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The interest in healthier food coincides with many factors in our society, from our desire to look and feel good, nutritional needs, food intolerances, sustainability and, of course, the impact of COVID-19. The big question is, how does this affect the attitudes, behaviours, consumption and buying habits of Australian consumers?
Opinionated, tech native and breaking all the rules – getting to know Gen Z is critical for every founder and marketer looking to the future. Born between 1995 and 2015, Gen Z now amasses 20 percent of our population. With the oldest in the group in their early 20s, and
Due to the pandemic’s lasting impact, the importance of ethics, the changing role of identity and technology is set to greatly influence the future of the beauty industry. KinShen Chan, Mintel’s Senior Beauty & Personal Care Analyst, says consumers want to see companies broadcast measurable sustainable efforts, embrace self-expression through
Origin story: After searching unsuccessfully for genuinely healthy snacks that also tasted great, newly converted vegetarian Petrina Wisniewski began making them herself. She discovered the dehydration process and soon developed Flats: vibrant vegetable crackers without endless additives. Within months of founding Fine Fettle in 2009, Wisniewski struck up an in-flight-snack
Diversified Communications Australia, Naturally Good’s parent company, and Planet Ark are pleased to introduce, through a new partnership initiative, a specially curated event catering to the nation’s circular economy sector, Circularity. This new event is brought to you by Planet Ark’s Australian Circular Economy Hub (ACE Hub) and will take
Whether or not the products you offer are explicitly “sustainable”, it pays to make your e-commerce service as green as possible. That’s because the vast majority of consumers today believe sustainability should be front-and-centre when they purchase anything on the internet. A recent Sifted survey found that 91% of respondents
More than ever, Australian consumers are educated, taking charge of their health and actively looking for alternative solutions to treat and prevent illness. More than 70 per cent of people are regularly using complementary medicines with the market expected to reach $6 billion by 2023. However, the industry now faces
Rewind a few decades and when you heard the word “milk”, it typically meant cow’s milk. But ever since soy milk hit Australian shelves sometime in the 1970s, the range of dairy-free milk alternatives has grown, driven by a combination of health, environmental and ethical concerns. Worth more than $230
One of the ongoing conversations in today’s competitive retail environment is about loss of loyalty in favour of convenience or price. Whilst customer loyalty isn’t entirely dead, it does require some serious attention. In a world where personalisation is now everything, customers are expecting more from their retail experiences. True
Most Australians think of cling wrap as something that belongs in the kitchen drawer, but retailers – particularly those in the FMCG segment – more commonly encounter it when they receive a delivery swathed in “pallet wrap”. For life partners Jordy and Julia Kay, the practice of wrapping pallets in
