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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