Category: Retailing
Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Ukraine
Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Ukraine Following a sharp contraction in 2022, apparel and footwear specialists in Ukraine saw current value sales rebound strongly in 2023. However, its recovery was skewed by price hikes imposed to offset inflationary pressures, with trade remaining relatively s ... Read More
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Appliances and Electronics Specialists in Ukraine
Appliances and Electronics Specialists in Ukraine While appliances and electronics specialists in Ukraine showed a much improved performance in current value sales terms in 2023, it remained one of the retail channels worst affected by the Russian invasion. Because the types of goods such outlets se ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Ukraine
Home Products Specialists in Ukraine Home improvement and gardening stores was by far the most dynamic channel within home products specialists in Ukraine in current value growth terms in 2023. This performance reflected an increased need for construction equipment and materials as people rebuilt an ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Ukraine
Convenience Retailers in Ukraine Convenience retailers in Ukraine continued to prove more successful than other grocery formats in weathering the challenges brought about by the Russian invasion in 2023. Offering a relatively limited range of day-to-day essentials, they were well placed to profit as ... 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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Small Local Grocers in Ukraine
Small Local Grocers in Ukraine Small local grocers was the only grocery retailers channel in Ukraine to contract in current value terms in 2023. While trade picked up from 2022 as the initial shock of the Russian invasion receded, it continued to lose ground to modern formats such as convenience sto ... 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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Hypermarkets in Ukraine
Hypermarkets in Ukraine Hypermarkets in Ukraine lagged behind the other main modern grocery retailers channels in terms of current value sales growth in 2023. These types of outlets have lost ground to smaller formats since the start of the Russian invasion, in part because safety concerns have made ... 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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Supermarkets in Italy
Supermarkets in Italy Supermarkets is the grocery retailers channel with the highest penetration in Italy and it saw moderate growth in current value terms in 2023 as inflation started to show signs of stabilising, albeit prices continued to rise. Aside from the impact of inflation, the growing impo ... 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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Health and Beauty Specialists in Poland
Health and Beauty Specialists in Poland In 2023, health and beauty specialists recorded strong growth in value sales. This channel has thus far been relatively resistant to the rising cost crisis in the country. This is influenced by its wide range of products and rapid response to the changing need ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Poland
Home Products Specialists in Poland Despite substantial price increases amidst soaring inflation, overall current value sales growth for home products specialists in 2023 was slightly weaker than in 2022. Trade in the two largest channels of home improvement and gardening stores and homewares and ho ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Italy
Convenience Retailers in Italy The geopolitical developments of 2022 and 2023 have had a big impact on retail in Italy. Russia's war in Ukraine continued in 2023 with no sign of resolution at the time of writing, while the emergence of further instability in other parts of the world have also create ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Italy
Hypermarkets in Italy Although more stable than in the previous year, inflation rates still remained high in Italy in 2023 with the price of food and other grocery and non-grocery items continuing to rise. In the context of high inflation, hypermarkets continued to struggle through 2023, losing shar ... Read More
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Retail in Poland
Retail in Poland High inflation led to a deterioration in consumer purchasing power in 2023 with many consumers who had the additional financial burden of mortgages and other loans being particularly badly affected. Instalments increased significantly as a result of rising interest rates in 2021-202 ... Read More
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Discounters in Italy
Discounters in Italy Despite the easing of inflationary pressures in Italy over 2023, price increases and thus inflation rates remained high in the country. Therefore, price and value remained the most pressing concerns for many consumers when choosing to shop for their groceries. This price sensiti ... 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 E-Commerce in Italy
Retail E-Commerce in Italy Retail e-commerce in Italy posted a relatively moderate increase in current value terms in 2023, with growth largely driven by foods, beverages and beauty products. After a steep increase in market penetration of fast moving consumer goods sold through e-commerce in the pa ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Poland
Convenience Retailers in Poland Convenience stores recorded slower value dynamics than overall retail in 2023. Higher prices in this channel stimulated a consumer shift towards discounters and supermarkets. The situation in the market favoured retail chains that can afford to offer attractive promot ... 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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