From mid-March 2020 until the end of the third lockdown in 2021, with the distinction between essential and non-essential shopping, retailers and consumers entered a new, completely unexpected, world
Since the beginning of the pandemic, health-related topics have experienced an unprecedented boom in conversations and social media exchanges. Food is among the most recurrent, with different issues: comfort/health tension, time management, creativity to get out of routines
Inflation is a recurring theme in the articles featured this month. Other topics include the future of food, the role of cycling and how EU citizens view the EU’s response to war in Ukraine. We also feature our latest Ipsos Views on AI-enabled Consumer Intelligence and tech-enabled product innovations.
The pandemic has forced people to rethink their priorities and behaviours as they seek a more resilient and sustainable future. The 2021 Tetra Pak Index conducted in partnership with Ipsos explores shopper attitudes and action today when it comes to food, health and the environment.
Ipsos in Italy has completed a research study looking at the attractiveness of the country abroad. It comprised an online survey of the general public in 19 countries (N=500 per country, including 200 in higher socioeconomic grades. In addition, 40 interviews were conducted with international business leaders and a social listening exercise was carried out in three languages: English, French and Spanish.
More than half of the global population would rather exercise more and/or eat more healthily, but not diet as the actions they would take when trying to lose weight. But from a dietary perspective, sugar is seen as the main component that people would look to reduce or eliminate to help with weight loss.
