Tag: consumption
E-Commerce: A Great Opportunity for Pharmacy and Self-Care Products
According to the information provided by Statista, pharmacy and self-care on-line product sales will increase its share by 47,7% in the following 5 years. This growth will reach 1.420,17 million dollars by 2020 in contrast to 960 million dollars of 2014. Taking into account the period when the research was made (2014-2020), the major growth […]
Five Marketing Trends Changing the Retail World
Adweek has published the following marketing trends which could change the retail sector: 1- Stores turning into ‘Bohos’: Traditional stores carry out customization processes in order to be adapted to the demands of the millennials. In this way, hispter or bohemian trends are being suited to face youngster demands. 2- Digital reality growth: Not […]
Digital Natives: The Consumers of the Future
The “Client@2033” Study, carried out by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) and ICEMID (The Institute for the Digital Economy of the ESIC Business School), helps us to reflect upon the future changes which will come about on the economic scene in terms of consumption. The study reveals that we are now faced with a type of customer who […]
Can your hygiene practices provide clues as to your origin?
According to the study entitled “Worldwide Personal Care Habits,” carried out by the consulting firm Kantar Worldpanel, Spain is the country that uses the most fragrances in a sample of ten countries analyzed (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, Brazil, China, and the United States). 69% of Spaniards state that they use […]
E-commerce: How to gain the loyalty of online consumers
The Entrepreneur website publishes some useful measures to let companies strengthen the confidence of online consumers. The keys highlighted by this platform in order to build loyalty could be found below: First of all it is necessary to ease the process: allow consumers to try and return the buy. People don’t trust if that they […]
Retail trade grows in Europe
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has published recently the volume of retail trade in euro area: it registered a growth of 1.4 percent in April 2016 compared with April 2016. In the European Union, it increased by 2.4 percent. The countries with highest increases comparing with April 2015 were Romania (20.1 […]
Which channels influence female consumers the most?
The report “Marketing to women 2016” elaborated by Fluent gives some conclusions about female consumers behavior. It is based on a survey participated by 1443 American women. The first of the keys published in the report is that digital marketing channels such as newsletters, mobile notifications and social media are much more likely to influence […]
How are current consumers?
The website ‘Emprededores’ analyses the characteristics of the current consumer and concludes that there are six trends which explain the web-user behavior. The First one is that consumer is hybrid or multi-role which means they are looking for offers and they are hypersensitive to prices. They forget about it depending on the experience offered by […]
Marketing strategies in the retail industry for 2016
Retailers are optimistic about their predictions for 2016 after registering an increase of consumption of 3,1 per cent in 2015. However, the first study of trends in the retail industry ‘Strategies 2016’ carried out by “iiR España” has proved that retail trade should change the way they interact with costumers in order to be different […]
Reviews, comments and feedback influence the 45 percent of online consumers
Social media has showed a great power to intervene in consumer behavior. This is reflected as well in the Total Retail 2016 report elaborated by PwC. This report provides some interesting conclusions: for example, the 45 percent of online consumers are influenced by reviews, comments and feedback from other users. Although this is a global percentage, […]
German, Spanish and Italian men care a lot about their appearance
Men of the 21st century are aware of the importance of seeming healthier and improving their physical appearance. Existing trends confirm that the current men like looking very well which is the main reason why male cosmetics sales are growing. In fact, the industry expects 4.000 million global sales by the end of 2016 and […]
Global connected commerce: a new trend in consumption
The way of buying is changing. Nowadays, consumers have modified their purchasing habits: they no longer simply go to the nearest store but also to the nearest digital device. This is what we can determine from the information recently published by Nielsen. They also explain that according to digital marketing analytics, online retail sales will […]