Reports
Monday 19th December 2022
Succeeding in a squeeze
With inflation at its highest rate in over 40 years, and consumers reassessing their spending, businesses will have to work harder – and smarter...
Tuesday 6th December 2022
The big squeeze
In collaboration with our long-standing partners The Grocer, we’re delighted to share our annual Food and Drink Top 150 report. Despite having to adapt...
Thursday 10th November 2022
Hitting the brakes
Our 3rd annual Speedometer report follows up our research in 2019 and 2021. We have drawn on a survey of over 9000 consumers across...
Tuesday 8th November 2022
The forecourt of the future
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption across Europe is unstoppable. For fuel station forecourts this presents great change and opportunity in equal measure. In our latest...
Friday 21st October 2022
All about value
In this, our 12th annual Retail Proposition Index, published at a time when consumers are grappling with cost-of-living pressures and confidence is at a...
Thursday 20th October 2022
Moving consumers to sustainable choices
The UK retail sector has set itself an ambitious target of being net zero by 2040. It’s become clear the sector cannot achieve this...
Monday 10th October 2022
The OC&C Global 50 2022
In our 20th edition of the Global 50 report, we take a look at how the world’s 50 largest FMCG businesses have fared whilst...
Tuesday 20th September 2022
Investing in Winners
The world faces a monumental challenge over the next decade in order to avoid more than 1.5C of warming and there’s increasing recognition of...
Tuesday 12th July 2022
The Right Fit
The Apparel industry has been subject to major market forces: the pandemic accelerated online penetration by 5-10 years, new marketplace and resale models have...
Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Sobering up
Spirits and beer brands know things need to change. People are drinking less and buying differently. The industry must respond quickly to this incoming...
Thursday 17th February 2022
Private Equity & Transactions 2021
2021 was a record year for transactions globally – as activity remained exceptionally strong despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID pandemic, global supply chain issues...
Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Making Direct Contact
The traditional barriers between consumers and content producers are breaking down. To remain relevant in the future, all broadcasters require a strategy and operating model to...
Wednesday 19th January 2022
Trading Places
Just fifteen years ago, the biggest threat to traditional commerce was the internet. Brands that were quick to launch transactional websites (and later apps)...
Wednesday 24th November 2021
Decision time
In this year's annual study of the Food and Drink Top 150 we see that the fortunes for the UK food and drink sector...
Wednesday 13th October 2021
A breath of fresh care
In this, our 11th annual Retail Proposition Index, the results show that the pandemic has shaken up consumers’ values, fundamentally shifting expectations and behaviours.
Friday 24th September 2021