Ukraine and inflation: Consumers weigh in Across multiple markets, consumers are already worrying that the conflict in Ukraine will have an impact on their financial situation. Our research shows real fears about how rising ... Read More
Cost of living crisis: 3 strategies for brands to help consumers deal with the squeeze on incomes Blue Monday, normally on the third Monday of January, is considered the most depressing day of the year. From a consumer perspective, however, perhaps Thursday 3rd February could ... Read More
Assessing the consumer impact of the new UK lockdown with Mintel Reports Three things you need to know about Mintel Reports UK: All reports published since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK have factored in severe disruption ... Read More
Back into full lockdown: Yet another ‘next normal’ for UK consumers The rapid increase in COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalisations in the UK towards the end of 2020 signaled the inevitable—high-level restrictions well into 2021. Monday’s (4 January) announcement ... Read More
Brexit + COVID-19: the perfect storm for consumers Learning to coexist with the virus If there’s one thing that 2020 should have taught me, it’s that it was always going to be over-optimistic to think that I’d ... Read More
6 opportunities for consumer brands to tap into in lockdown 2.0: Part 2 The first lockdown led to an unprecedented shift in consumer behaviour. Partly through choice, and partly because many options were simply no longer available, people sharply reduced spending ... Read More
6 opportunities for consumer brands to tap into in lockdown 2.0: Part 1 The first lockdown led to a genuinely unprecedented shift in consumer behaviour. Partly through choice, and partly because many options were simply no longer available, people sharply reduced ... Read More
[WATCH] COVID-19 and consumers: What lessons can Europe learn from China? In this new video we examine how to use the experience of Chinese consumers to help us navigate a way through Europe's COVID-19 crisis. By speaking to Mintel's ... Read More
Brexit, economic confidence and the steady erosion of the middle ground We've just published our Economic Outlook report. As always, there’s lots of interesting and surprising data in the report. The headline finding is that despite the political chaos ... Read More
Brexit: what’s next for consumer spending? When Mintel decided to run our Bitesize Briefing event on consumers’ reactions to Brexit on 23 May, we were still being told that we’d be leaving the EU ... Read More
Meeting the disruptors: what happened when we opened Mintel’s offices to start-ups Start-ups and indie brands are creating a huge buzz across all industries, with inspiring backstories and products that truly resonate with consumers. This has put pressure on established ... Read More
The Interest Rate Rise: Not a game-changer, but another drag on consumer sentiment in the UK There is a whole generation of homeowners who have only ever known interest rates to fall. The last rate rise was back in July 2007, back in the ... Read More
