Leading retailer, Marks & Spencer, has selected FMCG market and consumer intelligence firm IRI as its partner for a supplier collaboration programme. As a global leader in innovative solutions and services for major retail companies, IRI’s ability to provide fast accurate
Global market and shopper intelligence firm IRI, has received ISO 9001:2008 certification for its global Analytics Centre of Excellence (ACE), demonstrating its commitment to deliver high quality solutions and services and achieve continuous improvement. This certification covers the Centre’s operations around the
The popularity of coffee shop style coffee in the home led by brands such as Tassimo, Nespresso and Dulce Gusto is leading to a rise in sales of coffee pods claims FMCG market and shopper intelligence firm IRI. In 2014
Paul Hinds, senior vice president of retail at IRI, considers whether consumers will be loyal to discounters in the age of repertoire shopping It has become the norm to shop at Lidl and other discounters but all fashions do come to
With the highest share for private label FMCG sales in Europe, accounting for over half of the market in share, the UK has seen slight growth again this year. This is according to the new Private Label in Western Economies report launched today
Supermarket grocery sales finally ramped up in the final two weeks of the Christmas trading period (13-27 December 2014), bringing relief to retailers at the end of a difficult year. This is according to analysis by market and shopper intelligence firm
Sales are still having a sluggish start to the festive season in the second two weeks of Christmas trading, according to analysis by market and shopper intelligence firm IRI of sales data for the UK’s major supermarkets. IRI analysis of data collected for
Martin Wood, head of strategic insight retail client service IRI UK, claims range optimisation is critical for supermarket success Rarely have the supermarkets faced a fiercer battle to get their product mix right without damaging customer loyalty. They know that the
The Christmas trading period may have officially started for the UK’s major supermarkets (from w/c 17 November 2014) but the sales increases that the festive period usually brings are so far this year nowhere to be seen for most of the
Despite a continued period of price deflation (caused by the supermarket price wars and intensive price-based promotions on more than 50% of FMCG products), the average shopper saves just £1.56 per week. Yet the cost of funding shopper savings costs supermarkets
The nation’s booze and snack habit is official, according to a list of the UK’s top selling items, produced by global market and shopper intelligence firm IRI. The list compiled from sales data over the last 12 months (13 November to
More than half of all FMCG products sold in UK supermarkets are sold on offer. Despite this, the price of food in the UK is higher on average than elsewhere in Europe and the USA. A new analysis by global
Prevailing trends facing the grocery retail and shopper behaviour will not hinge on the result of the Scottish referendum, according to IRI. If Scotland votes ‘yes’ in today’s referendum it is inevitable that supermarkets will be faced with choices about how they cover
The popularity of beards, the hipster and three-day stubble look is taking its toll on sales of male grooming products across Europe, according to global market and shopper intelligence firm IRI. Overall, personal care products have been more heavily affected since
Usually reserved for summer parties in the garden, ice cubes sales are soaring as the ice bucket challenge for charity continues to gain momentum in the UK. According to global market and shopper intelligence firm IRI, value sales last week rose
The latest analysis from FMCG market measurement and shopper insight consultancy firm IRI show sales of baking products have risen by 62% since 2007. This increase amounts to more than £219m. IRI says the sales increase is primarily driven by families that
In its latest UK Topline Retail Trends report, market and shopper intelligence firm IRI has tracked the first significant decline in the sales (value and volume) of FMCG goods that it believes has ever been seen in Britain’s Post-War grocery
In its fourth annual European report on the pricing and promotion of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), IRI highlights the continued failure of promotions to boost volume sales across Europe. In the UK, the amount of food and non-food goods sold on promotion
Retailers worry that promotions have lost their bite because there are so many offers and deal depth keeps increasing. There are efforts to de-escalate and reduce the amount sold on deal in food and drink especially, while the deepest deals
The second week of the World Cup saw the sun continue to shine and the hopes of a nation still rest (for a while) on England at the World Cup. According to the latest supermarket basket data for week ending
Hair, skin and other personal care products are sacrificed in favour of more essential products like food in tough economic times, while shoppers want to waste less, purchase products that last longer and only buy what they need. That’s according to
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the global leader in solutions and services for consumer, retail and over-the-counter healthcare companies, announced today that José Carlos González-Hurtado has joined the company as president of international. González-Hurtado will be responsible for the strategy and
IRI, a global leader in innovative solutions and services for consumer, retail and over-the-counter healthcare companies, has revealed that faster delivery of insights can have a dramatic effect on performance, including better promotional availability and planning, resulting in promotional uplift of
Tesco has announced that it has selected global insight agency, Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), as its market tracking provider for its UK business. IRI’s solution will enable Tesco to have access to market information via IRI’s Retail Advantage Solution. Retail Advantage
Paul Hinds, senior vice-president, international retail, IRI, dissects the multi-channel opportunities in UK grocery retailing The online grocery market is becoming even more competitive with the recent launch of The Co-operative Food’s internet service and the impending arrival of Morrisons’
