Blog articles by Ricardo Rodrigues

What revenue management teams need to know about shifting consumer behavior in EU

After years of inflation, shoppers are becoming resistant to price increases. If you’re responsible for CPG / FMCG brands, you’ve likely seen consumers jump ship and are feeling the pressure to dial up promotions to increase sales this year.  

But promotions are expensive and can take a big bite out of your profits.   

So how can you create the right promotion strategy to entice consumers back to your brand, without sacrificing your bottom line? 

The key to optimal promotion strategies which drive incremental value is understanding and predicting consumer behavior. The SKIM revenue management practice recently conducted new research to explore these shifting price perceptions in Europe. 

Read on to learn these insights and uncover the promotional “sweet spot” that creates a win-win-win for your company, retailer and consumer.  

In the past decades, high inflation rates mostly only challenged smaller, troubled economies like Argentina, Venezuela or Turkey. But with CPI prints now topping 9% in the US and the UK, and 10% on average for the 38 countries in the OECD, inflation now touches us all. And it’s not going away anytime soon.

As vulnerable consumer segments reach the limits of their wallet and more affluent consumers start to feel the squeeze as well, your company is likely struggling to maintain margins and please shareholders.

So, what can you do about this?  In this article, you’ll learn a three-step process to mitigate the effects of inflation on your business. We share proven strategies our clients have adopted to successfully tackle inflation.