Category: General Retailing
General Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Retail in Ghana
Retail in Ghana Retailing saw a surge in current value sales as inflation rates soared in 2022. With retailers still struggling to recover post-pandemic, consumer purchasing power was hit by rising retail prices. Consumers made cutbacks and focused on essential purchases. Grocery retailers fared bet ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Georgia
Direct Selling in Georgia Although value sales through direct selling are low in Georgia, they showed a slight increase in 2022. There is a shift away from this channel due to growing competition from online players, which provide a greater assortment of products and the convenience of delivery. Mor ... Read More
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Retail in Georgia
Retail in Georgia The war in Ukraine exacted a heavy toll on Georgia’s economy with retail prices spiking in 2022. Close trade links with Russia and Georgia’s status as an emerging economy have also exerted pressure on the country’s currency, with depreciation also feeding into inflationary pressure ... Read More
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Retail in Laos
Retail in Laos Inflation remains high, making imported goods more expensive for consumers and restricting purchases of non-essentials, despite a degree of post-COVID-19 recovery. Retailing remains underdeveloped, with informal retailing dominant and benefiting from consumer price sensitivity. Tradit ... Read More
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Retail in Latvia
Retail in Latvia The War in Ukraine had a strong impact on Latvia in 2022, creating conditions for high inflation and economic and political uncertainty. This, in turn, affected consumer priorities and spending patterns in retail arenas. Meanwhile, retail in Latvia was impacted by ongoing digitalisa ... Read More
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Retail in Kuwait
Retail in Kuwait Positive growth was seen in retail in 2022 as shopping in malls remained a popular pastime among Kuwaitis. However, e-commerce boomed during the year as investment in tech start-ups brought more convenience to consumers. Kuwait’s population is young, free-spending and tech-savvy and ... Read More
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Retail in El Salvador
Retail in El Salvador In 2022 retail in El Salvador rebounded. Stronger macroeconomic indicators and a full return to pre-pandemic lifestyles boosted consumer demand, especially among wealthier shoppers. However, high inflation, widespread informal retailing and a precarious security situation acted ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in Latvia
Non-Grocery Retailers in Latvia Consumers continued to move back offline in terms of non-grocery retailers. As the threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and related retail and consumer movement restrictions eased, consumers were more willing and able to return to visiting physical stores. Al ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in Pakistan
Non-Grocery Retailers in Pakistan In 2022, rising inflation rates and the increasing cost of living had a significant impact on spending in non-grocery retail, in constant terms. The channels that were most affected were home improvement stores, followed by apparel and footwear specialist retailers ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in Algeria
Non-Grocery Retailers in Algeria In non-grocery retail, imports from Spain have been negatively affected by the temporary trade ban. On 8 June 2022, the Algerian authorities suspended the friendship treaty of all commercial operations between the two countries – apart from gas supplies in light of g ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Azerbaijan
Direct Selling in Azerbaijan Direct selling saw sales boosted during the pandemic, and the impact has persisted post-pandemic, with growth accelerating again in 2022 after a slowdown in 2021 The channel remains far from saturation or maturity. The key factors driving the expansion of direct selling ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Guatemala
Direct Selling in Guatemala In Guatemala, the direct selling channel continues to rely heavily on in-person interactions as e-commerce penetration remains relatively low. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact on direct selling in 2020 due to government restrictions and health conce ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in Uzbekistan
Non-Grocery Retailers in Uzbekistan Bazaars remain a favourite shopping channel for non-grocery products. Low-income shoppers, tourists, and anyone looking for a wide variety of items that they can negotiate prices on all frequently turn to bazaars. The abundance of products and the ability to haggl ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Uzbekistan
Direct Selling in Uzbekistan Direct selling re-emerged during the review period, following many years of absence from Uzbekistan. Following poor performances, most companies had exited this channel prior to the review period in 2012, due to tightening restrictions, including leaders such as Faberlic ... Read More
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Retail in Bangladesh
Retail in Bangladesh Retail generated positive growth in 2022 despite high inflation and pressure on consumer spending. Higher levels of investment from key players boosted chained grocery retailing and e-commerce as consumers become more accustomed to more modern and convenient forms of shopping. N ... Read More
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Retail in Myanmar
Retail in Myanmar Retail in Myanmar witnessed double-digit growth in current value terms in 2022 but this was largely driven by high inflation and the depreciation of the local currency exchange rate. Households became more price sensitive amidst declining purchasing power and many people were force ... Read More
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Retail in Pakistan
Retail in Pakistan In 2022, retail in Pakistan was severely impacted by the devastating floods and the economic crisis. Dwindling consumer purchasing power, supply chain disruptions, reduced agriculture output, weak lending activity by commercial banks and currency devaluation were some of the major ... Read More
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Retail in Kazakhstan
Retail in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan has strong trade links with Russia in particular and its war in Ukraine negatively impacted the economy and led to high inflation. While skyrocketing international oil and gas prices boosted the local economy, its usual outflow to the global market through Russia was ... Read More
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Retail in Guatemala
Retail in Guatemala The retail sector in Guatemala continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, although at a slower pace than in 2021. Despite this, it still grew at a rate higher than inflation. The buoyancy of the retail sector was largely driven by high-income shoppers, as e-commerce ... Read More
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Retail in Uzbekistan
Retail in Uzbekistan Despite the deleterious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uzbekistan recorded positive annual real GDP growth of 1.9% in 2020. With the reopening of the economy, as well as higher state investment and a recovery in remittance inflows that bolstered domestic demand, this resulted ... Read More
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Retail in Cambodia
Retail in Cambodia The reopening of society after the pandemic is beneficial for Cambodia retail. While the majority of consumers still shop in traditional outlets, the retail landscape in developed cities is being modernised. This is driven by a growing number of middle-income consumers, and the re ... Read More
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Retail in Ethiopia
Retail in Ethiopia Soaring inflation, due to the continuing civil war, as well as price pressures arising from the war in Ukraine, led to consumers cutting down on discretionary spending. On top of inflation, drought further aggravated supply chain disruptions. Within this context, trading condition ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Algeria
Direct Selling in Algeria Direct selling has evolved in the recent review period, with sellers turning to social media and online marketplaces. This switch to e-commerce was stimulated by the era of COVID-19, when consumers and players alike were forced to embrace online options due to the pandemic ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in Azerbaijan
Non-Grocery Retailers in Azerbaijan 2022 saw the fuller return of consumers to offline shopping in Azerbaijan. Following two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related lockdowns and restrictions, local consumers prioritised store-based outlets in 2022, and visited shopping malls with greater fre ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in Kazakhstan
Non-Grocery Retailers in Kazakhstan In spite of high inflation caused by the war in nearby Ukraine and ensuing economic uncertainty, non-grocery retailers registered a slight increase in constant value sales in 2022. The return of foot traffic, post pandemic lockdowns, helped non-grocery retailers. ... Read More
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