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Apparel Specialist Retailers in Belgium

Apparel companies increased their online presence. In the whole market, more and more companies began to launch their own online stores, as internet retailing became promising and powerful in Belgium. In addition to their physical outlets, marketers...

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Direct Selling in Belgium

Direct selling experienced its first slowdown for many years because of a lack of recruitment. First, many Belgian consumers focused on basic low-price products and avoided superfluous items. Then, the falling unemployment rate – under 8% in 2011 – ...

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DIY, Home Improvement and Garden Centres in Belgium

Do-it-yourself activities regained dynamism in Belgium in 2011 and the category increased by 3% in current value terms to €3.2 billion. As the economy began to show signs of recovery, Belgians increased their DIY and gardening budgets. Nonetheless, ...

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Electronics and Appliance Specialist Retailers in Belgium

Players in the category were particularly innovative and dynamic in 2011 and value sales increased by 9% in current terms. The main players fed the competition by launching new products and concepts throughout the year. For example, sales of tablets ...

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Furniture and Furnishings Stores in Belgium

The financial crisis caused consumers to cut expenditure on furniture products. According to Fedustria, the local trade association for furnishing and furniture, products such as mattresses, bed bases or professional desks were particularly affected....

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Grocery Retailers in Belgium

According to market experts, Belgian consumers go directly to essentials when shopping for grocery items. A few years ago, more than half of the trolley contained impulse buys. Two years after the peak of the financial crisis consumers remained ...

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Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Belgium

The key trend in 2011 was the reinforcement of competition between the main players. As consumers are looking for more naturalness and healthy products, companies progressively renew their ranges or store concepts in order to gain market share. ...

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Homeshopping in Belgium

In 2011, most players in homeshopping focused on gradual conversion from traditional homeshopping to internet retailing. While some companies converted only 50% of their operations to internet retailing and kept their catalogue businesses, others ...

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Internet Retailing in Belgium

Internet retailing experienced an accrual of positive trends and events in 2011. First, the category widened its consumer base within women and older consumers and its level of sales progressively came closer to the average per capita of its European...

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Leisure and Personal Goods Specialist Retailers in Belgium

The most important theme in leisure and personal goods specialist retailers was growing competition from other categories and channels. For example, booksellers and newsagents were highly affected by the progressive diversification of supermarkets, ...

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