Category: General Retailing
General Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Retail in China
Retail in China Retail in China maintained current value growth in 2023. In early December 2022, the Chinese government announced “New Ten Measures” to optimise COVID-19 prevention, and it cancelled the zero-COVID policy. The whole country saw an end to administrative intervention in the pandemic, a ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Australia
Direct Selling in Australia Compared to the double-digit growth experienced the previous year, direct selling in Australia recorded a more subdued performance in 2023, facing greater competition from e-commerce, with local consumers continuing to be attracted to the many benefits of online shopping. ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in China
General Merchandise Stores in China After seeing a notable decline in value sales in 2022 during the waves of COVID-19 across the country, when many consumers lost confidence in spending on non-essential durable goods, general merchandise stores saw a moderate rebound in its sales in China in 2023, ... Read More
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Retail in Australia
Retail in Australia Retail in Australia had to navigate a complex landscape in 2023, marked by a series of challenges, most notably the cost-of-living crisis stemming from rising interest rates and increased energy bills. These factors squeezed consumers' discretionary incomes, prompting a shift in ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Australia
General Merchandise Stores in Australia Value sales via department stores in Australia notably slowed in 2023 compared to the previous year’s double-digit growth, ensuring they remained below pre-pandemic levels as the rising cost of living impacted consumers’ disposable incomes. Nevertheless, depar ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Greece
Direct Selling in Greece Direct selling saw sales fall significantly in Greece in 2023. Since direct selling requires not only sales and interpersonal skills, but also strategic thinking, Oriflame decided to start blogging about how people can use direct sales techniques to build their own sales pla ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Greece
General Merchandise Stores in Greece General merchandise stores saw continued current value growth in Greece in 2023. Many brands continue to invest heavily in traditional advertising, such as through television, since it still manages to target consumers aged above 40 years old who remain the main ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Turkey
Direct Selling in Turkey Direct selling in Turkey registered a further fall in constant values sales in 2023. A shift away from direct selling to e-commerce led to a drop in sales, as e-commerce also provides the convenience of direct delivery. In fact, direct selling was the worst performing retail ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Peru
Direct Selling in Peru With consumers looking for greater convenience and ways to save money, direct selling in Peru has gained popularity in 2023. Affordable prices, regular promotional cycles and payment options at no extra cost are the main advantages of direct selling, which are helping consumer ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Egypt
Direct Selling in Egypt Direct selling in Egypt has been transformed into a social commerce platform through evolving market dynamics, a significant reliance on social media platforms for news and trends and changing shopping behaviours. This shift is informed by the convenience and direct consumer ... Read More
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Retail in Turkey
Retail in Turkey Retail registered both an increase in current and constant value sales in 2023. The Turkish economy improved somewhat in 2023, as significant interest rates hikes and significant currency devaluation dampened inflation. However, inflation remained very high, with imports in particul ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Egypt
General Merchandise Stores in Egypt General merchandise stores in Egypt registered retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth in 2023. This was due to the performance of departments stores, with variety stores seeing a drop in retail value sales in real terms. Less positively, the number of departme ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Denmark
General Merchandise Stores in Denmark Having seen solid growth in the previous year as the channel seemed to be recovering from the severe impact of the COVID-19 crisis, general merchandise stores saw sales decline again in Denmark in 2023. This came before the channel had returned to the level of s ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Romania
Direct Selling in Romania The decline of direct selling in 2023 in Romania was a continuation of the results noted in 2022. Much of this decline was due to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, which began in March 2022, and resulted in a strong uplift of consumers in physical store. Eliminating con ... Read More
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Retail in Romania
Retail in Romania Grocery retailers dominate sales in 2023 Euromonitor International's Retail in Romania report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industry. The report examines all retail channels to provide sector insight. Channels include hypermarkets, supermarkets, discou ... Read More
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Egypt General Merchandise Stores
General Merchandise Stores in Egypt General merchandise stores in Egypt registered retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth in 2023. This was due to the performance of departments stores, with variety stores seeing a drop in retail value sales in real terms. Less positively, the number of departme ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Belgium
Direct Selling in Belgium Direct selling in Belgium registered a decline in sales in current value terms in 2023. This was mainly due to inflationary pressures, which led consumers to become more conservative with their spending. With a growing focus on value-for-money products, many Belgians prefer ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in the Netherlands
General Merchandise Stores in the Netherlands Action continued to record growth in current value terms in 2023, albeit at a slower pace than in 2022. Action is a chain of discounter variety stores which has benefited from the challenging economic environment with consumers coming to its stores in se ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Switzerland
Direct Selling in Switzerland After years of strong growth during the review period, direct selling in Switzerland recorded decline in 2023, although sales remained above pre-pandemic levels. Local consumers returned to shopping outside of the home, visiting stores more frequently and using remote s ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Denmark
Direct Selling in Denmark Direct selling continued to see declining sales in Denmark in 2023. This was partly due to consumers trying to spend less money as they felt the impact of rising interest rates and higher energy prices, but also due to the competition from other channels, such as e-commerce ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Romania
General Merchandise Stores in Romania In 2023, general merchandise stores in Romania were represented in totality by variety stores. However, variety stores is an underdeveloped retail channel, which remains unfamiliar to most local consumers. Variety stores have never really developed as a retail c ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Portugal
Direct Selling in Portugal In 2023, direct selling sales declined in Portugal for the fourth year in a row. The high competition from other channels, the increasing penetration of e-commerce and changing consumer habits are challenging the channel, and consequently, it struggles to drive sales. This ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Peru
General Merchandise Stores in Peru The general merchandise stores channel in Peru includes department stores and variety stores, as both are characterised by selling a wide range of non-food products and to which consumers turn to buy various items in the same place, and to look for novelties and fa ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Colombia
Direct Selling in Colombia In 2023, direct selling in Colombia has benefited from its ease and speed of purchase, product variety and payment options. Growth is also attributable to expansion into more remote areas of the country. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, direct sellers in the country h ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Colombia
General Merchandise Stores in Colombia In 2023, sales of general merchandise stores in Colombia recorded retail value and volume growth, with discount variety stores seeing the best performance in the year due to the tough economic environment and inflationary pressure. Dollarcity, a low-cost store ... Read More