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Insights | Trends | Updates – February 2026

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Winning in crises resembles winning in growth periods

Brands that have gained share over the past few years were more active than brands that lost share. Between 2021 and 2024, 35% of brands increased their share and 65% decreased it...

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Brands can win share – even in categories where Private Labels (PL) are growing

When PL is losing share, it is the larger brands that are more likely to win. Not all categories are equally susceptible to Private Label...

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Does the recipe for winning change whether Private Label is up/down

Share winners tend to be more active than share losers in both settings. Whether or not PL grows in a category, winning brands...

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Visual signals: the effect of nutritional labels, transparency and colour grading

Every few weeks we will share a mix of insights from academic papers, often based on household panel data. Chile's mandatory...

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The Q3 2025 Europanel Consumer Pulse is now live!

A must-read for anyone in FMCG, retail or consumer strategy, this report provides a clear view of how growth is shifting and where strategic repositioning may be required.
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Time to Talk Day

Today, @Mind is encouraging us all to “brave the big talk’ and open up conversations about mental health experiences that often go unspoken. At Europanel, we take this seriously. That’s why we’re...

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GLP-1 is rewriting the sugar playbook. Are your products keeping up?

GLP-1 Users and Considerers don’t just eat less, they eat differently. Our global data shows their attitudes to sugar are...

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GLP-1 Considerers invest the most in health products

Looking beyond GLP-1 usage and into health-related product investments, one group stands out: GLP-1 Considerers. Globally, this segment is more likely to agree with health claims than the...

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February Stat-Shot: European alcohol sales down 15-35% in ‘dry’ January

So how much do shoppers really cut back on alcohol at the start of the year? Looking back over the last seven years, alcohol sales...

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Valentine’s dinner has changed, but romance is still on the menu

Compared with 15 years ago, Valentine’s Day in Europe is far more likely to be celebrated with ready meals, pizza, fresh pasta...

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Europe’s appetite for nuts has exploded

Today is Almond Day, and we’re taking a look at the nuts category as a whole. The packaged nuts category is now worth 2.5× more than it was 15 years ago across Europe, doubling in some...

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Discover the 5 Power Levers that make Asia’s leaders stand out

We’ve identified five core areas where these Asian Giants do things differently. We first pinpointed them a decade ago – and our conversations with 16 of today’s brand leaders have proved that not only do they still resonate, they matter more than ever.
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The latest, Q4 2025 edition of
Europanel's Global FMCG
Barometer is out!

Global FMCG growth moderated throughout 2025. Value expansion gradually softened toward year-end, while volumes remained positive but slowed in Q4.
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