CONSUMER BEHAVIOR – AUSTRALIA

New car purchasing intentions moderating

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Jul-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source Survey, which was carried out in the three months to April 2018, shows that 2.268 million Australians aged 14+ intend to purchase a new car in the next four years. This is a decline of 66,000 from March, but it still remains above the long-term average of 2.155 million. The number of Australian who intend to purchase a new car in the next 12 months has dropped from 612,000 in March to 578,000. These are the latest results from Roy Morgan’s "Automotive Currency Report" which is based on in-depth personal interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 Australians per annum in their own home, with over 1,300 Australians intending to buy a car in the next four years.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

The Real Gambling Behaviours of Australians

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 26-Jun-18

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 49.1% of Australians aged 18+ gambled in an average three-month period in the 12 months to March 2018, down from 50.6% a year ago. This decline is despite the growing proliferation of gambling options, such as online and mobile betting. Some 7.8 million Australians play Lottery or Scratchies, while 1.9 million Australians bet and 3.1 million engage in some level of gaming, such as poker, roulette and other casino games. Meanwhile, 568,000 people (or 3% of the Australian population), engage in all three types of gambling.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

It’s Official: More than half the dollars spent on packaged alcohol go through the Woolworths Group

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 25-Jun-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that supermarket sales account for nearly 75% of the $15.5bn alcohol market in Australia. Woolworths Group holds 50.1% of the total amount spent on packaged alcoholic beverages in an average week, with its market share rising by 1.5% in the 12 months to March 2018. Dan Murphy’s had the biggest increase in share of market for Woolworths Group, up 1.2%. Coles Group saw a small decline in share of market for alcohol retail, with small gains for Liquorland and Vintage Cellars and a drop of 1.2% in share of market at First Choice. These are the latest figures from the Roy Morgan Alcohol Retail Currency Report, which is based on in-depth personal interviews with 3,650 Australians aged 18+ who have recently bought packaged alcohol.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED – ASX WOW, DAN MURPHY’S, COLES GROUP LIMITED, LIQUORLAND (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, VINTAGE CELLARS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, FIRST CHOICE LIQUOR SUPERSTORE

YouTube Music set to challenge fast growing Spotify and SoundCloud

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 25-Jun-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that more than five million Australians aged 14+ now visit radio or music sites in an average four weeks. The survey, which was carried out via face-to-face interviews in the year to March 2018, also shows that nearly 2.2 million Australians now visit Spotify in an average four weeks. This is followed by SoundCloud with over 1.3 million visitors in an average four weeks and Triple M with over 520,000 visitors to its site. Apple Music and Google Play Music both have just under 400,000 visitors in an average four weeks. Meanwhile, 95.8% of visitors to Spotify and 94% of visitors to Apple Music also visit YouTube. More than 15.2 million Australians now access YouTube in an average four weeks, and its entry into the streaming music industry via YouTube Music represents a major threat to established players in the sector.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, SPOTIFY LIMITED, SOUNDCLOUD, TRIPLE M CORPORATION PTY LTD, APPLE MUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, YOUTUBE MUSIC

How We Shop: Trends in Australian Shopping Behaviours

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Jun-18

Recent research by Roy Morgan found that 9.46 million Australians aged 14+ now shop online. While all demographics are recording a positive growth rate, the strongest growth is from the less affluent demographics. Australians in the FG Socio-Economic Quintile, those classified as Light Spenders, and those belonging to the Roy Morgan Value Segments of "Fairer Deal" (a 9.5ppts increase) and "Something Better" (15ppts increase) all recorded higher growth rates of internet shopping between March 2015 and March 2018 than their wealthier counterparts. The late adopters of the technology community are also now the highest growing demographic for online shopping. Analysis using Roy Morgan’s Technology Adoption Segments shows that Technology Traditionalists have recorded growth of 7ppts in online shopping, while Technophobes grew by 7.1ppts, the highest of all segments. Comparatively, the Technology Early Adopters saw growth of only 3.9ppts, and the Digital Life segment recorded growth of just 4ppts.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

eBay king of online shopping ahead of Gumtree, Amazon, Kogan & Groupon

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Jun-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that nearly 14 million Australians aged 14+ (or almost 70%) now visit online shopping or auction sites in an average four weeks, although recent research revealed that around 47% of Australians actually purchase something online in an average four weeks. Meanwhile, over 9.4 million Australians visit eBay in an average four weeks, ahead of Gumtree (5.6 million visitors), Amazon (4.7 million) and Kogan.com (nearly 2.3 million). Analysis by gender shows that over 7 million women visit an online shopping or auction site in an average four weeks, compared with around 6.9 million men. eBay is easily the top online shopping site for both women and men; nearly 4.9 million men visit eBay in an average four weeks, compared to 4.5 million women.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, EBAY INCORPORATED, EBAY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND PTY LTD, GUMTREE.COM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, KOGAN.COM LIMITED – ASX KGN

Over 600,000 pet owners have pet insurance

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Jun-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that an estimated 609,000 Australians aged 14+ had pet insurance in the year to March 2018. However, only 7.1% of the 5.4 million Australians who own a dog have pet insurance, while only 3.8% of an estimated 3.4 million cat owners have pet insurance. Employed people account for 77.4% of those holding pet insurance, well above their population proportion (57.5%). Individuals with annual income of $50,000 or more account for 56.4% of those with pet insurance, but only represents 35.5% of the population. Life stage also has an impact on pet insurance, as shown by the fact that 46.7% with this insurance are paying off their house, well above the population average of 31.0%.

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The Way Australians Pay is Changing

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Jun-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that more than 14.5 million Australians aged 14+ (71.7%) used Digital Payment Solutions in the year to March 2018. Some 53% of Australians used BPay in the last 12 months, ahead of PayPal (41%). Meanwhile, 6% of Australians used a Buy-Now-Pay-Later payment solution, such as Afterpay, ZipPay or ZipMoney. In addition, 7.3% of Australians used a banks’ own mobile payment solution in the last 12 months, with CommBank Tap & Pay the most used (4.3%). Other contactless/cardless mobile payment solutions (such as Apple Pay, Android Pay, Google Wallet and Samsung Pay) were used by 6.1% of Australians.

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Who’s Shopping? Nearly 9.5 million Australians

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Jun-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 9.46 million Australians 14+ (46.8%) purchased something online in an average four-week period in the year to March 2018, This represents an increase of 590,000 in just 12 months, and an increase of 2.3 million since 2014. The survey also shows that 4.5 million people buy something from the Entertainment and Leisure category in any given four weeks, followed by Fashion (2.7 million), Food and Beverages (2.4 million) and Reading Material (2.2 million). Meanwhile, analysis using Roy Morgan’s Technology Adoption Segments reveals that 49.1% of online shoppers fall under the umbrella of either Technology Early Adopters or Professional Technology Mainstream, the two most digitally inclined segments of the population.

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Metrotechs and Millennials have taken to Uber Eats, Menulog, Deliveroo, Foodora and more

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-May-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that 9.8% of Australians aged 14+ now use Uber Eats, Menulog/Eatnow.com.au, Deliveroo or one of the many other meal delivery services in an average three months. The survey, which was carried out in the year to March 2018, also shows that 12.6% of city-dwellers have their meals delivered, compared with 4.5% of those in country areas. Meanwhile, 10.2% of Australian women and 9.4% of men use meal delivery services. Analysis by generation shows that 16.1% of Millennials/Gen Y use a meal delivery service in an average three months, compared to only 4.5% of Baby Boomers and 3.6% of Pre-Boomers. Roy Morgan’s Helix Personas geo-psychographic segmentation tool shows that the Metrotech community is most likely to use meal delivery services; 22.5% of Metrotechs do so, and Uber Eats is used by 16.4% of Metrotechs, ahead of Menulog/Eatnow.com.au (13.4%) and Deliveroo (7.3%).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, UBER EATS, MENULOG PTY LTD, EAT NOW SERVICES PTY LTD, DELIVEROO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FOODORA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD