261m more on alcohol to drink at home - compared to last year - in September, a period that also came after the end of the Eat Out To Help Out discount scheme. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: "Shoppers are moving a greater proportion of their eating and drinking back into the home."
Read more13/10/2020 - Reuters
British grocery sales growth accelerated in September as shoppers geared up for new restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19, though there was "limited evidence" of a new wave of stockpiling, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher Kantar said sales rose 10.6% year-on-year in the four weeks to Oct. 4 as shoppers moved a greater proportion of their eating and drinking back into the home. "This is likely a response to rising COVID-19 infection rates, greater restrictions on opening hours in the hospitality sector, and the end of the government's ‘Eat Out to Help Out' scheme," said Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar.
Read more13/10/2020 - The Guardian
Total sales in supermarkets and corner shops rose 10.6% in the four weeks to 4 October, up from 8% in the previous month, with stores the busiest they had been since a wave of stockpiling in March according to the latest market data from research firm Kantar. Sales of toilet roll and flour rose by 64% and 73% respectively in the week to 27 September, but Fraser McKevitt, the head of retail and consumer insight at the data company Kantar, said there was little evidence of panic buying as the number of supermarket trips that week was well below that before the national lockdown.
Read more06/10/2020 - WARC
To sustain the unprecedented level of growth the grocery market has seen this year into 2021 will require marketers to be more consumer-centric than ever and to understand the major themes that are driving consumer choices, according to Kantar. "Whichever way you cut the data it's extraordinary," said Matt Botham, strategic insight director at Kantar Worldpanel. "We reckon the grocery market at the end of the year is going to end up in 13% growth. Double-digit growth for the grocery market is absolutely unheard of," he added.
Read more28/09/2020 - BBC
"Aldi has still seen strong growth, they're still selling 10% more than they did last year, but for the first time they've grown behind the market," says Fraser McKevitt, Head of Retail and Consumer Insight at consumer analysts Kantar.
Read more24/09/2020 - Financial Times
According to Kantar, the market researcher, grocery sales were up about 17 per cent during lockdown and online orders grew more than 90 per cent.
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