Using advanced technology applied to the extraction and processing of large volumes of data, it is possible to obtain the necessary information to evaluate whether a new product, service or brand will be accepted when it begins to compete in a specific market.
Companies that intend to compete in a new market always ask themselves the following question: How much acceptance will our new product, service or brand have?
With the reduction of advertising budgets, companies must invest in advertising on social networks, which must be complemented by organic traffic derived from content created on digital platforms.
The outbreak of covid-19 transformed the ways in which Central American consumers behave, as quarantines and measures of restriction and social isolation decreed by governments, generated abrupt changes in purchasing habits and product search.
Assessing the company's value proposition and conveying it properly, as well as adapting quickly to the current business environment to create bonds of trust with customers, are part of the challenges that brands must face to survive.
According to experts on issues related to marketing and branding, the severe home quarantines decreed by the Central American governments due to the outbreak of covid-19, has imposed new habits to consumers.
Eight in ten Peruvians buy own brand label products, with bread, rice and oil having the most presence in supermarkets
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office:
Peruvians prefer to shop in supermarkets, because of the variety of products on offer , as well as for reasons of safety and comfort. In 2014, supermarket sales showed a growth of 9.5% compared with the previous year, which represents 44% of total retail sales.
Private brands, also known as intermediaries or retailers, are being increasingly sought out in developed markets such as those in European countries.
From a press release issued by the Foreign Trade Office (Procomer):
A study by the consultancy company Nielsen in 2013 for the Yearbook of Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) shows that private brands increased their share in 18 of the 20 European countries analyzed, which led to them being the most popular and demanded by consumers.