Print remains the dominant coupon distribution method despite a decrease in promotion activity in 2019, according to new data [download page] from Kantar. Despite being vastly smaller, the number of digital coupons “clipped” rose again, illustrating the changing...
Grocery shopping online is catching on in the US, with estimates showing that sales in this sector grew by more than one-third (35%) year-over-year in 2018, to $24 billion. Even so, online grocery shopping has plenty of room for more growth, as a report [download...
The number of print coupons distributed in the first half of 2019 has fallen 12.4% from the same period in 2018. Recent data from Kantar shows that more than 118.4 billion print coupons were dropped in H1 2019, but that's down from the 135.2 billion printed coupons...
While everyone loves a good BOGO (buy one, get one free) offer, Americans who prefer them in print saw significantly fewer in 2018, especially in the Food category, where print BOGO promotions were down by 50% year-over-year. By contrast, digital BOGO offers jumped by...
About half (48%) of adults in the US agree that they prefer to get coupons in the mail, a figure that has risen in each of the past 2 years, according to Valassis's latest annual survey [download page] of coupon usage. There's also been upward movement in the share of...
Almost half of US households engage with at least 8 different print and digital sources of information about products and sales, reveals Nielsen in a recent data release. Digital touchpoints are unsurprisingly on the rise, but traditional print ones remain widely...
Just over half (51%) of all in-store grocery sales in 2016 were influenced by digital technologies, tipping the scale with an 18% point increase over the prior year, according to a report [pdf] from Deloitte. As such, digital's influence isn't limited to pure...
More than 155.7 billion CPG promotions were distributed during the first half of this year, reports Kantar Media, though that figure is relatively flat from 154.9 billion during the year-earlier period. Digital promotions were up by 18% year-over-year, but were...
More consumers say they prefer to get coupons in the mail (44%) than through any other method, according to a study from Valassis [download page], which surveyed 1,000 US adults. Preference for mail coupons is up slightly from last year (40%) and mirrors results from...
Members of Generation Z prefer shopping in a store to shopping online, per a recent study from the NRF and IBM. In fact, virtually all survey respondents said they prefer making purchases in a store most (67%) or some (31%) of the time, with the analysts attributing...
Retail sales over the holiday season grew by 4% to $658.3 billion last year, above the forecasted growth rate of 3.6%, reports the NRF, which also reveals that non-store holiday sales (including e-commerce) grew by 12.6%, also higher the forecasted increase in online...
Surprise! Not only is TV advertising an effective way of driving consumers into stores, but it's also a top factor for Millennials, according to research from Kelly Scott Madison (KSM) [pdf]. Based on a survey of more than 1,000 US adults, KSM found 30% of US adults...
Navigating algorithm updates, platform changes, and new technology appear to be concerns for local marketers this...
More Americans are “stacking” subscription video-on-demand services (SVOD). While 84% of internet users have access to...
Baby Boomers still hold a significant portion of purchase power in the US. Approximately 1 in 6 Americans is...
Retail sales over the holiday season grew by 3% to $626.1 billion last year, below the forecasted growth rate of 3.7%,...
Source: Kantar Media Notes: The number of free standing insert (FSI) coupons distributed in 2015 remained relatively...
2015 brought with it the emergence of new trends along with the continuation and acceleration of others. This...