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Food & Drink

New Emerging Affluents

First identified by LS:N Global back in 2012, the New Emerging Affluents (NEAs) have come to define global luxury, retail and fashion, shifting the axis from North to South and West to East.

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Technology

Economic growth in Africa presents opportunities for entrepreneurs

Despite a lack of access to training and investment, the opportunities for entrepreneurship in Africa are increasing.

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Travel & Hospitality

Luxury Travel Futures Market – Overview

We are living in one of the most affluent eras the world has ever known. A new kind of wealth is being formed and defined, simultaneously creating consumer desire and a local infrastructure, culture and lifestyle that make it more appealing for affluent travellers to enjoy too.

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Fashion

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is open for business as analysts hail a new era of prosperity for the world’s least developed region. The IMF predicts that over the next five years, 10 of the 20 fastest-growing economies will be in sub-Saharan Africa, which had a growth rate of 5.3% in 2012, compared to a global rate of 3.3%.

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Retail

Myanmar market report

After five decades of virtual isolation under the ruling military dictatorship, the opening up of Myanmar has led to a flood of interest from foreign brands keen to introduce their products into the country. But huge challenges remain.

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Marketing & Branding

New Emerging Affluents

When they were unbanked, uncredited and unregulated, brands were uninterested. But as billions from Guangzhou to Kolkata, Lagos and Santos earn more, gain access to credit and the ability to spend on what they want rather than what they need, brands are very much interested in – and doing all they can to connect with and sell to – the New…

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Retail

Africa’s mobile banking revolution

In developing countries, more than one billion people who own a mobile phone lack a bank account, according to Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association (GSMA). With these consumers in mind, companies are developing payment systems that turn mobile phones into virtual banks that enable people to deposit, withdraw and transfer money.

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Fashion

Indonesia market

With their incomes rising, Indonesia’s emerging affluents are online and spending more – even bottom-of-pyramid consumers, who will spend $400bn (€323.8bn, £254.8bn) by 2020

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Health, Wellness & Sport

Teens: Nigeria and West Africa

Teens make up a significant proportion of West Africans. Forty per cent of residents are under 15, according to the United Nations’ Population Division (UNPD). The average Nigerian, for example, is a teenager: 41.5% are aged 0–14 and the median age is 19.1 years, according to the CIA World Factbook.