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Home Care, Frozen Food Sales Remain Elevated, IRI Consumer Tracker Finds

Sales of home care and frozen food products remain 'elevated' in most geographies, however other food and non-food categories have shown lower like-for-lik...

Consumer Purchasing 'Starting To Stabilise', IRI Data Shows

While the COVID-19 outbreak saw an initial surge in purchasing across several key grocery categories, consumer purchasing is starting to stabilise in line...

IRI Data Illustrates How Germany Adopted Hoard Mentality As COVID-19 Took Hold

New data from IRI has shown the level to which German consumers adopted a 'Hamsterkäufe' (panic buying) mentality as the coronavirus epidemic gained tract...

FMCG Sales Up 1.4% In Italy In 2019, Study Finds

Italian FMCG sales increased by 1.4% in value in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the latest Nielsen Total Store survey estimates. Nielsen analy...

Italians Consume More 'Ready Dishes' And 'Easy Food': IRI

More Italians are giving priority to practicality and time-saving techniques in the kitchen, a new study has found. An IRI study has identified 'ready d...

Retailers And Brands 'Need To Take Risks' On Technology Of Tomorrow: IRI CEO

The chief executive of big data and analytics specialist IRI, Andrew Appel, has told a conference in London that retailers and brands should look to data a...

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...