Category: General Retailing
General Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Asia Pacific: Retail’s New Centre of Gravity
Asia Pacific: Retail’s New Centre of Gravity Thanks to a rising middle class, rapid urbanisation and a striking increase in internet connectivity, the centre of gravity in the global retail sector is increasingly shifting towards the Asia Pacific region. This briefing will explore how the demographi ... Read More
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Retail Reinvention: A Framework for Future Growth
Retail Reinvention: A Framework for Future Growth New business models, channels and shopper expectations continue to change retail, redefining industry rules and relationships and disrupting the path to purchase. This content provides strategies for adapting to these shifts and offers a framework to ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Sweden
Direct Selling in Sweden Following marginal decreases in retail current value sales in 2021 and 2022, direct selling in Sweden faced another difficult year in 2023. While retail current value sales rose slightly, this was due to high inflationary pressure on prices. At constant 2023 prices, retail v ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Germany
Direct Selling in Germany In 2023, direct selling in Germany continued on its growth trajectory, albeit at a steadier pace compared to the spike during the pandemic. The channel's success is largely attributed to its effective digital transformation and the adoption of a multichannel approach. These ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Sweden
General Merchandise Stores in Sweden Within general merchandise stores in Sweden, similar to discounters in grocery retailers, variety stores’ positioning engendered robustness despite the difficult and unpredictable geopolitical and economic times. The main focus of the key players in variety store ... Read More
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Retail in Sweden
Retail in Sweden Retail in Sweden continued to be affected by the challenging Swedish macroeconomic environment in 2023, characterised by negative real GDP growth and high inflation rates. The high inflationary pressure on prices especially affected groceries, but all retail categories were impacted ... Read More
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Where Consumers Shop for Tissue and Hygiene
Where Consumers Shop for Tissue and Hygiene Sales of tissue and hygiene are dominated by offline retailers, mainly driven by supermarkets, pharmacies and hypermarkets. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce has been thriving with increasing acceptance from broader consumer groups among ... Read More
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Retail in Germany
Retail in Germany In 2023, retail in Germany displayed resilience amid challenging economic conditions, with varying performances across different channels. While inflationary pressures continued to influence consumer spending patterns, a gradual stabilisation in the energy market and concerted effo ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Germany
General Merchandise Stores in Germany Value sales of general merchandise stores in Germany rebounded in 2023, following the previous year’s decline. The latter was driven by department stores, with the channel’s sales falling by double digits due to temporary store closures. Although the overall reb ... Read More
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Retail in the United Kingdom
Retail in the United Kingdom In 2023, soaring inflation rates, an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, low consumer confidence and limited spending subdued the retail industry in the UK. Consumers continued to downgrade product purchases to mitigate the negative effects of the challenging economic situati ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in the United Kingdom
General Merchandise Stores in the United Kingdom In 2023, a year characterised by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and high inflation, Poundland was one of the more active players in general merchandise stores in the UK, placing a strong focus on pricing and expanding its product range. In March 20 ... Read More
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Direct Selling in the United Kingdom
Direct Selling in the United Kingdom Amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, local consumers turned to direct selling in the UK as a way to augment their household earnings. Data released by the UK’s Direct Selling Association (DSA) revealed a significant surge in the number of people joining DTC (d ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Mexico
Direct Selling in Mexico In 2023, direct selling achieved positive current value growth for a third consecutive year in Mexico; far exceeding the pre-pandemic level of sales. Despite this strong sales performance, the number of direct selling agents contracted again in 2023, following the peak reach ... Read More
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World Market for Retail
World Market for Retail During 2023, global retail sales posted a slight recovery, despite inflationary pressures. Broader trends favoured shifts to value-focused retail channels such as discounters, while e-commerce also continued to grow – albeit more slowly than prior to the pandemic. Loyalty pla ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Mexico
General Merchandise Stores in Mexico General merchandise stores, composed of department stores and variety stores, experienced dynamic growth in Mexico in current value terms in 2023. This performance can be explained by the robust outlet expansion seen during 2022 and 2023; far surpassing the pre-p ... Read More
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Retail in Mexico
Retail in Mexico After a challenging 2022 due to high inflation, retail sales in Mexico saw healthy growth for a third consecutive year in current value terms in 2023, confirming the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are far behind. In fact, based on the Consumer Confidence Index elaborated by the Na ... Read More
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Direct Selling in India
Direct Selling in India Direct selling saw solid current value growth in India in 2023, although the rate of increase slowed compared with the previous year, returning to growth similar rates to those seen pre-pandemic. Nevertheless, this was impressive, considering the small impact of the pandemic ... Read More
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Retail in India
Retail in India The retail industry showed dynamic current value growth in India in 2023, driven by conducive macroeconomic factors, as well as the full return of mobility and travel after the end of the pandemic. The strong performance in 2023 can be attributed to positive consumer sentiment in ter ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in India
General Merchandise Stores in India General merchandise stores maintained dynamic double-digit current value growth in India in 2023, and finally saw the recovery of its sales to the pre-pandemic level. Growth was also seen in outlet numbers, which rose to over 4,000 stores, all of which are departm ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Ukraine
General Merchandise Stores in Ukraine General merchandise stores in Ukraine is dominated by variety stores, which continued to weather the challenges of trading during a full-scale war better than many other types of retailers in 2023. This was mainly because their offer of wide ranges of grocery an ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Ukraine
Direct Selling in Ukraine The mass exodus of refugees from Ukraine in 2022 following the Russian invasion took a particularly heavy toll on direct selling. This was because a high proportion of those who left were women, who not only represent this channel’s main target audience but have also tradit ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Sri Lanka
Tissue and Hygiene in Sri Lanka In 2023, tissue and hygiene in Sri Lanka faced challenges due to supply chain disruptions from import bans, prompting a shift towards local production. Consumer behaviour shifted towards affordable products amidst the recession, impacting businesses. Import restrictio ... Read More
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Where Consumers Shop for Personal Accessories
Where Consumers Shop for Personal Accessories Global sales of personal accessories rebounded in 2023, driven largely by price increases due to high inflation, with volume sales posting a more modest increase. Retail offline dominates global personal accessories sales; however, e-commerce gained sign ... 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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