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Columns Archives

Does the Easter Bunny really want to come out to play in January?

Time to re-examine your retail calendar and how you’re managing it.

Woolies, Coles top grocery TV choices for Aussies

How does MasterChef affect grocery shopping?

Why and how do we measure what consumers feel?

The history and future of measuring consumer confidence.

Sales staff on the way out

Will 2017 be the year where tech replaces staff?

Fizzy drinks losing their sparkle

Non-carbonated drinks are a rising force in the beverage industry.

How pervasive is the view that ‘healthy = expensive’?

New research explores a new lay theory consumers have about food

Would you eat a 3D printed turkey?

It is not far-fetched to imagine serving a Christmas lunch with 3D printed food.

Online grocery buyers spending twice as much

Grocery e-commerce, while still small, represents a major opportunity for retailers.

How Christmas turkeys arrive already stuffed – with antibiotics

Opinion: The festive birds rise in size may be cause for concern.

Back to front retail

Suppliers and retailers need to talk to help each other out.

Woolworths case loss raises questions about ACCC

Opinion: The consumer watchdog needs to rethink how it tackles such cases.

Somersby and Strongbow lead cider boom

Cider consumption is on the verge of its annual spike.

The festive psychology behind Christmas TV advertising

This year’s Christmas adverts are a little less traditional, and some, perhaps, even have a political undertone.

Aussie shoppers’ cheese preferences

Different kinds of cheese buyers and how they differ.

Less can be more

The art of communication, and effective advertising, is not to clutter the message with too many words.

New trials to test cannabis-derived medicines

Could a cannabis pill reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting?

Exclusive FMCG jobs market update – December

Despite a softening in consumer sentiment, there's still lots of activity on the jobs front.

Choking on red tape

It is time to remove the burden of regulations strangling the sector.

Disrupt the status quo

What do Donald Trump, Uber And Bills Bread have in common?