Category: General Retailing
General Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Variety Stores in Bulgaria
Variety Stores in Bulgaria In an uncertain economic environment that saw local consumers limit their purchases on non-essential items, the retail constant value sales of variety stores continued to decline during 2021, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in the previous year. Moreover, there was a ... Read More
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Retailing in Bulgaria
Retailing in Bulgaria Having declined sharply during 2020 due to a combination of COVID-19 restrictions and the economic shock of the pandemic, retailing constant value sales (2021 prices) rebounded strongly in 2021, exceeding their pre-pandemic peak, as pandemic restrictions were eased and the econ ... Read More
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Mixed Retailers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mixed Retailers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Department stores and variety stores remained the only two active channels within mixed retailers in 2021. Fis dominated department stores and Studio Moderna, with its Top Shop brand, dominated variety stores. Due to low number of players and competition, th ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Slovakia
Variety Stores in Slovakia Variety stores saw a recovery in current value sales in 2021. This was mainly because variety stores offer everyday items at affordable prices, which became a more appealing alternative to price-sensitive consumers. Location remained a determining factor of performance in ... Read More
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Retailing in Ecuador
Retailing in Ecuador Following a steep contraction in 2020, retailing in Ecuador showed an impressive return to growth in total current value sales in 2021. The turnaround of the market was underpinned by the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was in turn made possible by the success of the new ... Read More
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Retailing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Retailing in Bosnia and Herzegovina Retailing in Bosnia and Herzegovina remained affected by the political and economic situation in the country. Bosnia and Herzegovina ended 2021 in its biggest crisis since the Balkan Wars, 2022 is awaited with great uncertainty. Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply di ... Read More
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Retailing in Lithuania
Retailing in Lithuania Lockdown as a result of the pandemic negatively affected most areas of retailing at the end of the review period. Mandated to close during the national lockdown retailers were hard hit. Furthermore, economic uncertainty and declining consumer disposable incomes led consumers t ... Read More
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Retailing in Slovakia
Retailing in Slovakia From January until April 2021, COVID-19 related restrictions remained in place. Retail outlets were mandated by the government to close, except for grocery retailers, drugstores, pharmacies, forecourt retailers and pet shops and superstores. Toward the end of the year, during N ... Read More
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Retailing in the Czech Republic
Retailing in the Czech Republic Store-based retailing saw an impressive recovery in 2021 with this correlating with the strong GDP growth seen from the second quarter onwards. The Czech Republic saw life gradually return to normal from spring 2021 with there being no more lockdowns, while the roll o ... Read More
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Variety Stores in the Czech Republic
Variety Stores in the Czech Republic Variety stores witnessed a partial recovery in terms of value sales in 2021 after the steep decline witnessed in 2020. This was a result of the increase in footfall seen in variety stores as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted and people returned to city centres, a ... Read More
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Retailing in Slovenia
Retailing in Slovenia Retailing as a whole benefitted from the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in 2021, with healthy current value growth, following from a slight decline in value sales in 2020. The economic recovery from the pandemic played a key role in boosting value sales, as did an element of p ... Read More
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Mixed Retailers in North Macedonia
Mixed Retailers in North Macedonia In North Macedonia in 2021, mixed retailers is comprised entirely by the variety stores retailer Studio Moderna and its brand Top Shop. It saw its value sales considerably decelerate in 2020 - a reflection of the growing number of consumers concerned about their ho ... Read More
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Retailing in Estonia
Retailing in Estonia Broadly speaking, the country’s economy emerged from the pandemic in a far better condition than anticipated. Most consumers have not experienced significant financial problems and the country’s GDP rebounded quickly in 2021. The ongoing restrictions on in-store numbers, social ... Read More
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Retailing in Sri Lanka
Retailing in Sri Lanka In 2021 retailing in Sri Lanka returned to positive growth after two years of decline. The bombing of April 2019 and general uncertainty linked to the elections followed by the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and government measures imposed to control its spread created an unsta ... Read More
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Retailing in North Macedonia
Retailing in North Macedonia After a major slowdown in value growth in 2020 when major retailers (particularly those operating within large shopping malls) were disrupted, growth accelerated in 2021 to record double-digit value growth. There were no significant lockdowns in this year and, with COVID ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Poland
Variety Stores in Poland Following an extremely dynamic performance pre-pandemic in Poland, variety stores experienced a notable slowdown in value growth in 2020 due to non-essential store closures for much of the year in line with restrictions driven by the emergence of the pandemic. Nevertheless, ... Read More
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Retailing in Poland
Retailing in Poland The emergence of the pandemic in Poland had a mixed impact on retailing in 2020, whereby consumers focused on essential goods such as food and medicine, while non-grocery specialists significantly struggled with lockdowns, and reduced footfall even when stores were permitted to r ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Georgia
Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Georgia In 2021, there was an increase in the current value sales of health and beauty specialist retailers. Value sales of beauty retailers recovered, as outlets reopened after several months of mandated closure in the previous year. Pharmacies, too, perfor ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Latvia
Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Latvia Sales via health and beauty specialists have tailed off during the pandemic, largely as a result of lockdown; with restrictions on socialisation and the workplace, there was less demand for a mix of products including cosmetics, skin care and perfume. ... Read More
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Retailing in Latvia
Retailing in Latvia Retailing has seen recovery in 2021, as the government response to the pandemic has seen the economy begin to reopen and consumers resume pre-pandemic habits. The relaxation of lockdown measures, including restrictions on store opening, as well as improving vaccination numbers an ... Read More
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Retailing in Georgia
Retailing in Georgia In 2021, as society opened, and COVID-19 infections fell, consumers began spending again and updating their wardrobes, as they socialised again. As a result, current value sales in retailing grew after a decline in the previous year. The Georgian economy is quite dependent on th ... Read More
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Retailing in Serbia
Retailing in Serbia Growth in value sales in retailing was slightly lower in 2021 than in 2020, as consumers felt their finances being squeezed due to the fallout of the pandemic and there was also inflationary pressure. All the same, certain retailers performed better than others. For instance, tho ... Read More
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Retailing in Kazakhstan
Retailing in Kazakhstan After the slowdown in 2020, value sales in retailing in Kazakhstan returned to double-digit growth in 2021. This was facilitated by the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, including the removal of the quarantine, which allowed people to freely visit and make purchases in both gr ... Read More
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Variety Stores in Hungary
Variety Stores in Hungary Variety stores saw a return to growth in 2021, offsetting the decline in value sales seen in 2020. Outlets in the neighbourhood of high-traffic locations and with a focus on packaged food and home care managed to maintain their high sales even during lockdowns and periods o ... Read More
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Retailing in Laos
Retailing in Laos Retailing grew steadily in 2021 as the pandemic receded in the second half of the year and lifestyles slowly normalised. However, Laos’ retailing industry remains underdeveloped, with informal retailing dominant especially given the recent drop in disposable incomes, which also sti ... Read More
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