Shoppers Behaving Badly

August 12, 2008

As consumers grapple with all that is plaguing the Australian economy, they have started to batten down the hatches and shift their spending habits, turning to money-saving options as they find ways to pay for dramatic increases in the cost of living and the associated run-on to the other necessities of life. Economic events outside... Read more

It’s a Trip

August 12, 2008

Trip management is the ‘new black’ in shopper and retail marketing. But what is a trip, and how do you leverage it? Smart retail marketers are taking a much closer look at what type of category and shopping trip types they are in and how to successfully activate against them in store. Shopping trips have changed in the Australian... Read more

Future’s So Bright Green Sustainability Conference

August 12, 2008

POPAI and the FMCG Sustainability Institute (FSI) are working together to advance sustainability research at ‘The Future’s So Bright Green Sustainability Conference’ on Oct 22. The conference is a ‘must attend’ for anyone involved in Marketing at Retail and will include presentations from major Retailers and... Read more

FMCG Sustainability Institute Launches

August 12, 2008

Shopportunity has partnered with EcoSTEPS, one of Australia’s oldest, largest and most highly respected Sustainability companies, to form the FMCG Sustainability Institute (FSI). The charter of the institute is to provide thought leadership, research, education and advice on Sustainability to the Australian FMCG and Retail sector. First... Read more

Horses for Courses in a Changing Grocery Sector

August 7, 2008

For Ad News, by Norrelle Goldring, Director, Shopportunity. The concentrated and restrictive grocery marketing environment in Australia is expected to loosen over the next few years, giving marketers more choices in how they get their brands to market and promote them instore. Coupled with new best practice thinking and tracking... Read more

Retail: what’s new and different, what stays the same…

August 7, 2008

B & T Magazine’s Sophia Russell interviews Norrelle Goldring, Director of Shopportunity, about what’s happening in Retail Land in 2008. 1. Have there been any major shifts in consumer shopping behaviour in the last year (in general, but also amongst specific demographics)? Rather than a right-angle turn in behaviours... Read more