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A surpreendente resiliência dos consumidores do mercado emergente

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O ressurgimento da primavera de casos Covid-19 devido a novas variantes está mantendo os consumidores em muitos mercados emergentes em torno de seu status econômico, saúde e estilos de vida diários. Mas nossa pesquisa de barômetro de sentimentos de consumidor mais recente também encontrou alguns raios de sol que poderiam ser um bom presságio para uma forte recuperação econômica e aceitação rápida da vacina quando as condições permitirem.

em maio e junho, pois uma nova onda de contágio estava acelerando, o centro do BCG para Insight do cliente perguntou 12.000 consumidores em oito mercados emergentes - Brazil, China, Índia, Indonésia, Malásia, Filipinas, Tailândia e Vietnã - sobre seus padrões de consumo em aproximadamente 50 categorias de produtos e sobre seus estilos de vida diários. Comparamos suas respostas com aqueles que obtivemos em nosso barômetro a partir de agosto de 2020, quando os casos geralmente estavam em declínio e muitas pessoas estavam começando a retornar à vida normal. Também os comparamos com nossas descobertas de uma verificação de pulso que realizamos em março de 2020, durante a fase inicial da pandemia. Edição 1: Covid-19 e o consumidor emergente do mercado-cinco tendências para assistir

Read Other Editions of COVID-19 and the Emerging-Market Consumer
Edition 1: COVID-19 and the Emerging-Market Consumer—Five Trends to Watch
Edição 2: Covid-19 e o consumidor emergente do mercado-o poder da resiliência
Edição 3: Quem é o consumidor de mercado emergente na era pós-pandemia?
Como a pandemia fez - e não - agite os consumidores indianos

Vários temas emergiram de nossa análise desse rico conjunto de dados:

Resilience Amid Rising Cases and Financial Worries

As COVID-19 cases declined and lockdowns eased from October 2020 through March 2021, life began to return to normal in most emerging markets. But then the contagion raged back, reaching terrifying levels in some countries, with the spread of new and more communicable virus variants. In fact, the intensity of the outbreak may still be understated in some nations—including Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Philippines—where low percentages of the population have been tested, and high percentages of those who são tested show positive results.

Despite the severity of these waves, however, consumer sentiment remains surprisingly resilient in most emerging markets and is no worse now than it was at the onset of the pandemic. For example, in Brazil, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines, where new cases have surged this year, the percentage of consumers saying that they fear a recession was actually lower in May 2021 than it was when the outbreak began in March 2020.

This resilience is impressive, given the grave concerns that many people have over the direction of the pandemic and its impact on their lives. In India and Malaysia, for example, nearly 90% of consumers we surveyed in May and June said that they believe the world is in “serious danger.” Roughly 70% of Thai and Vietnamese consumers reported that they don’t leave their homes except for work and that the pandemic poses a serious threat to their jobs or businesses.

Not surprisingly, our survey found that the prolonged nature of the pandemic is putting financial pressure on emerging-market consumers. In the Philippines, where GDP contracted by 9.5% in 2020, respondents in our survey reported an average drop in household income of 48% from pre-COVID-19 levels; and in Indonesia, respondents indicated a 58% decrease in household income since the onset of the pandemic. The resulting financial concerns have translated into lower spending by consumers in some emerging markets.

Alterações que estão aderindo - e algumas que não são

Também avaliamos como a pandemia transformou o comportamento dos consumidores e as prioridades de gastos ao longo do tempo. Queríamos saber quais mudanças foram impulsionadas pela necessidade temporária - e provaram ser fugazes - e que parecem duradouras e podem representar o novo normal. Onde as várias categorias de produtos se enquadram nesses quatro segmentos em nossa análise reflete as médias nos mercados emergentes e é importante reconhecer que o status de uma categoria específica pode diferir significativamente de um país para outro:

On the basis of responses to our surveys at different stages of the pandemic, we grouped changes in spending into four segments: “hit hard,” “temporary blips,” “signs of life,” and “new consumer priorities.” Where the various product categories fall within these four segments in our analysis reflects averages across emerging markets, and it is important to recognize that the status of a specific category can differ significantly from one country to another:

Health Care Concerns and Silver Linings

One big question looming over emerging markets is whether the pandemic will inflict as-yet-unidentified types of long-term harm on the public. Of particular concern is the possibility of a large and potentially invisible impact on physical and mental health, as many consumers remain isolated and avoid visiting medical facilities—even for diseases that are unrelated to COVID-19.

In our survey, more than half of all emerging-market consumers reported that their mental health has suffered due to the pandemic. This sentiment was expressed most strongly by Gen Z consumers (ages 18 to 25) and Millennials (ages 26 to 40). An even more concerning finding in our survey was that in most markets more than 80% of consumers said that they have reduced their visits to health care facilities for a wide range of diseases, due to a fear of contracting the COVID virus. Therefore, it will be important to see whether other serious public health concerns emerge in emerging markets in the months and years ahead.

But we also found a strong reason for optimism: widespread popular acceptance of vaccines. Even though very few respondents in emerging markets had already received both doses of a vaccine as of late May and early June 2021—the numbers ranged from 12% in Brazil to less than 1% in Vietnam—an overwhelming majority of consumers (from 69% in the Philippines to 87% in Brazil) in every emerging market except Thailand said that they are willing to be immunized. This attitude toward vaccination suggests that when vaccines become widely available in these countries, public health authorities have a good chance of bringing the pandemic under control and enabling people to resume normal life.


Our research findings have several important implications for companies. First, even though the COVID-19 crisis continues to exact economic pain and deep anxiety, emerging-market consumers remain relatively resilient. Second, the pandemic has shifted consumer behavior in several ways that are likely to endure, such as in greater emphasis on health and in expanded use of digital tools and Varejo canais. Terceiro, nossa pesquisa mostra que os consumidores emergentes do mercado estão determinados a serem vacinados quando as doses estão disponíveis. Visto em combinação com o clima predominante de forte resiliência ao consumidor, isso pressagia bem para um ressurgimento vigoroso de crescimento quando o Covid-19 é finalmente conquistado.

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Um grande obrigado a Aditi Bathia, Ankur Jain, Deepti Tyagi, Erno Paulinyi, Flavia Gemignani, Prashant Srivash, Shriram Ramesh e toda a equipe CCI em emergentes. Como a pandemia fez - e não - agite os consumidores indianos

Autores

Diretor Gerente & amp; Parceiro; Líder global, Prática de vantagem global

APARNA BHARADWAJ

Diretor Gerente e Parceiro; Líder global, prática global de vantagens
Cingapura

Diretor Associado

Patrick Witschi

Diretor Associado
Cingapura

Diretor Gerente e Parceiro

Cinthia Chen

Diretor Gerente e Parceiro
Hong Kong

parceiro e diretor

Kanika Sanghi

Parceiro e diretor
Mumbai - Complexo Bandra Kurla

Diretor Gerente e Parceiro Sênior

= Daniel Azevedo

Diretor Gerente e Parceiro Sênior
São Paulo

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