Category: Apparel
Apparel market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Footwear in South Africa
Footwear in South Africa Many South Africans continue to struggle financially in 2023 due to the cost-of-living crisis, where high levels of inflation are impacting the cost of food, fuel and even mortgage and rent payments. Therefore, price-sensitive consumers are reducing their discretionary spend ... Read More
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Womenswear in South Africa
Womenswear in South Africa The first live-action Barbie film was released in South Africa in 2023, encouraging many apparel and footwear specialists to stock various licensed clothing items featuring the Barbie logo. Watching the Barbie film for many local consumers was a major occasion. Some watche ... Read More
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Apparel Accessories in South Africa
Apparel Accessories in South Africa With many consumers struggling financially in South Africa, apparel accessories are regarded as non-essential purchases. With the high levels of inflation that impact the daily cost of living for South Africans, many consumers are reducing their expenditure on gen ... Read More
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What Fashion and Luxury Brands Should Know About Gen-Zers
What Fashion and Luxury Brands Should Know About Gen-Zers Born between 1995 and 2009, Generation Z (Gen Z) is coming of age alongside significant changes in post-pandemic economy, giving rise to the Gen Z luxury and fashion consumer’s tendencies for price sensitivity, individualistic expression, act ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Germany
Wearable Electronics in Germany Wearable electronics have proven to be versatile in their various functions in the daily lives of many consumers, providing a configurable, simple, and affordable tracker for basic physical conditions through their easy connection to smartphones. However, wearable ele ... Read More
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Luxury Goods in Singapore
Luxury Goods in Singapore Retail value sales of luxury goods in Singapore increased by 11% in 2023 in current terms, to total SGD12.4 billion. Development was still widely defined by recovery and a return to more normal consumer behaviour in terms of working, shopping, travelling, and spending on lu ... Read More
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Luxury Goods in Germany
Luxury Goods in Germany Retail sales of luxury goods in Germany increased by 2% in current value terms to reach EUR62.5 billion in 2023. Luxury goods had seen two years of declining sales in 2020 and 2021, with its performance heavily impacted by the various measures put in place across these years ... Read More
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Luxury Goods in China
Luxury Goods in China Retail value sales of luxury goods in China grew by 6% in 2023 in current terms, to stand at CNY3 trillion. Growth in sales was fuelled by several factors during the post-lockdown period. One significant driver was a desire amongst affluent consumers to reward themselves after ... Read More
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The Return of Travel and its Impact on Luggage Recovery
The Return of Travel and its Impact on Luggage Recovery The luggage industry faced significant challenges during the pandemic, with sales plummeting in 2020. As COVID-19 restrictions eased in 2021, travel rebounded, aiding sales recovery. However, factors like inflation, the war in Ukraine, and Chin ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Hong Kong, China
Wearable Electronics in Hong Kong, China Wearable electronics is the boom category in 2023, seeing excellent volume growth, and with smart wearables as the best-performing category. On the other hand, sales of activity bands continued to plateau. The decline in the popularity of activity bands/activ ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Taiwan
Wearable Electronics in Taiwan Wearable electronics continued to see a healthy performance in retail volume terms in 2023, supported by increased purchases of activity watches and smart wearables. Prevailing health and wellness trends and the high levels of convenience and functionality offered by t ... Read More
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H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel and Footwear (World)
H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB in Apparel and Footwear (World) H&M confronts challenging times due to unprecedented inflation and a global cost-of-living crisis, forcing consumers to rethink their discretionary expenses. Moreover, a sluggish economic recovery in China, coupled with the loss of the Russian ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Portugal
Wearable Electronics in Portugal Wearable electronics experienced a modest decline in retail volume terms in 2023. Demand continued to be impacted by the high cost of living, at least during the first half of the year, which led to more guarded discretionary spending. As in 2022, smart wearables wer ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in the Netherlands
Wearable Electronics in the Netherlands Wearable electronics is set to record volume growth in 2023 thanks to smart wearables and activity watches (analogue). Smart wearables, such as smartwatches, are driving growth during the year, as the penetration rate is low and new consumers are becoming awar ... Read More
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Shifting Channels in Luxury and Fashion
Shifting Channels in Luxury and Fashion After a dramatic rise during the pandemic, global growth in e-commerce sales in fashion has slowed with the easing of restrictions. As consumers become more discerning in their fashion spending in the context of high inflation and the climate emergency, buildi ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Saudi Arabia
Wearable Electronics in Saudi Arabia Electronic wearables is the winning category in Saudi Arabia in 2023, with double-digit volume growth. This is thanks to the success of smartwatches, which dominate activity-monitoring technology, as consumers value the analysis connected to health monitoring whi ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in South Korea
Wearable Electronics in South Korea Consumer demand for wearable electronics continued to rise in 2022, and volume growth is set to be maintained in 2023, driven by increasing awareness of health, and the desire to track fitness goals. This trend was boosted by the pandemic, and has been sustained i ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Thailand
Wearable Electronics in Thailand Wearable electronics continued to see positive growth in volume terms in 2023, albeit at a slower rate than the previous two years. This was driven by a number of factors, not least the health and wellness trend, which was facilitated by COVID-19. Wearable electronic ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Singapore
Wearable Electronics in Singapore In line with review period trends, demand for wearable electronics in Singapore continues to rise in 2023. The primary driver is smart wearables, recording another year of double-digit retail volume growth, while dynamic current value growth is supported by price hi ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Poland
Wearable Electronics in Poland Smart wearables are seeing continuous, strong growth in 2023. The growing focus on health and wellness is a significant driver for smart wearables in Poland. Consumers are increasingly interested in monitoring their physical activity, heart rate, sleep patterns, and ot ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in the Czech Republic
Wearable Electronics in the Czech Republic Difficult macroeconomic conditions and a high level of sales in the previous year mostly resulted in retail volume decline in 2023. Sales of wearable electronics are closely linked to the sale of smartphones, which did not perform well either. Activity brac ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Vietnam
Wearable Electronics in Vietnam Wearable electronics continues to see dynamic double-digit growth in retail volume terms in 2023, supported by rising health awareness among consumers and improving living standards. The COVID-19 pandemic provided further fuel to the growing health and wellness trend ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in the Philippines
Wearable Electronics in the Philippines After seeing strong pandemic driven growth in 2021 and 2022, wearable electronics continues to see strong growth momentum in 2023 in retail volume terms. This dynamism stems from growing awareness of the importance of maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Malaysia
Wearable Electronics in Malaysia Retail sales of wearable electronics saw a dynamic performance in both volume and constant value terms in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. This came in spite of inflationary pressures, which had a negative impact on discretionary spending. Consumers a ... Read More
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Wearable Electronics in Hungary
Wearable Electronics in Hungary Activity watches (analogue) were increasingly popular and recorded the highest volume growth in 2023 as these products are readily available and consumers prefer them to other activity bands without displays and traditional watches as they offer health-tracking functi ... Read More
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