Category: Retailing
Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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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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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Poland
Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Poland Apparel and footwear specialists recorded moderate value sales growth in 2023. A positive impact on the channel is the rapidly changing fashion that drives the sale of fast fashion, and even the visible trend of ultra-fast fashion, where consumers buy cloth ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Finland
Small Local Grocers in Finland Small local grocers in Finland remained the smallest grocery retail channel in Finland in 2023. Its significance within grocery retailers has been on a slow decline for a long time, although there was a slight increase in value sales in 2022/2023 due to inflation. Smal ... Read More
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Retail in New Zealand
Retail in New Zealand The key theme in retail in New Zealand in 2023 was inflation. A major aspect in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been persistently high levels of inflation, impacting producers, distributors and supply chains, with no retail category spared from its effects. ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Italy
Home Products Specialists in Italy Home products specialists saw healthy growth in current value terms in 2023 albeit this was largely due to the impact of inflation rather than a significant increase in demand. Consumers continued to invest in their domestic spaces in 2023 with this trend being boo ... 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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Supermarkets in Poland
Supermarkets in Poland Supermarkets recorded strong growth in value sales in 2023. The upward trend in the number of supermarkets also continued in 2023 with supermarkets recording the highest growth in grocery retailers during the year. Proximity supermarkets, ie local supermarkets, is developing p ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Poland
Hypermarkets in Poland Hypermarkets recoded low growth in value sales in 2023 and was by far the weakest performer among modern grocery retailers. The channel struggles with consumers’ disinclination to buy groceries in large shopping centres on the outskirts of cities. Consumers increasingly prefer ... Read More
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Discounters in Finland
Discounters in Finland Discounters in Finland registered stagnant current value growth in 2023, as inflation remained high and the Finnish economy weakened. Discounters proved a more attractive choice to consumers seeking affordable brands and private label. The location of discounters based near or ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Poland
Retail E-Commerce in Poland In 2023, retail value sales of retail e-commerce recoded healthy growth. The category benefited enormously from the pandemic during which there was a surge in the number of consumers shopping online. While the threat from COVID-19 has waned considerably, consumers have re ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Finland
Home Products Specialists in Finland In 2023, current value sales slowed in home products specialists as consumer confidence weakened and Finland entered recession. Consumers cut back expenditure on home improvements and home furnishings as household budgets were allocated to more essential goods an ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Finland
Health and Beauty Specialists in Finland Health and beauty specialists in Finland is the second biggest non-grocery channel in Finland and is a category of growing importance. One of the main reasons for this growth is that pharmacy products are mostly essential. A high share of overall sales of hea ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Finland
Supermarkets in Finland In 2023, high inflation rates led to a second year of higher prices in supermarkets, which meant consumers in Finland had to be more careful regarding what they purchased. Even with inflation, current value sales declined in 2023, as consumers made cutbacks on everyday spendi ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Italy
Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Italy Apparel and footwear specialists continued to record single-digit growth in current value terms in 2023 as the category continued on the path to recovery. Despite this sales remained lower than pre-pandemic levels as elevated inflation and a sharp rise in th ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in New Zealand
Home Products Specialists in New Zealand Home products specialists in New Zealand recorded moderate retail current value growth due to high inflationary pressure on prices in 2023. Moreover, in real terms the category posted a decline. During the COVID-19 pandemic, closed borders and a relatively st ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Finland
Convenience Retailers in Finland In 2023, convenience retailers in Finland witnessed only marginal current value growth, with much of this fuelled by high levels of inflation. Sales have suffered from lower purchasing power caused by the rising cost of living, with consumers remaining cautious about ... 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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Discounters in Poland
Discounters in Poland Discounters recorded double-digit value sales growth in 2023. Discounters are successful thanks to convenient locations and a wide range of goods, including groceries, clothing, electronics, household items and beauty and personal care in one place. This channel’s offer attract ... 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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Health and Beauty Specialists in New Zealand
Health and Beauty Specialists in New Zealand Health and beauty specialists in New Zealand continued to post strong growth in unit prices in an inflationary climate in 2023, which spurred fast retail current value sales growth. However, this was somewhat offset by reductions in consumers’ discretiona ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in China
Hypermarkets in China Despite seeing a halt to the decline in outlet numbers in 2023, hypermarkets continued its long-standing decline in retail current value terms in China in 2023. One driver of the fall in sales is that the channel is under intense competition from retail e-commerce, which consum ... Read More
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Supermarkets in China
Supermarkets in China Supermarkets saw moderate growth in current value terms in China in 2023. Consumer confidence is yet to pick up significantly in China, as economic uncertainty lingers in the country. Many supermarkets are also struggling with quality control, stemming from supply chain ineffic ... Read More
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Discounters in China
Discounters in China Robust growth momentum was seen for discounters in China in 2023, with increases in both current value terms and in outlet numbers. This was driven by increasing economic uncertainty in the country, which led more Chinese consumers to seek products which offer better value for m ... 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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