Insights

Euromonitor International, the world’s leading market research company, has released a new global study analyzing consumer trends, habits, and preferences. Among the key global consumer trends for 2025, Euromonitor highlights the Filtered Focus trend. 

Which PL product categories are growing, and which are declining? In which store formats do PL products dominate, and is this a stable trend?

Loyalty programs are more than a mechanism for retaining customers: they define consumer behavior, connect with the brand, and influence the optimization of business processes in every retail environment. 

We will help you use analyses and data when making decisions rather than looking into a crystal ball. 

We summarize this study and invite you to consider it when making decisions in your retail space.

In a world of rapid changes and numerous possibilities, one thing is certain: the customer is the most important.

What ChatGPT say about that?

From a retail perspective, the purpose of loyalty programs is to retain users, gather data about them or understand their insights, increase sales, and gain a competitive advantage. 

New approaches to managing self-checkout (SCO) losses

And what does a bubble plan have to do with the perfect arrangement...?  

And where do you fit in, and where is  INPUT? 

We all have our favorite supermarkets and shops where we buy groceries and everyday products. What's the X factor that makes us, even on a subconscious level, prefer some stores over others? 

What is the situation with promotional sales and promotions in Serbia today, and how can INPUT help you organise, showcase, and successfully implement your promotions? 

• In 2022, the average Serbian shopper made 254 trips to the stores. 
• It is a -3% decrease in purchasing frequency compared to the previous year. 
• The average monthly number of shopping trips in Serbia is approximately 21.

According to the GfK Shopper 360 study, a market and consumer study in Serbia, Monday is the day of the week with the lowest footfall, frequency of visits to retail stores, shopping activity, and average purchase value. 

When it comes to private label products in Serbia, what is the consumer attitude? And what are private-label products?

Seamless or cashierless checkout is one of the most discussed current trends in the retail market. Is it a trend or is it here to stay?

Every two years, the EHI Retail Institute conducts a comprehensive study on technology trends in retail. The last study was already conducted in the middle of the pandemic and published in 2021. The results already clearly show how the pandemic is affecting the investment behavior of retail companies and which trends will be in the foreground in the coming years. The next technology trends study will be published at EuroShop 2023.

Everybody used to be able to tell you what a department store looked like, but changing shopper habits, new channels and, of course, a pandemic, have all combined to make saying what a department store is or what it will be more problematical. A brief look at what’s happening.

As retailing becomes an ever more complex and competitive industry, the management and control of retail losses has also become much more challenging and demanding

The home improvement and DIY sector is booming due to the corona crisis where restrictions have caused consumers to spend extra time in and money on their homes.

We assume that retailers don’t want shopping carts to reduce spending?! But their design does not help: Pushing a shopping cart with a horizontal handle bar activates the triceps muscle which in turn inhibits the desire to buy products