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The Golden Quarter: Christmas insights to inform your commercial planning

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Stay ahead this Golden Quarter with IGD's latest Christmas retail trends, shopper insights and consumer behaviour analysis for Christmas 2026.
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Enabling long-term category growth: IGD’s Category leadership blueprint

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Understand the five actions that the industry must take to move from incremental evolution to category revolution.

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Central and Eastern Europe roundup: major acquisition and new technologies

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Discover the latest developments from the Central and Eastern Europe region, including a major acquisition by Ahold Delhaize and new in-store technologies at Au...
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Beyond discounts: grocery gets creative for Diwali

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From ethical sourcing to reinvented mithai, India’s grocery retailers and suppliers are finding more inventive ways to tempt and reward shoppers.
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The evolution of forecourt convenience stores globally

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Forecourts are moving beyond fuel, using food, retail and services to attract more shoppers and serve a wider range of missions.

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