Retail Sound Bites From Kantar Consulting

Episode #4 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores macro influences to world-wide retail. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including inflation's affect on grain, Kroger's partnership with Ocado, and CVS's dive into the metaverse. Also, guest speakers Doug Hermanson, Principal Economist at Kantar, and Julie Craig, Vice President of Shopper Insights at Kantar, join the conversation to discuss current inflation impacts on the global economy and North American shoppers. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Doug's contact information: doug.hermanson@kantar.com Julie's contact information julie.craig@kantar.com Julie's LinkedIn

Episode #3 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores macro influences to world-wide retail. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including YUM restaurants expansion, Recycle at Boots, and Baskin Robbins unmanned "flow" store in South Korea. Also, guest speakers Dave Marcotte, Senior Vice President of Global Retail at Kantar, and Walid Benchama, Global Director, Shopper & Channel Insights at The Coca-Cola Company, join the conversation to discuss current trends and innovations influencing global shoppers. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Dave's contact information: david.marcotte@kantar.com Dave's Linkedin

Episode #2 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, explores major advancements and projections for last-mile delivery. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including Walmart store 4108 redesign, quick-commerce delivery in NYC, incoming HFSS legislation in UK supermarkets, and much more. Also, guest speaker Celia Van Wickel, senior director of digital commerce, joins the conversation to discuss opportunities for micro-fulfillment and automation, Amazon Q4 sales results, and the profitability of last mile. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Celia's contact information: celia.vanwickel@kantar.com Celia's Linkedin  

In the inaugural episode of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites re-launch, we welcome two new hosts to the stage. Barry Thomas, Senior Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights. In this episode Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, spanning REEF meals on demand, boundless commerce, the Metaverse and more. Additionally, guest speaker Amar Singh, Senior Director of Retail Insights, joins the conversation to discuss the Big 5, Kantar's macro themes for 2022.  Have a topic you'd like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Amar's contact information: amar.singh1@kantar.com Amar's Linkedin

In this session, Kantar's SVP Dave Marcotte discusses Raley's unexpected acquisition of Bashas' family of stores to tackle the ever-increasing supply chain woes, hinting at the drivers behind a rapidly changing marketing.

Rather than getting back to a normal holiday this year, shoppers and retailers will likely experience a “new abnormal” holiday season. The abnormalities will come from mixed US policy, supply chain disruptions, and shifting virus concerns.

During this session, our SVP Dave Marcotte is joined by Paul Walsh, Head of Business Development at BreezoMeter, to discuss climate's impact on what consumers are wanting, needing, and feeling at any given time during their retail journey. A detailed discussion about consumer demands in the face of a rapidly changing climate. Find out how climate volatility, response to natural disasters, and trend watching impact your business in the state of retail we know today and can expect in the future.

The Pet industry has radically changed since COVID. In this podcast, our SVP Dave Marcotte explores the trends resulting from the pandemic. Overview: The Pet industry radically changed in 2021. The drivers behind this dynamic and growing sector expand beyond products, to encompass services and other new areas. Tune in to listen to our SVP Dave Marcotte’s take on current trends going on in that space, including the humanization of pets, increased spending on our furry friends during the pandemic and the overall impact on the retail sector.

During this session, we unveil our latest research that speaks to the lasting impact of COVID on shopping behavior and re-entry. Overview: COVID has created significant disruption in shopper behavior throughout the last 18 months. Kantar has continued to study shopper attitudes and behaviors throughout the pandemic and its recovery to inform you what shoppers are feeling, thinking as well as what they’re most likely to do next.

Assortment planning must expand to reflect ecommerce-specific behaviors and preferences as well as enable more holistic omnichannel planning across online and physical retailer environments. During this session, Christina Anderson will establish best practices for digitally led assortment initiatives.

During the session, Tim Campbell unpacked a six-theme framework to help you navigate retail complexities and organize for growth. 

During this episode, Simon Johnstone unpacks channel choice through the framework of time, money, and energy. By weaving together evolving shopper needs, he illuminated actions winning channels will take in 2021 and beyond. 

During the session, Caroline Dumas takes you on a tour of Prime membership, showcasing behavioral shifts across shopper cohorts. Key action steps for your organization include: Develop or refine your Prime shopper strategy Supercharge your Amazon search execution Prepare for the acceleration of boomers and matures We hope you enjoy the episode and invite you to continue the conversation with our shopper experts. 

Listening, understanding, and developing a sustainable, custom approach for your business will help connect you with shoppers in ways that go beyond traditional loyalty. In this episode, we: -Provide a top-level overview of their responses -Help retailers think about how to respond authentically and -Help brands understand the unique challenges their retailers face

While spending intentions on holiday gifts have softened significantly versus last year, our latest ShopperScape data reveals pockets of growth with younger shoppers and parents. In this episode, Doug Hermanson and Todd Szahun share shopper spending intentions, key retail trends, and holiday forecasts that shed light on the complex drivers heading into this year’s holiday season. 

Shopping, commerce, and fulfillment exist in a complex, fluid matrix. From click-and-collect to last mile to subscription, shoppers crave quick and convenient ways to receive products. In the US, 37% of shoppers buy essential categories online and pickup in-store.  In this episode, Tory Gundelach and Rachel Dalton outlined rising product fulfillment methods to help you make sense of the rapidly evolving space. 

With a growing list of unknowns surrounding regional reopening, back-to-school, and the prolonged return to normal, it’s more important than ever to keep a close connection to the shopper. In this episode, Mary Brett Whitfield unveiled new ShopperScape research that will help you navigate uncertainty and create new connection points with shoppers. 

Even though sales have increased, recent quarterly earnings reveal that retailers are severely cutting back inventory and increasing their cash on hand. In this episode, David Marcotte and Tory Gundelach share five key metrics that will help quantify this pivot and outline behavioral adjustments that will help you partner with retailers over the next 3-6 months.  

In this episode, we bring together a panel of industry experts to discuss the changing media and marketing landscape with a special focus on the role that agencies and technology partners can play to help brands navigate the new world of omnicommerce.

In this episode we examine how trip missions have been disrupted by the acceleration of online shopping, what impact new shopping patterns have on product discovery, and share assortment planning approaches for omnichannel.