(50%) of the respondents were not really health conscious when it came to drinking beer – it was more about enjoying the moments and the experiences with their friends. Taken from the original report: Beer choice influence insight reportContinue Reading

Music has one voice. Youth music across Africa is becoming one and can no longer be classified as a specific genre (Nigerian, South African, Hip Hop or Kwaito) With the increase in collaboration of music artist across the continent, it has become more and more of a norm to hear multiple African dialects in a...Continue Reading

Continued frustration from black consumers as some brands still do not fully understand them. The black mass market is not a homogenous market because within the black mass market there is so much diversity and brands cannot approach it with a one size fits all approach. The black rainbow consists of different ethnic groups each...Continue Reading

The constant infrastructure growth and improvements within townships has resulted in a penetration increase of big retailers entering the township consumer market landscape. They are making their products and services even more accessible and even cheaper than the local spaza shop. Does this mean the era of the spaza shop as we know it is...Continue Reading

Watch survey video here: Respondents highlighted that society does not recognise the successful Black man by his individual merits, hard work and passion; but believes that their success was enabled by another or a result of criminal activity. A typical modern successful man is still not given the credit that they deserve but instead have...Continue Reading

  The TM3 (TrendER Mass Market Model) The black market is not as homogenous as we would like to think We have not had a lot of methodologies that guide us into understanding this market and have therefore relied on Living Standards Measures alone as the basis of our communication. The “Black market” in its...Continue Reading

Last year Casual Day was celebrated by over R2.5 million people who donated via a R10 sticker, to persons with disabilities. All in all R28 million was raised. People who bought their stickers from any one of the 300 participating organisations and schools can rest assured that the money they donated went to sustain these...Continue Reading

Understanding the dynamics of our emerging market South African is an emerging market and therefore means that we need to understand that it is a constantly evolving market. New opportunities create new experiences, these new experiences create new lifestyle habits and therefore you are dealing with an ever changing consumer mindset as the country progresses....Continue Reading

The term “Glocal” has been a buzz word in the marketing world for some time. A combination of the words “Global” and “Local”, used to describe global brands entering new markets by using local societal norms to gain relevance and resonance with the new consumers in these communities, in order to attain brand success within...Continue Reading

A Deeper Look into what an Insight Is – The Brand Truth In recapping part 1 of my 2 part discussion about unlocking the human truth behind the trend, we need to always stay cognizant of the fact that consumers are actually human beings. Therefore their motivations, lifestyles, attitudes and even buying behaviours stem from...Continue Reading