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Global channel trends

24/05/2023

In this webinar recording discover the growth prospects for the discount, convenience, and online grocery channels over the next five years. We’ll focus on the major trends driving the evolution of these channels over the next 12 months and beyond, and help you understand what this means for your business.

Loyalty: what does it really mean?

16/03/2023

We take you through our cost of living research, exploring loyalty from all angles. What does loyalty really mean to shoppers and consumers? What matters to them? And, what can we learn from different loyalty solutions?

Global and regional trends 2023: Europe and North America

07/03/2023

We uncover the six major trends we expect to shape the global grocery market over the next 12 months and beyond. We’ll deep-dive into how these trends are playing out at a regional level in both Europe and North America.

Global and regional trends 2023: Australasia and Asia

07/03/2023

We uncover the six major trends we expect to shape the global grocery market over the next 12 months and beyond. We’ll deep-dive into how these trends are playing out at a regional level in both Australasia and Asia.

Christmas in a cost-of-living crisis: how did shoppers react?

12/01/2023

We share our new shopper research exploring how shoppers celebrated Christmas 2022. Find out how the cost-of-living challenges impacted what shoppers did, where they shopped and explore what this could mean for future events in 2023.

Future Talk: Global grocery market and channel forecasts to 2027

29/11/2022

This webinar will showcase the breadth and depth of IGD’s new market and channel forecasts, with a brand-new five-year view on how grocery retail will evolve around the world.

Future Talk: Europe’s leading grocery retailers in 2026

2/11/2022

This webinar will provide you with an overview of the European grocery landscape, highlighting the region’s leading retailers and how IGD expects them to grow and evolve over the next five years.

Future Talk UK: UK channel outlook to 2027 underlines retail’s multichannel future

13/07/2022

This session will use the UK channel forecasts as its foundation to look to 2027, where you can discover how IGD sees grocery retailing in the UK developing and why. This includes a deeper dive into expected performance of key grocery channels.

European trends 2022

18/05/2022

This session will discover how to use insight to win in Europe as our analysts share the latest research from our globally renowned trends, stores and forecast reports.

Future Talk Australasia: Supermarket of the future in Australasia

11/03/2022

This session will examine how supermarkets will evolve in Australasia over the coming years.

Future Talk Americas: What’s next for ecommerce in the Americas?

11/03/2022

This session digs into the trends and innovations shaping grocery ecommerce channels in North America and Latin America.

Future Talk webinar from IGD - Channels driving growth in Asia

19/11/2021

Discover how we predict grocery retailing in Asia will develop over the next five years. Where growth will come from and what the landscape will look like post-pandemic?

Future Talk webinar from IGD - European grocery retailing to 2026

16/09/2021

Discover how we predict grocery retailing in Europe will develop over the next five years. What does this mean in the short term and what is likely to stick and impact on long term trends?

Future Talk webinar from IGD - UK channel forecasts

12/07/2021

Discover how we predict grocery retailing in the UK will develop as the country emerges from lockdown and over the next five years. What does this mean in the short term and what is likely to stick and impact on long term trends?

Future Talk webinar from IGD - Australia and the future of online grocery

12/03/2021

With online grocery set to drive over 50% of market growth over the next two years, better understand how retailers and suppliers can make the channel more profitable, as well as hear how the channel will evolve in the future.

Exclusive: an interview with Alibaba Freshippo’s Chief of Staff

18/01/2021

In an exclusive interview with IGD, Guo Xulin, Chief of Staff of Alibaba’s Freshippo Business Group, highlights the aspects that distinguish the New Retail, which Freshippo represents, from old retail.

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JD.com on omnichannel retailing in China: exclusive interview

28/09/2020

Alexander Kremer, a director in JD.com’s Omnichannel Supermarket Group, shares his view on impact of COVID-19 on the business, how JD.com has established omnichannel offerings to meet shopper needs and ways that Western brands can adopt to enter China

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Future Talk webinar from IGD - Where is grocery retail heading in North America?

01/03/2021

Hear about prospects for growth in key channels, including online and discount, along with our view of how the store of the future will evolve in response to the pandemic-driven changes we are seeing in-store.

European channel forecasts

18/11/2020

This webinar will focus on the growth drivers in Europe, how channels are being affected and how COVID-19 has impacted the food and grocery industries. The team will share new data on how post COVID-19, grocery retail channels are forecast to perform to 2022.

Your EU Exit update – November 2020

23/11/2020

Watch this video to hear the latest on what the UK’s exit from the EU could mean for the food and consumer goods industry.

Future Talk by IGD Retail Analysis – Retail trends and channel forecasts for Asia

18/11/2020

This webinar will focus IGD’s new channel forecasts for Asia, the impact of COVID-19, as well as an update on the trends influencing retail strategy in the region in 2020 and beyond.

An online Christmas like no other, how will retailers be impacted?

17/11/2020

We highlight five changes for online retailers this year.

How can suppliers win online this Christmas?

17/11/2020

Grow your online share of sales by following our five top tips.

UK food-to-go market predictions and international inspiration

13/10/2020

Watch our IGD team present the latest UK food-to-go forecast predictions plus innovation and insights from the dynamic North American and Asian markets.

Future Talk by IGD Retail Analysis – UK channel forecasts

21/09/2020

This webinar will focus on IGD’s latest market forecasts from our most anticipated insight report of the year: UK Channel Opportunities 2020-2022

Navigating beyond coronavirus – how could sustainability evolve?

14/08/2020

In this video, we join two of IGD’s experts to explore IGD’s five hypotheses of how sustainability could evolve, examining and suggesting implications for now and in the longer term.

Ones to Watch: European pure plays

18/06/2020

We highlight five ways European pure play retailers are driving growth, with examples from key retailers in Europe, and implications for you to consider.

COVID-19: Impact on global convenience trends

11/06/2020

We highlight the impact of COVID-19 on our five key global convenience trends, with examples from around the world and implications for you to consider.

How Co-op has reacted to the challenges of COVID-19

26/05/2020

In an exclusive interview Co-op's Commercial Director, Matt Hood shares how Co-op have reacted to the challenges of COVID-19 and where he sees the opportunities for suppliers to help plan for the future.

Interim grocery channel forecasts: US, China and UK 2020

22/05/2020

Hear directly from IGD analysts as they explain the thinking behind the channel shifts in our newly released forecasts for 2020.

Paul Mills-Hicks on Sainsbury’s commercial priorities

12/05/2020

In an exclusive interview IGD spoke with Sainsbury’s Commercial Director Paul Mills-Hicks

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in-depth insights: Learnings from growth channels

30/04/2020

In this webcast, you’ll hear how the growth channels, online and discount, will be impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19).

How is Amazon consumables responding to COVID-19?

28/04/2020

Exclusive interview: In this 8 minute webcast you’ll hear directly from James Bate, Director in the Consumables department of Amazon UK.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in-depth insights: Future of Retail – part two

24/04/2020

We look to the future and how retail will look post-Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the second part of our ‘How Coronavirus (COVID-19) will change grocery retailing’ webcast.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in-depth insights: learnings from Asia

16/04/2020

In our third Coronavirus (COVID-19) webcast we explore how the pandemic has impacted retail across Asia and five key learnings we can take from the region.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in-depth insights: Future of Retail – part one

09/04/2020

In the second of a weekly webcast series IGD analysts look to the future and how retail will look post-Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in-depth insights: Shopper Tracking and Confidence Index

03/04/2020

Rhian and Michael share a round-up of the latest insights into the attitudes and behaviours of shoppers and launch our Shopper Confidence Index.

Global Retail Trends 2020

21/01/2020

In this webcast you will hear our experts share insights into the top global trends within retail.