Shift in market factors impact negatively on demand planning ability
April 6, 2022
The last two years have been particularly challenging for the South African economy. Lockdowns imposed to limit and alleviate pressure...
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Pet food and pet care categories surprisingly resilient during pandemic
February 14, 2022
Despite the fact that many retail categories saw large sales decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, one category to buck this...
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SA’s packaging sector bounces back
January 25, 2022
South Africa’s packaging industry demonstrated incredible resilience in the face of the country’s imposition of national lockdowns during 2020, with...
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The glass half empty: major declines in SA’s alcoholic sector in 2020
January 10, 2022
The national lockdown enforced in South Africa as part of the country’s efforts to manage the Covid-19 pandemic delivered a...
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Energy drinks buck beverage category trend to record sales growth in 2020
December 1, 2021
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 had a negative impact on overall beverage sales in South Africa as...
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SA dairy trends: Covid-19 pandemic shifts consumer demand
September 7, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted both in shifts in consumer demand for dairy products as well as changed consumer purchase...
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BMi Research appoints new CEO and COO
August 19, 2021
BMi Research has appointed Jenni-Ruth Coggin as its new chief executive officer and Cindi Collett as chief operating officer. Coggin, who...
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Online retailers continue to face challenges that undermine the customer experience
March 25, 2021
A study evaluating the consumer experience of online shoppers has highlighted the challenges that continue to face online retailers including...
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Online mystery shopping tool launch
March 4, 2021
Research and insights company BMi Research will be one of the first to launch an online customer experience solution that...
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COVID-19 lockdown impacts significantly on beverage categories
October 23, 2020
The bottled water, energy drinks and sparkling soft drinks categories are three distinctively different categories which have all suffered very...
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A bleak outlook for packaging in 2020
August 13, 2020
South Africa's packaging industry could decline by more than 9% in 2020 as a result of severely impaired disposable income...
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A new organisational structure for a new era
July 7, 2020
What the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has highlighted is the need for businesses to transform digitally. Ironically, BMi Research...
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Path to business success: swift agility and innovation in COVID-19
May 27, 2020
Success and business survival today means we need to keep up with the changing times. Bill Gates rightly stated that...
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Cellular industry staff more confident in the presidency
May 21, 2020
BMi Research conducted a survey at the end of April, amongst 1035 cellular sales agents and store managers*. This was...
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Media Un-usual
May 5, 2020
This past month's lockdown has had an interesting impact on how South Africans consume media. Coupled with the millions of...
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Essentials Un-usual
April 24, 2020
With the lockdown extension, there is a natural need for South Africans to feel secure about ongoing essential goods and...
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Easter Un-usual
April 20, 2020
Although disruptive, most South Africans agree with the current (and extended) lockdown. Post the President’s announcement last week (9 April...
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Business un-usual at BMi Research
April 7, 2020
BMi Research continues to operate and is doing everything in its power to ensure that clients continue to receive reports...
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Jenni-Ruth Coggin joins BMi Research as key account manager
February 11, 2020
BMi Research, a valued insights partner to blue chip companies, has appointed Jenni-Ruth Coggin as a key account manager. She...
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Is traditional print advertising dying?
February 11, 2020
Broadsheets inserted into newspapers are proving a boon for newspaper publishers as traditional advertising declines The imminent death of traditional print...
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In high spirits: strong consumer trends yield positive gains in spirits, FAB sectors
January 15, 2020
Innovation, and an increasingly creative response to pressing social, health and environmental issues are driving major consumer trends in South...
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Growth in energy drink products expected to slow down as SA follows global trends
October 28, 2019
A growing number of media reports regarding the negative health implications of energy drinks have done little to dampen South...
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South Africans optimistic that 2020 will offer them better financial prospects
August 29, 2019
Close to half of South Africans (45%) are looking forward to a better financial position, including a reduction in their...
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South Africans fairly optimistic despite country’s challenges
June 5, 2019
There is, surprisingly, a certain optimism among South Africans, with some citizens feeling reasonably satisfied with their lives. This perspective seems...
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