Pet food and pet care categories surprisingly resilient during pandemic February 14, 2022 Despite the fact that many retail categories saw large sales decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, one category to buck this... Read More
SA’s packaging sector bounces back January 25, 2022 South Africa’s packaging industry demonstrated incredible resilience in the face of the country’s imposition of national lockdowns during 2020, with... Read More
The glass half empty: major declines in SA’s alcoholic sector in 2020 January 10, 2022 The national lockdown enforced in South Africa as part of the country’s efforts to manage the Covid-19 pandemic delivered a... Read More
Energy drinks buck beverage category trend to record sales growth in 2020 December 1, 2021 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 had a negative impact on overall beverage sales in South Africa as... Read More
SA dairy trends: Covid-19 pandemic shifts consumer demand September 7, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted both in shifts in consumer demand for dairy products as well as changed consumer purchase... Read More
Online retailers continue to face challenges that undermine the customer experience March 25, 2021 A study evaluating the consumer experience of online shoppers has highlighted the challenges that continue to face online retailers including... Read More
COVID-19 lockdown impacts significantly on beverage categories October 23, 2020 The bottled water, energy drinks and sparkling soft drinks categories are three distinctively different categories which have all suffered very... Read More
A bleak outlook for packaging in 2020 August 13, 2020 South Africa's packaging industry could decline by more than 9% in 2020 as a result of severely impaired disposable income... Read More
Cellular industry staff more confident in the presidency May 21, 2020 BMi Research conducted a survey at the end of April, amongst 1035 cellular sales agents and store managers*. This was... Read More
Media Un-usual May 5, 2020 This past month's lockdown has had an interesting impact on how South Africans consume media. Coupled with the millions of... Read More