Feeling stressed? You are not alone, as new research from Mintel finds as many as 40 million of us admit to suffering from stress and anxiety. In fact, today just 17% of Brits claim they are not experiencing some kind of worry. And while the majority of people tend only…
Chicago (February 1, 2010)—On the heels of a year full of economic turmoil and uncertainty, Mintel Comperemedia forecasts five consumer-focused trends that will impact the financial services industry in 2010. Using Mintel’s proprietary consumer data and the expert analysis of behavioral economist Susan Menke, Mintel Comperemedia looks at how consumers’…
Card issuers increase direct marketing as economy levels out Chicago (January 28, 2010)—It wasn’t just holiday cards and catalogs filling your mailbox last month. Mintel Comperemedia, a service that provides direct marketing competitive intelligence, reports that in Q4 2009—for the first time in three years—credit card direct mail volume…
Recession increased focus on value pricing, but many consumers want quick, easy, close-to-home restaurant meals too Chicago (January 27, 2010)—Restaurants and foodservice establishments serving up convenience are poised to do well in this post-recession economy. A new report from Mintel suggests that although value has become the mantra of…
Chicago (January 26, 2010)—The economic slump paid its toll on US food and drink manufacturers in 2009, according to a recent review of Mintel’s Global New Product Database (GNPD). Food and drink product launches show a substantial decline of nearly 30% from 2008. “In the last decade,…
Mintel analyzes Americas’ beer preferences Chicago (January 25, 2010)—With this year’s Super Bowl teams just determined, another type of competition is brewing in homes, supermarkets and liquor store aisles across the country: which beers should we buy for Super Bowl Sunday? Mintel, a leading market research company, dissects people’s…
Just in time for Farmhouse Breakfast Week (starting 24th January) new research from Mintel’s Global Market Navigator (GMN) reveals British consumers are a nation bowled over by breakfast cereal, spending a healthy £28 per head (or a total of £1.8 billion) on breakfast cereal in the last year alone, up…
While a year of frugality may have seen us hold on to our toasters, kettles and blenders a little longer than we would have done so in the past, new research from Mintel finds the market for small kitchen appliances is set to steam ahead…. as the nation’s chefs chop,…
Women choose shoes over other accessories to complete their looks Chicago (January 13, 2010)—Carrie Bradshaw had it right: the shoes make the outfit. At least, that’s what today’s working women believe as more than three in five (64%) told Mintel they rely on footwear to complete or change the…
Chicago (January 8, 2010)—Mintel International Group announces the appointment of Pete Giannakopoulos as President of Mintel Americas’ Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) business. As President of Mintel CPG Americas, Pete Giannakopoulos will oversee the continued expansion of Mintel’s consumer and market research offerings, leveraging Mintel’s substantial global resources…
As the first working week of the New Year ends, new research from Mintel finds that more and more women are dressing to impress, as they return to the office in style. Underlining the renewed emphasis on dressing for the job you want (or the job you want to…
As 2010 begins, new years resolutions are made and thoughts turn from excess to exercise, new research from Mintel reveals prospects for private gym memberships in the UK may not work out as planned. Once the essential consumer leisure pastime, it seems that the economic climate has had a big…
