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Top Retail Trends in 2025: Discount Formats and Social Commerce Drive Growth
5 Jun 25In 2025, the retail sector is transforming as discount-orientated retailers continue to outperform the market amid economic uncertainty. Meanwhile, social media platforms evolve into important retail players in their own right.
Bob Hoyler
Opportunities in Focus: Include, Empower, and Indulge 60+ Consumers in Asia Pacific
5 Jun 25By 2029, 56% of the global 65+ population will be in APAC, a segment often overlooked. Euromonitor's Inclusivity – Empowerment – Indulgence framework helps businesses tap into this market by addressing physical, emotional, and lifestyle needs, as well as cultural dynamics like age discrimination and multigenerational living, unlocking growth and competitive advantage.
Icey Huang
Company Growth Decomposition and Forecasts for Strategic Planning
3 Jun 25Company growth decomposition combined with forecasts help you understand past performance and future opportunities. Explore how category-level insights and macro context guide smarter, more agile planning. And review the data in action with examples from L’Oréal and Nestlé.
Jared Conway
NCA’s 2025 Sweets and Snacks Expo Highlights Products and Purpose
30 May 25This year’s Sweet and Snacks Expo in the US, hosted by the National Confectioners Association, showcased the industry’s enhanced innovation capabilities and refocus on providing value to the consumer. Sensorially stimulating formats, bold and beloved flavours, and purpose-driven dialogue were major takeaways from the show.
Carl Quash III
Three Key Emerging Finance Trends for Pet Care
30 May 25The pet care industry has been undergoing digital transformation. The global market value size of pet care is set to reach USD207 billion in 2025, presenting great opportunities to embed finance across the key phases in the customer journey.
David Zhang
Paid Loyalty Subscriptions: Breaking New Ground or Business as Usual?
29 May 25In a volatile, tariff-disrupted market with pressured consumer spending and declining sales, companies are rethinking how to diversify and grow revenue – placing renewed focus on paid subscriptions within loyalty programmes.
Nadejda Popova
New Digital Interfaces and Experiential Offerings Reshape Retail
29 May 25Retailers’ constant experimentation with new concepts and formats helps to lay the groundwork for the industry’s future. In 2025, one of the most important areas of innovation in retail formats – new digital interfaces – focuses on the online realm. Another – experiential retail – focuses on the offline. This emphasis on both the digital and experiential dimensions of shopping underscores the strategic role that new concepts are playing in shaping the retail industry’s evolution.
Christele Chokossa
Opportunities for Pet Care Brands’ Go-To-Market Strategy
28 May 25Today’s pet care industry is among the better performing consumer goods industries. Fundamentally driven by a growing sophistication in raising pets, the industry is becoming increasingly lucrative, attracting many new players. However, the realities of accessing markets, such as localisation costs, can hinder business opportunities.
Sahiba Puri
Commodity Market Outlook Q2 2025: Weaker Demand Outlook Amid Policy Uncertainty to Cap Price Growth
28 May 25Global commodity markets are under pressure in 2025 amid rising trade tensions, US protectionism, and slowing global growth. Energy prices remain subdued, with oil at a 4-year low due to oversupply concerns and weak demand, while a stronger supply outlook for major crops is set to keep downward pressure on food commodity prices. Meanwhile, metals markets remain mixed, as policy-driven volatility curbs price momentum despite prospects for recovery later in the year.
Aleksandra Svidler