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#BizTrends2021: Recalibrating for diminished growth - resolutions for 2021
Despite the dissemination of vaccines in the months ahead, a larger portion of consumer spending will be impacted by recessionary conditions...
Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021
#BizTrends2021: Safety vs sustainability - the packaging industry's key conundrum
The pandemic calls for a paradigm shift in how the packaging industry meets consumer's safety concerns while addressing the threat of climate change...
Nthabiseng Motsoeneng 7 Jan 2021
Automation and data-driven decision-making to power retail in 2021
Retailers' interest in innovative technologies, solutions and new operating models continues to grow...
Why harmonised retail is the future
For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult - if not impossible. Retail is different. Why?
Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020
Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!
Congratulations to the SME companies who have won full-page BizListing entries in Bizcommunity's business directory...
Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020
Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products
Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, with dedicated teams to develop and sell plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy...
How the Covid-19 crisis could remodel the luxury industry
The Covid-19 crisis has hit the luxury and fashion industry hard. According to a study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group, sales in these two sectors could drop by 25% to 30%...
Isabelle Chaboud 20 May 2020
Covid-19 to fast-track online grocery shopping beyond 2021
E-commerce is the fastest-growing channel for global packaged food sales, recording a 21% growth in 2014-2019, according to Euromonitor International...
Beyond Covid-19: How retail and the food & beverage industry will evolve
The rapid change in the trading environment has left an industry reeling with uncertainty, says Mozambik group CEO Manny Nichas...
Covid-19 will bring about a retail apocalypse
No one can truly know what the outcome of this pandemic will be, nor when the virus will pass or if it will ever be defeated. We will forever mark this moment as one of seismic significance...
Howard Saunders 8 Apr 2020
#BizTrends2020: Disrupting legacy African payments - going digital
A country's payments system is probably not the first thing we think of when we think about the challenge of economic development. But payments are key to the bottom-up economic growth urgently needed...
Murray Gardiner 17 Jan 2020
Top 10 global consumer trends for 2020 - Euromonitor
Market research provider Euromonitor International has released its 'Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2020' report. The annual report identifies the most impactful trends driving consumer behavior, values and habits in the year ahead...
#BizTrends2020: AI will be more powerful than fire in the future
We need to prepare for a future when everyone uses the internet on their phone, says Linah Maigurira, Google head of retail, sub-Saharan Africa...
#BizTrends2020: Bright future for luxury brands in Africa
With strong economic growth, increased affluence and a growing population that is forecast to double by 2050, the continent holds strong potential for luxury brands...
Alain Dos Santos 10 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: 15 growing cocktail trends for 2020
The top five trends recognised for 2019 were: simplification and experimentation, gin, rum, low- to no- ABV (alcohol by volume) drinks and the start of a 'green' movement...
#BizTrends2020: Retail and Gen Z in 2020 - who they are and what they want
Although this generation has less spending power than Millennials, it is estimated that 40% of consumer spending will be attributed to Generation Z consumers in 2020...
Semona Pillay 9 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: SA retail favours the bold
The unique SA retail environment presents new and established retailers with a good opportunity for success. Let's take a closer look.
Nomzamo Radebe 9 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: The future of retailing in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 14% of the world's population and by 2030, the region's population will surpass that of China. The way consumers shop in the region is ever-changing...
Christele Chokossa 8 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: The new normal, 5 plant-based food trends for 2020
2019 was, by far, the biggest year the meat-alternative industry had ever seen. This is not surprising given the rapid growth of plant-based living and veganism...
Tammy Fry 7 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: How SA retailers can keep growing in a digital world
Not a week goes by without spotting more headlines about online shopping and the global shift to mobile connectivity...
Cecil Ungerer 6 Jan 2020
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