Category: Retailing
Macedonia Retailing
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Tissue and Hygiene in North Macedonia
... well above normal levels in Macedonia. High inflation has stifled volume sales of tissue and hygiene in 2023 as the category witnessed significant unit price increases. With household incomes under pressure, consumers have been forced ... Read More
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Retail Tissue in North Macedonia
... price increases across all retail tissue products, but particularly toilet paper and paper towels. Certain retail tissue brands had already witnessed significant unit price increases of 15-45% in 2022. Consequently, consumers have continued the process ... Read More
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Non-Grocery Retailers in North Macedonia
... soaring inflation and dampening volume sales. With such economic uncertainty following on from the upheaval of the pandemic, there was limited store openings. With such hefty price rises, consumers focused on essentials. As a result, ... Read More
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Retail in North Macedonia
... increase in current value sales in 2022, constant value sales fell. With this background, consumers were highly price sensitive, and there was a degree of trading down. The volume fall was also due to a ... Read More
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Grocery Retailers in North Macedonia
... soaring inflation and dampening volume sales. In addition, there was also a slight overall reduction in the number of grocery outlets. While small local grocers continued to account for slightly more than half of value ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in North Macedonia
... which led to soaring energy prices, which in turn led to higher retail prices in general. In spite of economic uncertainty, e-commerce was the best performing retail channel. Consumers are increasingly perusing online and shop ... Read More
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Direct Selling in North Macedonia
... to soaring inflation and dampening sales somewhat. That being said, direct selling performed better than non-grocery retailing, as its competitive prices enabled it to maintain value sales. Health and beauty continued to account for most ... Read More
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North Macedonia E-commerce Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)
... Macedonia's eCommerce market is expanding, but it remains small regarding local businesses selling and consumers shopping online. Most E-commerce sales in North Macedonia originate from AliExpress and other foreign websites, particularly from the United Kingdom, ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialist Retailers in North Macedonia
... because outlets were closed for a significant portion of the year and when outlets did reopen, there was little demand. Since consumers were spending a lot of time at home (during both work and leisure ... Read More
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Mixed Retailers in North Macedonia
... 2020 - a reflection of the growing number of consumers concerned about their household spending due to the economic fallout of COVID-19. Studio Moderna was also slow in reacting to consumers’ differing needs, though it ... Read More
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Modern Grocery Retailers in North Macedonia
... grocery retailing players are modern grocery retailers (namely KAM and Tinex). Amongst the most popular features are the greater level of convenience modern grocery retailers offer, the larger and more pleasant selling spaces, and the ... Read More
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Traditional Grocery Retailers in North Macedonia
... retailers which benefitting from being able to adapt more easily to the mandatory COVID-19 restrictions. For most traditional grocery outlets, shoppers were obliged to queue outside before entering as many outlets are small and could ... Read More
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E-Commerce (Goods) in North Macedonia
... of consumers shopped online for the first time or shopped online more frequently during the pandemic, with most demonstrating eagerness to continue this habit even when COVID-19 is less of a threat. This is leading ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in North Macedonia
... of 2020. This is a good performance for a non-grocery retailer (with all other store-based non-grocery retailing channel recording double-digit decline in 2020). This is because many of the channel’s outlets were considered essential and ... Read More
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Mobile E-Commerce (Goods) in North Macedonia
... the increased use of mobile technology for online purchases. Increased smartphone ownership and the growing number of online stores (by both grocery and non-grocery players) with a well-developed mobile interface are driving value growth. Multichannel ... Read More
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Retailing in North Macedonia
... were no significant lockdowns in this year and, with COVID-19 having less impact on the country, economic conditions improved, leading to greater purchasing power for consumers. The strong retailing performance in 2021 is largely thanks ... Read More
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