Category: Retailing
Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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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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Health and Beauty Specialists in Germany
Health and Beauty Specialists in Germany Following a marginal decline the previous year, health and beauty specialists in Germany recorded moderate value growth in 2023, mainly driven by the rising demand for beauty and personal care products. With rising overall costs in Germany, especially for gas ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Germany
Convenience Retailers in Germany Convenience retailers in Germany recorded a resilient performance in 2023, despite a slowdown compared to the rapid growth witnessed in 2022 when cultural, leisure and professional events, including major trade, resumed at full capacity following heavy disruptions du ... Read More
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Discounters in Germany
Discounters in Germany In a macroeconomic environment marked by stagnation and low consumer confidence, in combination with historically high inflation rates, especially for food and drinks, discounters in Germany significantly outperformed all other grocery channels in 2023 with high single-digit g ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Germany
Retail E-Commerce in Germany In 2023, Germany's e-commerce landscape showed signs of potential recovery, following 2022’s sales slump as the country emerged from the pandemic. A stronger return to stores, ongoing economic volatility, and low consumer confidence stemming from the rising cost of livin ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Sweden
Hypermarkets in Sweden Like other types of grocery retailers, hypermarkets in Sweden were impacted directly by historically high inflation, which reached high single-digit rates in 2022 and 2023. As a result, consumers became more price-sensitive and they started to look for best possible deals in t ... 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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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Germany
Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Germany In 2023, apparel and footwear specialists in Germany, including H&M, experienced modest growth compared to the double-digit rise recorded the previous year due to an easing of pandemic restrictions and pent-up demand, yet sales remained below pre-pandemic ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Germany
Home Products Specialists in Germany In 2023, value sales of home products specialists in Germany experienced a marginal downturn following a particularly strong performance the previous year. This channel, which includes home improvement and gardening stores, homewares and home furnishings, and pet ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Sweden
Retail E-Commerce in Sweden Retail e-commerce in Sweden, after almost a decade of double-digit retail current value growth, peaking over 2019-2021, witnessed stabilisation or correction towards the end of the review period. Following a small drop in 2022, retail e-commerce current value sales saw a ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Sweden
Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Sweden Apparel and footwear specialists in Sweden had to deal with unstable macroeconomic and geopolitical environments towards the end of the review period. The high inflation rates in 2022 and 2023 forced consumers to prioritise purchases of essential products, ... Read More
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E-Commerce in Soft Drinks
E-Commerce in Soft Drinks E-commerce represents a small but thriving global retail channel for soft drinks. This briefing examines Euromonitor International’s e-commerce data across 15 markets, focusing on soft drinks brands’ performance in 2023. Leading brands, categories and retailers for online b ... Read More
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Menstrual Care in Mexico
Menstrual Care in Mexico Menstrual care saw both retail volume and current value growth in Mexico in 2023. In menstrual care, the aftermath of 2022’s inflation-heightened consumer price sensitivity compelled brands to engage in a promotional arms race within hypermarkets and supermarkets. Brands dep ... Read More
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Competitor Strategies in Hot Drinks
Competitor Strategies in Hot Drinks The global hot drinks industry continues to record strong growth, with greater consolidation of the industry through merger and acquisitions as well as partnership with retailers and foodservice players. At the same time, regional players from Asia Pacific have ex ... Read More
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Direct Selling in South Korea
Direct Selling in South Korea Direct selling saw little movement in its value sales in current terms in South Korea in 2023, with just a slight decline seen. In April 2023, a legal shift unfolded, permitting sponsored direct sellers to engage in non-face-to-face transactions through cyber malls. Thi ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in South Korea
Home Products Specialists in South Korea Home products specialists maintained its decline in outlet numbers in South Korea in 2023, but returned to low growth in current value terms. Homewares and home furnishings stores saw the slowest value growth rate in 2023. This channel faced challenges in the ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in South Korea
Apparel and Footwear Specialists in South Korea Outlet numbers in apparel and footwear specialists in South Korea remained fairly static in 2023, after several years of decline. Meanwhile, although sales failed to return to anywhere near the pre-pandemic level in current value terms, they continued ... Read More
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Supermarkets in South Korea
Supermarkets in South Korea Although supermarkets saw a second consecutive year of decline in outlet numbers in South Korea in 2023, current value sales maintained low growth. Positioned between convenience stores and hypermarkets, supermarkets leverage their smaller size for improved accessibility ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in South Korea
Convenience Retailers in South Korea Convenience retailers maintained dynamic growth in current value terms and in terms of outlet numbers in South Korea in 2023. The number of convenience retailers surpassed 50,000 in 2021, and this figure increased to nearly 60,000 in 2023. The increase in outlet ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in South Korea
Hypermarkets in South Korea In 2023, hypermarkets in South Korea faced even slower current value growth than in the previous year, along with a continued decline in outlet numbers, encountering a combination of changing consumer habits and difficult economic conditions. A pivotal factor contributing ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in South Korea
General Merchandise Stores in South Korea General merchandise stores maintained growth in both outlet numbers and current value sales in South Korea in 2023, with increases seen for both variety stores and department stores, although the latter remained by far the larger channel. Department stores e ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in South Korea
Health and Beauty Specialists in South Korea Health and beauty specialists saw fairly static outlet numbers in South Korea in 2023, after several years of decline, but saw a second year of growth in current value terms. The largest channel in value terms, pharmacies, maintained growth in South Korea ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in South Korea
Retail E-Commerce in South Korea In 2023, retail e-commerce maintained double-digit current value growth in South Korea. In recent times, the retail landscape in the country witnessed a remarkable surge in online shopping activities, driving a substantial increase in online transactions, particularl ... Read More
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Discounters in South Korea
Discounters in South Korea Discounters remained only a small retail channel in South Korea in 2023, and continued to see a decline in outlet numbers in this year, although returned to slight current value growth. In South Korea, major retailers have embraced private label offerings in the last decad ... Read More
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Retail in South Korea
Retail in South Korea In 2023, retail in South Korea maintained solid current value growth both online and offline, with growth also returning to outlet numbers in the offline space. Value increases were seen across most channels, although growth in outlet numbers was mainly driven by convenience re ... Read More
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