Category: Discount Stores
Discount Stores market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Retailing in the US
Retailing in the US In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, the US retailing landscape was fundamentally transformed. Mandates implemented in many US states and municipalities at the onset of the pandemic that forced retailers deemed “non-essential” to temporarily shutter stores pr ... Read More
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Variety Stores in the US
Variety Stores in the US After a barnstorming year that saw the variety stores channel emerge as one of the big winners in 2020, fortunes were tempered for these retailers in 2021 year as sales growth fell back down to the low single digits. Although the pandemic did not relinquish its grip on the U ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Ireland
Variety Stores in Ireland Variety stores witnessed a marginal improvement in value sales in 2021 compared to the significant declines recorded the previous year. This was the result of an increase in footfall to stores as restrictions were lifted and consumers returned to city centres, along with th ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Malaysia
Variety Stores in Malaysia Variety stores registered its second consecutive year of negative sales growth in 2021 as the entire category struggled to recover from the requirement for all variety stores to remain closed throughout the quarantine lockdowns that were imposed upon the population of Mala ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Singapore
Variety Stores in Singapore While economic uncertainty was the prevailing theme of 2020 and 2021, it is not entirely correct to associate variety stores with the lower socio-economic classes. Compared to mid-range outlets, retailers targeting low-income earners have struggled to survive due to movem ... Read More
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Retailing in Singapore
Retailing in Singapore The impact of restrictions was not consistent across all channels within retailing in Singapore. In 2021, strict movement restrictions resulted in a decline in retail salespeople. Malaysian staff members are commonplace in several retailing channels, including traditional groc ... Read More
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Variety Stores in the Netherlands
Variety Stores in the Netherlands In 2020, when the pandemic first hit the Netherlands, variety stores were initially impacted by lockdown, as many players were forced to close their doors for several weeks. However, later in the year, many managed to recover, as they appealed to price-conscious con ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Italy
Variety Stores in Italy Variety stores was affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the public health crisis and its economic ramifications prompted consumers in Italy to cut their spending. The job losses, economic uncertainty and reduced spending power of Italian consumers in the wake of ... Read More
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Variety Stores in the Philippines
Variety Stores in the Philippines Variety stores was among the hardest hit retailers in the Philippines in 2020. During strict lockdown periods, variety stores were not considered as essential, and they therefore underwent store closures for a significant period. Furthermore, like department stores, ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Peru
Variety Stores in Peru There is no presence of this channel in Peru and the channel is not expected to gain a significant presence in the forecast period. Euromonitor International's Variety Stores in Peru report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industry. The report examin ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Thailand
Variety Stores in Thailand Variety stores have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic and the economic shock that it has engendered, with their retail current value sales plunging by around half between 2019 and 2021. The stores operated by Daiso and MUJI – the dominant variety stores chains, ac ... Read More
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Discounters in Thailand
Discounters in Thailand There were no discounters operating in Thailand in 2021, and there are currently no expectations of any entering the market over the forecast period. Euromonitor International's Discounters in Thailand report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industr ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Indonesia
Variety Stores in Indonesia Variety stores looked set to see value sales decline further in 2021. As in other retailing channels, the COVID-19 crisis has had a marked impact on the performance of variety stores, although it has been less severely affected than channels such as department stores. In ... Read More
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Discounters in Indonesia
Discounters in Indonesia There were no discounters operating in Indonesia at the end of the review period, and there are currently no expectations of any entering the market over the forecast period. Euromonitor International's Discounters in Indonesia report offers insight into key trends and devel ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Romania
Variety Stores in Romania Variety stores is an underdeveloped retail category in Romania and one which remains unfamiliar to the majority of consumers. Variety stores has never really developed as a retailing concept in a country with a strong tradition of highly specialised non-grocery retailers th ... Read More
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Discounters in Russia
Discounters in Russia Discounters are viewed as economy supermarkets/convenience stores by consumers in Russia, with the product assortment primarily formed of “price fighter” items or products which have been discounted by 25-35%. Most outlets look like warehouses with a minimalistic design and unp ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Greece
Variety Stores in Greece The retail current value sales of variety stores fell by almost a fifth in 2020 and rebounded only partially during 2021. With temporary outlet closures at the beginning of the year due to the COVID-19 lockdown, sales fell dramatically. Variety stores also suffered from the ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Russia
Variety Stores in Russia Variety stores saw a strong recovery in 2021 as Russia lifted its COVID-19 restrictions and foot traffic picked up. Category leaders like Fix Price remained popular due to their convenient locations. Many variety stores outlets are located in close proximity to residential a ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Vietnam
Variety Stores in Vietnam Similar to department stores, variety stores, which is another channel that mostly sells non-grocery products, was hit hard by the COVID-19 effects on trade in 2021. Due to national lockdown and ongoing social distancing, which led to outlets closing from June and reduced f ... Read More
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Variety Stores in China
Variety Stores in China Although variety stores was negatively affected by the temporary closure of stores during the pandemic in 2020, it returned to strong growth in 2021. One reason for the strong rebound was increasing consumer price-consciousness in light of the pandemic, recognising the import ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Austria
Variety Stores in Austria In 2021, variety stores will register strong growth in value sales. The drop in 2020 when consumer traffic was low, especially during the peaks of the pandemic, was smaller than for many other retailing channels as there was less of a shift online. Instead, when consumers w ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Australia
Variety Stores in Australia The pandemic continued to adversely impact Australians and their spending habits towards the end of the review period. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, variety stores had been under growing pressure, largely due to the general trend towards e-commerce and strong competi ... Read More
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Variety Stores in South Africa
Variety Stores in South Africa Variety stores benefited from an easing of restrictions in 2021, as retailers across the channel were able to resume normal activities following two months of trade suspension. The partial recovery in value sales was also supported by the home seclusion trend, with sus ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Morocco
Variety Stores in Morocco There are relatively few variety stores in Morocco, but their number increased steady throughout the review period – in spite of the pandemic. However, the retail current value sales of these stores decreased significantly in 2020 and recovered only partially during 2021. D ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Belgium
Variety Stores in Belgium Variety stores had a difficult year in 2020, suffering from competition from hypermarkets and supermarkets, which were allowed to open during the lockdown and which also have an increasingly strong online presence. In 2021, they returned to growth thanks to the lifting of r ... Read More
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