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Trendtype
Market intelligence on consumers, FMCG and healthcare, and retail across Africa and the Middle East
About Trendtype
Trendtype helps companies identify the most attractive markets to enter in Africa and the Middle East provides the support to succeed. Our team has decades of experience helping consumer goods and pharma companies grow in emerging markets. Our work includes market selection, product market audits, distributor identification, store universe analysis, consumer insight and much more. We have a range of proprietary tools, databases and research reports to help our clients understand the market landscape, store universe, retailers, consumers and distributors in their target markets. We are trusted by blue chip businesses to help them enter markets quickly and effectively. We cover 50 countries in Africa as well as the Middle East, working with a team of researchers and local experts to get on the ground information and audit the markets that matter. We map tens of thousands of supermarkets and fast food outlets, hundreds of distributors and use cutting edge technologies to track developments in consumer and retail markets around Africa.
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Signals from Trendtype
4 published signals
Research & Knowledge
Trendtype maps traditional trade hotspots across Africa using population, income levels, and trade indicators like high-traffic zones.
Reported by Kate Robson
Customers & Market
Trendtype reports that Majid Al Futtaim opened its first Carrefour Premium supermarket in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh's Al Arid District, aimed at higher income consumers with a focus on fresh food.
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Research & Knowledge
Trendtype sent field researchers into Bukavu, the fifth largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to advise clients on strategic factory location and regional cross-border market service.
Reported by Kate Robson
Operations & Supply
Trendtype company Shoprite launched a self-service refill pilot called FillRite in three Gauteng stores run jointly with its discount format USave.
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