Category: General Retailing
General Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Direct Selling in Chile
Direct Selling in Chile Direct selling in Chile remained an important channel in 2023 for local consumers looking to access affordable products, specially for those interested in beauty and personal care. The latter continued to drive value sales in 2023, holding 72% share overall. Euromonitor Inter ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Chile
General Merchandise Stores in Chile In 2023, values sales of general merchandise stores in Chile, solely represented by department stores, declined for a second consecutive year. Reduced spending power and the important impact of e-commerce operations of the retailers present in the channel contribu ... Read More
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Retail in Chile
Retail in Chile A slow year in 2023 was a significant challenge for retail in Chile. Elevated inflation and steady price rises continued to impact the retail industry, leading to a steep drop in demand from consumers, who looked to postpone purchases as much as possible, increasingly looking at the ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Hong Kong, China
General Merchandise Stores in Hong Kong, China General merchandise stores saw a second year of double-digit current value growth in Hong Kong in 2023, finally recovering to the pre-pandemic (2019) level of sales, after disruption due to the loss of tourist flows. Although variety stores saw slower g ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Brazil
Direct Selling in Brazil Direct selling maintained current value growth in Brazil in 2023, continuing the trend seen throughout the review period. The ongoing growth of direct selling has been supported by a number of factors in Brazil, particularly following the emergence of the pandemic and subseq ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Brazil
General Merchandise Stores in Brazil Although the number of outlets in general merchandise stores saw a slight rise in Brazil in 2023, current value sales saw a significant (double-digit) decline. With the accounting inconsistencies of Americanas in recent years coming to light at the beginning of 2 ... Read More
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Retail in Brazil
Retail in Brazil Despite multiple challenges in 2023, retail in Brazil maintained current value growth. 2023 began with the return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of the Republic of Brazil and, shortly thereafter, the attacks of 8 January occurred, with vandalism and attacks on public prop ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Indonesia
Direct Selling in Indonesia Direct selling saw a marked fall in sales in current value terms in Indonesia in 2023. The channel generally struggled during the review period, having been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Direct selling was not viable at the height of the pandemic, but has also ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Bangladesh
Tissue and Hygiene in Bangladesh In 2023, tissue and hygiene in Bangladesh faces challenges as demand slows due to price hikes and increased household expenses. Political unrest further disrupts business performance, leaving daily wage labourers unemployed and struggling with daily expenses. Middle ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in North Macedonia
Tissue and Hygiene in North Macedonia Tissue and hygiene in Macedonia was challenged by high inflation for the second consecutive year in 2023. Although, the rate of inflation is lower compared to 2022, it remained well above normal levels in Macedonia. High inflation has stifled volume sales of tis ... Read More
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Retail Tissue in North Macedonia
Retail Tissue in North Macedonia Retail tissue in North Macedonia witnessed limited volume growth in 2023, due to the lacklustre performance of toilet paper. Consumption has been impinged by cost of living pressures and significant price increases across all retail tissue products, but particularly ... Read More
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Retail in Indonesia
Retail in Indonesia Retail saw current value growth in Indonesia in 2023. More premium orientated retailers saw particularly strong performances, as their core consumer base was less severely impacted by the economic difficulties seen at the end of the review period. With considerable price inflatio ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Indonesia
General Merchandise Stores in Indonesia General merchandise stores registered current value growth in Indonesia in 2023. Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, consumer behaviour has changed rapidly. People are getting used to purchasing products online, which has diversified their perceptions of t ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Italy
Direct Selling in Italy After two years of solid growth, direct selling experienced a decline in current value terms in 2023. However, performances varied within direct selling in 2023 with some categories continuing to perform well in 2023, but especially those with a lower penetration. Indeed, foo ... Read More
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Direct Selling in New Zealand
Direct Selling in New Zealand 2023 was the first year since 2019 in which direct selling in New Zealand was not subject to social, trading or movement restrictions. These limitations had adversely impacted the trading ability of direct selling companies earlier in the review period, with the outbrea ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Italy
General Merchandise Stores in Italy General merchandise stores recorded dynamic double-digit growth in current value terms in 2022 with department stores and variety stores both seeing elevated sales. This performance was backed by a renewed sense of optimism as concerns around the pandemic softened ... Read More
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Retail in Italy
Retail in Italy High inflation rates continued to negatively affect producers, distributors, and most importantly consumers in 2023, despite inflation being slightly more stable than in the previous year. Indeed, as issues in the supply chain, logistical space, and labour market eased inflationary p ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Poland
Direct Selling in Poland In 2023, direct selling registered marginal growth in retail value sales. After a decline in 2022, direct selling returned to positive if marginal growth. The cost-of-living crisis proved beneficial for the industry as more people sought to be hired as consultants to earn ex ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in New Zealand
General Merchandise Stores in New Zealand General merchandise stores in New Zealand posted slight retail current value growth, but declines in real terms, in 2023. Closed borders and a relatively stable economy, compared with the global situation, supported discretionary spending levels as consumers ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Poland
General Merchandise Stores in Poland In 2023, general merchandise stores recorded strong current value sales growth. Much of this stemmed from the strong performance of variety stores, which in keeping with its performance throughout the review period, recorded high double-digit growth in current va ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Finland
Direct Selling in Finland Direct selling has always been a marginal retail channel in Finland, and has in recent years seen a clear decrease – sales fell in 2023 for the seventh year in a row in current value terms. Even more worryingly, direct selling underperformed independent of the larger societ ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Finland
General Merchandise Stores in Finland Variety stores in Finland witnessed a stellar performance in 2023, with current value growth reaching double-digits. Providing a wide offering of cheap products, variety stores have proved attractive to consumers in the economic downturn, as these stores can hel ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Oman
Tissue and Hygiene in Oman In 2023, tissue and hygiene in Oman is increasing, fuelled by increasing disposable incomes, urbanisation rates, and a growing awareness of cleanliness. In terms of the competitive landscape, the industry rewards those embracing e-commerce, premium offerings, and sustainab ... Read More
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Retail in Finland
Retail in Finland Retail in Finland witnessed positive development in current value terms in 2023, although this was largely underpinned by retail price inflation. Grocery retailers saw a decline after a couple of years of solid growth, while non-grocery retailers performed better due to its continu ... Read More
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Direct Selling in China
Direct Selling in China Several years of current value decline were seen in direct selling in China during the pandemic, as the direct selling business model relies heavily on hosting meetings or gatherings to introduce products and recruit new sales personnel, which was difficult during this time. ... Read More
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