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Data & analytics

Stronger currents, sharper thinking: Retail’s 2026 reality
This year is turning out to be even harder to do business.

Stronger currents, sharper thinking: Retail’s 2026 reality

“Whatever next? Is there any limit to the rough seas that businesses are having to currently navigate?!” In a previous article from last year, I suggested that 2026 was not going to be easy for businesses, ...
How T2 is balancing retail growth with financial discipline
How Focus Insights is redefining full-service FMCG research
The new recipe for growth: Data-driven sampling via HelloFresh
The intelligence advantage in ANZ retail

Data & analytics Archives

AI in the aisles: How Foodpanda is building the grocery store of the future

In Asia's increasingly competitive grocery space, the biggest transformation may be happening behind the scenes.
adore beauty campaign image showing woman carrying a stack of branded boxes

Setting up shop: Inside Adore Beauty’s ‘phygital’ store design

The online-born beauty retailer is rapidly expanding its network of stores and raising the bar for what it means to be a...
Consumer expectations
Inside FMCG & Toluna

How to bridge the gap between customer expectations and brand capabilities

“The bar is higher than ever, and expectations shift rapidly with technology and the economic landscape.”
A man standing by a self-checkout in a Woolworths supermarket

How to leverage loyalty data like a supermarket giant

Six steps for retailers to turbocharge their loyalty strategies.
Rock It pastry
Inside FMCG & Vypr

Why access to real-time consumer insights is no longer a luxury for brands

“If your product isn’t optimised for today’s consumer, it won’t sell,” says Sam Gilding.
Businessmen

Smarter data is key to successful brand stretching

Leveraging tech advances, data analytics, and automation is one of five tenets of success for elastic brands.
Woman scans product bar code in supermarket

Why in-store sampling is losing out to targeted technology

Social Soup's Shop & Scan product uses data, AI-powered verification and advanced product and barcode scanning to drive ...

Boosting FMCG sales with retail data-driven advertising

Discover more insights and actionable strategies in our guidebook Unpacking Marketing Success with Retail Data.  

Harnessing data for profitable growth in the consumer goods industry

The strategic use of data has become not just advantageous but essential.
Inside FMCG & Telus Consumer Goods

Why trade promotions have become increasingly critical for FMCG brands

The biggest challenge FMCG manufacturers are facing right now is how to influence how consumers spend on groceries as th...
Inside FMCG & Adobe

Technology is revolutionising B2B relationships in FMCG. Here’s how

“If you are not using commerce technology to be able to personalise and to be able to transact with your B2B customers, ...
Inside FMCG & Adobe

Using AI can help FMCG companies supercharge consumer personalisation

FMCG suppliers and retailers stand to gain significant savings in costs and time if they embrace AI across backend syste...

The digital disruption of the consumer products value chain

Read the full Veeva industries 2022 executive report to learn how to harness digital disruption.

Salary survey reveals the soaring cost of supply chain expertise

More than 60 per cent said they would reply to an unsolicited message from a recruiter, even when they are not looking f...

Australian businesses in-line with cage-free egg commitments, study finds

The report has revealed that the Asia-Pacific region is the fastest-growing cage-free market globally due to increased d...