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Italy: Despar responds to rise in obesity

According to the World Health Organisation and the Italian Ministry of Health, child obesity is rising across Europe. In response, Despar Italia is working to improve the nutritional value of its private label products.

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What made the news in 2018?
In 2018 we’ve seen revolution, in payments and staffless stores. And we’ve seen evolution, as retailers enhance stores to make them more relevant to the shoppers of today and tomorrow. Throughout the year we have been tracking these developments, innovations and trends. To help you, we have brought together our best-read insights to give you our view of how global grocery retailing is changi...
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Top 20 global grocery markets to add US$1.9tr by 2023
Our new grocery market size forecasts underline how the top 20 countries globally are set to sustain their growth to 2023. By the end of the five-year timeframe we see the 20 biggest grocery markets, growing by 28%, adding US$1.9tr in sales. Asia leading growth outlook… Asia’s growth will be broad based. The region will contain seven of the world’s largest grocery markets by 2023 and will...
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Global retail trends 2019
As we approach the end of 2018, we have reflected on some of the major changes we have seen in global retailing, and have predicted five key trends that we expect to develop and shape the global retail market over the next 12 months and beyond. We believe we’ll see retailers and brands introduce numerous initiatives to address these trends in 2019: Data dictates the way Doing good i...
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Presentations

Four forces of change
21/01/2020
To survive and indeed thrive, businesses need to know and understand these four forces and assess the potential impacts and opportunities for their business, and then apply this thinking to their future plans and strategies.
Augmented Reality in retail
15/04/2019
18 examples of how industry is using Augmented Reality to enhance the consumer experience. Within this report we present numerous case studies of industry using AR, from companies like Walmart, Alibaba, Carrefour, Tesco and many more retailers and brands. We also highlight the benefits and challenges of Augmented Reality and where the future of the technology could be going.
Five ways Ahold Delhaize is investing to drive growth at Stop & Shop
08/04/2019
Key highlights in this new concept supermarket include fresh, meal solutions, value, ambient category execution, ecommerce fulfilment and a community focus.
Virtual reality in retail
15/03/2019
In this report we review how the food and grocery industry is embracing immersive Virtual Reality (VR) to improve and enhance the industry. From conducting this research we have identified four ways that VR is being implemented. The four areas are: VR Training, VR Testing, VR used to showcase product transparency and how shoppers can buy products through Virtual Reality experiences. The report has numerous case studies of industry using VR, along with highlighting the benefits and barriers of VR and where the future of the technology could be going.
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Global grocery market sizes 2018 - 2023

In this presentation we look at the regional and country forecasts for grocery retailing to 2023. With the global grocery retail landscape changing fast, providing both opportunities and challenges for your business we look at the changes to our forecasts to help you better understand how we see them growing and evolving to 2023.

Top 16 stores you must visit in 2019

We’ve selected 16 innovative store concepts to visit in 2019 which showcase several of the latest trends shaping format development globally. These include the growing role of technology, underpinning both ecommerce and customer engagement, and the creation of immersive in-store experiences.

IGD forecasts the digital future for the food and grocery industry.