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Credit Quality Of Consumer Goods Firms To Be Eroded This Year, Says Moody's

The credit quality of the world's leading consumer goods firms is likely to be eroded this year due to the continued effects of the coronavirus pandemic, h...

Consumer Demand On The Increase In UK, Netherlands, Germany: IRI

Consumer demand for grocery products continues to be high in the UK, Netherlands and Germany, but has dropped back in France, as coronavirus restrictions e...

Italian Consumers Spending 3% Less On Food, Study Finds

The average consumer expenditure on food in Italy amounted to €5,544 per household last year, a study has revealed. This is equivalent to a 3% drop...

Majority Of Portuguese Buy Favourite Brands During Promotions: Study

Eighty per cent of Portuguese consumers buy their favourite brands during promotions, a new study by Centromarca and Kantar has revealed. The Marcas and...

Online FMCG Sales See 20% Boost In 2018

Global online FMCG sales rose by 20.3% last year, with e-commerce now accounting for 5.1% of grocery sales worldwide, new data from Kantar has found. Gr...

FMCG Sales Sees Slow Growth In Romania: Study

FMCG sales in Romania saw growth of 5.7% in value terms last year, while they increased by 1.2% in volume terms, the latest data from GfK has revealed....

How Brands Can Cope With Price Disruption: IRI

Patrick van der Zee, Senior Vice President, International Retail at IRI, discusses the impact of retailer buying alliances on FMCG pricing and what this me...