Category: Retailing
Europe Retailing
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Slovakia
... more affordable products, reaching for premium brands when reasonable discounts were in place. For example, the popularity of generic drugs surged in 2024 because these items are more affordable than their branded counterparts, while containing ... Read More
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Retail in Slovakia
... it continued to contribute to retail value sales growth. However, providing value for money became essential for success, benefitting retailers that were able to offer the lowest prices or competitive deals, alongside strong customer service. ... Read More
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Full-Service Restaurants in Poland
... consumer budget-consciousness compared to limited-service restaurants. To protect profit margins, many operators have adopted cost-cutting strategies such as streamlining menus and reducing operating hours, including closing on selected days. However,... Euromonitor International's Full-Service Restaurants in ... Read More
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Dispensing Chemists in the UK - Industry Market Research Report
... pressure due to regulatory amendments and the loss of patent protection. The government and industry bodies have fought to save dispensing chemists in light of these challenging conditions. Industry assistance initiatives include the Pharmacy Access ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Portugal
... consumers and compete against discounters, through to the fact that supermarkets tend to offer proximity convenience to consumers, with a wider range of products than seen in convenience stores per se. Indeed, supermarkets tend to ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Portugal
... less so on products which they deem to be non-essential. Added to which, there is a rising trend for sustainable and circular fashion (e.g., second-hand options) over fast fashion per se, alongside strong and rising ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Portugal
... seen as non-essential by price-sensitive consumers), variety stores face challenges driven by the growing competition from e-commerce platforms and international budget players such as AliExpress, Shein, and Temu. Added to which, variety stores include a ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Portugal
... feel-good spending over spending on products per se. Within the different styles of outlets in health and beauty specialists, health and personal care stores is seeing the strongest value growth (in double figures), followed by ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Portugal
... seen as more convenient in many cases and offering a wider range of products. That said, performance varies across the different areas of direct selling. For example, a steep slump is seen in fashion direct ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Portugal
... costs also being a key decisive factor when consumers make their selections. Indeed, whilst some products may have affordable price tags, if they come with expensive delivery costs this creates a false economy. Euromonitor International's ... Read More
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Discounters in Portugal
... goods and utilities, leading to reduced consumer spending power and more strategic purchasing habits. That said, within this economic landscape, discounters face competition from other grocery channels such as supermarkets, which are increasingly placing a ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Portugal
... seen over the recent review period, due to consumers’ disposable incomes and spending power being disrupted by the recent inflationary pressures. Added to which, many consumers invested in their home environments during the era of ... Read More
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Retail in Portugal
... come down and stabilised since the high of 2022, the repercussions of this continue to affect the prices of goods and utilities, leading to reduced consumer spending power and more strategic purchasing habits. Within this, ... Read More
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Hardware & Home Improvement Stores in the UK - Industry Market Research Report
... a decade, with homeowners turning to retailers to source materials for redecorating or performing construction work on their new properties. House price hikes have priced some consumers out of the market, prompting them to undergo ... Read More
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Sex Toys Market in Europe 2025-2029
... the sex toys market in Europe provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Portugal
... networks, with logistical support offered through the partnerships themselves, along with the availability of various discounts and loyalty cards, which continue to attract small independent retailers to join the larger networks. For example, Auchan Retail ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Portugal
... consumers’ shopping behaviours, such as completed smaller and more frequent shops, thus, to better manage weekly (or even daily) budgets, as opposed to completing larger-basket and less frequent shops. While larger and less frequent shopping ... Read More
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Discounters in Hungary
... by enduring appreciation for the competitive price positioning of this format, which has become increasingly attractive to local consumers in recent years as high inflation has eroded purchasing power and squeezed household budgets. They also ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Hungary
... promotional activity as inflationary pressures receded, but mainly attributable to growing competition from discounters. Together with increasing saturation, the special retail tax and restrictions on the construction of new stores over 300 sq m, this ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Hungary
... inflation. However, with most consumers having recently experienced a substantial drop in purchasing power, more cautious attitudes to spending also contributed to the downturn. Trade in the beauty specialists and health and personal care stores ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Hungary
... inflation stabilised, though trade was also depressed by enduring budget-consciousness among consumers following the steep rise in the cost of living over recent years. Moreover, because the trend towards busier lifestyles means many people no ... Read More
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Retail in Hungary
... the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine steadily receded. Following the dramatic rise in the cost of living over the latter half of the review period, the slowdown also reflected enduring budget-consciousness among the population. ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Hungary
... the increasing challenge players in the dominant channel of convenience stores are facing from supermarkets, hypermarkets and discounters chains, which have a clear price advantage and carry much wider assortments. The threat these alternatives pose ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Hungary
... downturn also reflected increasing competition from modern grocery retailers formats offering much wider assortments and considerably lower prices. The threat from these alternatives has intensified over recent years as the rapidly rising cost of living ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Hungary
... by a sustained drop in inflation, which strengthened confidence and purchasing power among consumers. Trade remained subdued on the whole, however, as many people were still inclined to rein in spending following the sharp rise ... Read More
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