Sector analysis: Consumer

Technological advances married with a quest for customer centricity were the defining characteristics of the consumer industry through 2018. These underlying traits are line with and a manifestation of broader trends in the consumer sector, which revolve around its digital transformation and shifting consumer preferences.

GCV’s last report on the consumer sector highlighted the importance of demand-side pressures on contents of products and packaging along with supply-side disruption with the digitisation of commerce and retail. These medium-term trends are likely…