SPAR International presentations

Presentations

03/02/2023
We highlight five trends that we expect to shape the Africa and Middle East grocery retail market over the next 12 months and beyond.
21/07/2022
We highlight eight in-store initiatives and developments we've spotted following our recent store visits in Ireland and the opportunities to learn from.
25/02/2022
We look at what refill solutions are working in the convenience channel.
07/02/2022
A guide to the Netherlands’s grocery market and how we expect the country, its leading retailers and channels to evolve over the next five years.
23/12/2021
A guide to Austria’s grocery market and how we expect the country, its leading retailers and channels to evolve over the next five years.
18/11/2021
Deep dive on the business priorities of five forecourt operators in Europe, plus retailers that you should watch in other regions.
08/11/2021
Inspiration on forecourt convenience stores from around the world.
13/09/2021
The impact of energy transition to forecourt convenience stores and how you can prepare.
12/07/2021
Best in class convenience stores from leading markets and retailers from around the world.
12/07/2021
Explore 11 sustainability case studies we have spotted in the food and CPG industry during the second quarter of 2021.
28/06/2021
We look at 10 retailers, from Albert Heijn to Lidl and SPAR Austria and others, winning with private label in Western Europe. We consider how they are investing in their private labels and using ranges to compete, differentiate and gain market share.
16/06/2021
In this report we highlight four global sustainability trends we expect retailers to implement as part of sustainability strategies during 2021, and beyond.
15/06/2021
SPAR Norway’s Snarøya store has won the NACS European Convenience Retail Sustainability Award. The store features environmentally friendly materials throughout and innovative solutions that reduce the building’s energy consumption and carbon footprint.
28/04/2021
SPAR Norway has innovated with its refrigeration system to create space in-store and create a specific solution that works for its banner.
19/04/2021
In the final of a three-part series, we deep-dive on the strategic priorities of Magnit, Carrefour, Tesco, Lotte and Auchan.
23/03/2021
In the second of a three-part series, we provide recommendations on how to design for the convenience channel, with case studies on growth categories, strategic partnerships and price differential.
08/03/2021
In the first of a three-part series, we explain why convenience retail is increasingly important globally and provide recommendations on how you should respond.
12/02/2021
This report covers the latest developments in food-to-go in small stores around the world, taking into account the impact of COVID-19 on innovation. It includes examples from retailers such as 7-Eleven, Sourced Market, Tambo +, Morrisons, FamilyMart, Esso, AlfaMart, Coles, Woolworths, SPAR and Central Retail Group.
11/01/2021
Key influences shaping the direction of the food-to-go market around the world, this year and beyond. Illustrated with examples of retailers and operators already leading the way in adapting to changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
14/12/2020
We consider the five key trends set to shape grocery retail in Western Europe in 2021. We're seeing retailers double down on their drive for value, while digitalisation continues to make the customer experience more convenient and efficient. Ecommerce has accelerated, with online no longer being a small part of many businesses. Meanwhile, retailers are innovating with formats and ranges to stay relevant in a changing world, while sustainability remains at the heart of retailer strategies.
18/11/2020
The hypermarket channel is perceived to be struggling to grow, whether in store or sales terms. However, on a global basis, this is not the reality. Retailers are finding ways to re-imagine the hypermarket format beyond grocery retail by applying seven strategies laid out in this report. This way hypermarket operators are able to enhance the shopper proposition and: - achieve more incremental growth - boost traffic to store - encourage more spend in-store - develop the omnichannel offer
09/11/2020
The hypermarket channel is perceived to be struggling to grow, whether in store or sales terms. However, on a global basis, this is not the reality. Retailers are finding ways to achieve incremental increases in basket size and are developing their proposition to attract shoppers back to the format. In this report we show winning strategies by hypermarket and large supermarket operators from around the world.
16/07/2020
How the pandemic has affected food-to-go in retail and foodservice and what this means for retailers, operators and suppliers. Illustrated with examples from McDonald's, Pret, Subeay, Starbucks, KFC, Leon, Morrisons, Sweetgreen, Burger King and SPAR amongst others.
01/07/2020
We continue the private label series, looking at the five ways retailers are developing private label globally in 2020 and the impact this has on manufacturers and suppliers. This presentation looks in more depth at rapid response to consumer needs and how this has been accelerated by COVID-19.
22/06/2020
We review the impact of COVID-19 on the five key trends which were set to shape the Western European food retail market in 2020 and beyond.