Category: General Retailing
General Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Retailing in Russia
Retailing in Russia There was polarisation being observed within grocery retailing in Russia in 2021. On the one hand, there was increased consumer demand for high-quality groceries, a high level of service and modern technologies, as seen in Perekrestok, Magnit and Lenta outlets. On the other hand, ... 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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Direct Selling in Russia
Direct Selling in Russia Avon, Amway, Faberlic, Herbalife, Mary Kay and Oriflame adopted new sales models in 2020, some in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which delivered positive results for the most of them in 2020 and 2021. Some players looked to improve their internal communication systems, i ... 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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Retailing in Vietnam
Retailing in Vietnam In May 2021, there was a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam, which led the government to impose another lockdown in Ho Chi Minh and in most southern provinces, obliging people to stay at home and only go out for basic necessities such as purchasing groceries or med ... Read More
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Retailing in Australia
Retailing in Australia Retailing in Australia has witnessed significant shifts in recent years, as the inevitable advance of e-commerce has changed the way consumers shop for various products. Nevertheless, nothing in the modern evolution of the industry compares to the disruption caused by the emer ... Read More
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Retailing in Austria
Retailing in Austria Retailing continued to perform well and will retain solid growth in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to significantly affect Austria. The economy continued to suffer under low tourism (especially from long-haul destinations), which led to reduced spending in non-ess ... 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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Food and Drink E-Commerce in Australia
Food and Drink E-Commerce in Australia Lockdown restrictions across most states in Australia extended into 2021 as the government struggled to secure the preferred Pfizer vaccination. As a result, most grocery retailers witnessed further online sales spikes - in part due to the implosion of consumer ... Read More
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Retailing in Morocco
Retailing in Morocco Having declined significantly during 2020, retailing current value sales recovered only marginally in 2021. 2020 saw a sharp divergence in performance between grocery retailers and non-grocery specialists on the one hand and store-based retailing and non-store retailing on the o ... 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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Retailing in Belgium
Retailing in Belgium In 2021, the retailing environment in Belgium benefitted from the gradual lifting of restrictions related to COVID-19. Indeed, whilst store-based sales in non-grocery showed recovery, e-commerce continued to record strong growth in the year due to the relatively low penetration ... 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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Variety Stores in France
Variety Stores in France Remembering a famous quote by Bernardo Trujillo, the 1960s guru of “supermarketing” in the US, “Poor people need low prices. Rich people love them”. This is perhaps why variety stores were one of the least affected non-grocery retailing channels in 2020. Moreover, the channe ... Read More
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Retailing in France
Retailing in France The recovery of retailing in 2021 was impressive but totally correlated to GDP growth of over 6% in France in the context of a return to a greater degree of normality since the spring of 2021, acceleration of the vaccination programme in August, ongoing strong growth of e-commerc ... Read More
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Retailing in South Africa
Retailing in South Africa Despite an overall recovery in terms of value sales in 2021, the South African retailing landscape remained subject to slow economic recovery across labour-intensive sectors such as tourism and hospitality, a trend translating into a stagnating unemployment rate and low spe ... Read More
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Retailing in the United Arab Emirates
Retailing in the United Arab Emirates In 2021, the United Arab Emirates witnessed a gradual economic recovery, mainly thanks to the return of tourists and a COVID-19 crisis largely under control. Pent-up demand from the previous year fuelled high levels of discretionary spending, and strong hiring r ... Read More
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Variety Stores in the United Arab Emirates
Variety Stores in the United Arab Emirates Variety stores registered single-digit growth in 2021 and is expected to return to the 2019 level of sales by 2022. This is greatly attributed to the price-consciousness of consumers, as well as expansion and growth of outlets. Moreover, the overall drop in ... Read More
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Retailing in South Korea
Retailing in South Korea In 2021, social distancing measures enforced by the government to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 continued to affect channel dynamics in South Korea. E-commerce was a particular beneficiary of ongoing home seclusion, recording another year of double-digit current val ... Read More
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Variety Stores in South Korea
Variety Stores in South Korea While many other retail channels were negatively hit by COVID-19, variety stores in South Korea performed relatively well despite the temporary decline of footfall when the country faced several major waves of the virus. Aside from the core value proposition offered by ... Read More
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Retailing in South Korea
Retailing in South Korea In 2021, social distancing measures enforced by the government to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 continued to affect channel dynamics in South Korea. E-commerce was a particular beneficiary of ongoing home seclusion, recording another year of double-digit current val ... Read More
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