Apparel Accessories

Apparel accessories, as noted in other categories, witnessed a marked rebound in 2021 after a weak performance the previous year, although overall retail volume sales remained below pre-pandemic levels. The lifting of restrictions and the reopening…

Unlike other apparel, accessories benefitted from the pandemic, as face masks became a necessity and with many people opting for reusable cloth face masks, apparel accessories registered exponential value and volume growth in 2020. In 2021, with…

Many professionals, especially within the IT and ITES sector, continued to work from home for most of 2021. Also, even though several offices returned to in-person working during the year, they operated in a hybrid mode, which meant being in the…

Demand for face masks (under other apparel accessories) remained significant in 2021 despite retail volume decline following 2020’s dynamic performance, as Australians continued to be challenged by a number of snap lockdowns throughout the year…

With the notable exception of other apparel accessories, all types of apparel accessories (belts, gloves, hats/caps, scarves and ties) saw a double-digit decline in retail current value sales during 2020 and no more than a partial recovery in 2021.…

Demand for apparel accessories was given a major boost in 2020, driven by other apparel accessories as a result of the pandemic. Reusable fashion face masks were in high demand following various measures imposed in Norway to help control the spread…

In the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a surge in demand for fabric face masks. This led other apparel accessories to record the highest growth rate in 2020. However, in 2021, we observed a different dynamic. The new COVID variant,…

Down clothing brand Canada Goose launched fashion face masks in November 2021, which are available on the major e-commerce platform Tmall. The unit price of a single item exceeds CNY1,000 and they quickly sold out after launch. This face mask uses…

Apparel accessories, apart from other apparel accessories, experienced notable declines due to the home seclusion trend in 2020 and the start of 2021. However, the category saw a further decline in retail value sales during 2021 thanks to the sharp…

Several categories within apparel accessories, such as gloves, scarves and hats/caps, were relatively mildly affected by the drop in demand seen in many apparel categories in 2020. Sales of such accessories were buoyed by strong consumer interest in…

Apparel accessories provide consumers with an inexpensive way to create novel style combinations and change their look without purchasing multiple new items of clothing. Nonetheless, more than ever, belts, gloves and scarves were not considered…

Ties experienced a significant drop in demand in 2020 due to home seclusion and remote working, while predictions for a full recovery over the forecast period are not optimistic. A limited number of sectors insist on formal wear, such as banking and…

Apparel accessories significantly suffered in 2020 due to the pandemic as home seclusion and remote working reduced demand for belts, hat/caps and ties, as consumers prioritised their spending on more essential items. While demand for these items…

Apparel accessories saw declines in both volume and value sales in 2021 primarily as a result of the sharp fall in demand for face masks as COVID-19 related restrictions were eased, vaccination programmes were rolled out and consumers became less…

In 2020, the pandemic negatively impacted consumption of apparel and footwear in general due to home seclusion. Therefore, apparel accessories, which was already among the categories with the lowest sales in Brazil due to changing trends, faced…

In 2020, apparel accessories was the only category within apparel which was able to maintain growth, thanks to soaring demand for fashion masks due to COVID-19; these are included under other apparel accessories. Demand for these products soared in…

Sales of fashion face masks enabled apparel accessories to post positive retail volume and current value growth in 2020, despite the slumps in demand in other categories, due to lockdowns and home seclusion. The need to curb the spread of the…

Home seclusion, the shift to working from home, the closure of foodservice outlets and the ban on gatherings and events all took their toll upon sales of apparel accessories (aside from face masks). Aside from other apparel accessories, all other…

Aside from sales of face masks (listed under other apparel accessories) sales within all other categories of apparel accessories declined substantially over the course of 2020, with the non-essential status of these products counting against the…

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, apparel accessories witnessed declining current value sales across most categories in 2020. Ties and belts in particular were the most negatively impacted, as these accessories are commonly used with formal…