In the last few years, starting from 2021, there has been a worldwide reduction in the volume purchased. Smaller formats are now the most popular both to reduce waste and to optimise shopping.
The retail trend is still quite positive, but it is the habits that have now changed.
One risk of small shopping is certainly that of increasing stock loss. Customers who make few purchases or buy small items very often do not use trolleys and baskets and this increases the number of breakages and losses.
Among the possible solutions to this issue, what retailers could do is to increase the solutions available to the customer: baskets of different sizes and small trolleys.
For this reason, Plastimark, has in recent years launched a new 100L trolley, the Pleasy, and a small 60L wheeled basket, the Slimmer, to add to the wide offer of baskets already in the range.
Consumer habits change constantly and very quickly, so a good retailer can be recognised by finding solutions to keep up with the customer’s interests and needs, and Plastimark is here to help with this.