UK: Grocery growth steady as Brexit deadline looms


As Brexit uncertainty intensifies and some customers start their preparations for a disorderly exit, the latest grocery market share figures, published today from Kantar Worldpanel, show year-on-year supermarket sales growth of 1.9% during the 12 weeks to 24 February 2019. Fraser McKevitt, head of Retail and Consumer Insight at Kantar Worldpanel, comments: ...


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How will Brexit affect UK supermarkets?


For FMCG suppliers, retailers and consumers alike, no issue is more top-of-mind than the impending Brexit deadline currently scheduled for 29 March 2019. Across the grocery retail sector, the imminent impact upon supply chains, on-shelf availability, pricing and shopper sentiment is still largely unknown, highly dependent on the shape Britain’s final exit ...


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Rising prices drive grocery sales growth in Ireland


The latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel show the Irish grocery market grew by 3.5% in the 12 weeks to 24 February 2019, putting the Irish grocery sector on a solid footing as the UK finalises preparations to leave the EU. After a prolonged period of deflation, an upward trajectory in grocery ...


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FMCG off to a good start in China


Kantar Worldpanel’s latest figures for 12 weeks ending 25st January 2019 reveals that consumer spending on FMCG in China made a good start to the year. There was a value growth rate of 7.7% compared with the same period in the previous year, which was positive on the run-up to Chinese New ...


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Vietnam shows fastest growth since 2011


Vietnam’s economy saw another strong year with gross domestic product (GDP) posting the fastest growth rate since 2011, of 7.08%. Consumer price index (CPI) has been kept under control below +4% for 4 consecutive years. The achievement is also reflected by the high domestic demand of Vietnamese consumers with retail sales ...


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Kantar Worldpanel launches consumer panel in Bangladesh


Kantar Worldpanel, the global expert in shoppers’ behaviour, today announces its expansion into Bangladesh tying up with Kantar MRB and enhancing the household panel which has been present in the country since 2002. The new Kantar Worldpanel service covers 5,150 households from across Bangladesh and provides local and global brands with ...


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Kantar Marketplace: New research and insights store


Kantar, the world’s leading marketing insights and consulting company, today announced the opening of Kantar Marketplace, its new on-demand research and insights store. Revealed in January as a new online platform, Kantar Marketplace opens now in 21 countries, including United Kingdom, France, Germany, USA, Brazil and Australia. With Kantar Marketplace you can: Make cost-effective ...


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