Apparel and Footwear

Apparel and footwear in Morocco was seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The industry as a whole suffered its worst crisis for several years. In response to the pandemic, the Moroccan government imposed a strict lockdown across the ...

The negative effects of the pandemic on apparel and footwear in Israel have been many and varied: first, the major distribution channel of apparel and footwear specialist retailers was forced to close during the lockdowns imposed by the government ...

Apparel and footwear has been significantly impacted in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous years of steady growth recorded during the review period have been undermined in 2020 as both current value and volume sales plummet in ...

The closure of brick-and-mortar stores in the spring as a result of the lockdown negatively impacted apparel and footwear sales in 2020. Customer traffic in shopping centres fell considerably and this continued throughout the year as the autumn ...

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sales of apparel and footwear was significant in Hungary in 2020. According to the Central Statistical Office’s April retail data, the turnover of textile, clothing and footwear stores decreased by 90%, and not ...

The COVID-19 crisis had a marked impact on the performance of the Japanese apparel and footwear market in 2020. Home seclusion, the rise in working and studying from home, and the lack of normal social occasions prompted a significant shift in the ...

Colombia’s apparel and footwear industry faced a bleak year during 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic and the official response to it caused major disruption in production supply chains and manufacturing operations as well as wholesale supply chains and ...

Apparel and footwear suffered significant declines across much of the market in 2020 as a direct result of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions introduced by the government in an attempt to control the spread of the virus. This resulted ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a limited impact upon apparel and footwear in Taiwan in 2020 as the government managed to get the virus under control relatively quickly and consumer behaviour was only significantly impacted during Q1. During this time ...

Apparel and footwear had already witnessed steep declines in sales in 2019 due to the disruptions caused by the 2019–2020 protests triggered by the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the Hong Kong, China government, which had a ...

All categories within apparel and footwear in Ukraine recorded a significant decline in retail value sales in 2020, closely linked to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This contrasted sharply with the steady double-digit growth seen over the ...

COVID-19 had a significant impact on the Swedish economy in 2020, most tangibly in consumer-facing industries such as tourism and retail. While the first quarter saw GDP stagnate at 0.1% growth, during the second quarter GDP fell by 8.3% compared ...

Apparel and footwear sales have been heavily impacted by COVID-19 in Nigeria in 2020. There are a variety of factors at play, notably the temporary restrictions on movement, socialisation and the closure of schools that reduced the need to buy these ...

Apparel and footwear saw a decline in current value terms in 2020. The mandated closure of shopping malls and retail stores during the first two quarters of the year negatively affected apparel and footwear sales. Consumers were reluctant to leave ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a strong impact on sales of apparel in Portugal, as the first lockdown led to temporary closures of non-essential in-store retailing channels and reduced the opportunity for consumers to purchase apparel. Some consumers ...

Apparel and footwear was one of the most affected industries by COVID-19, posting strong losses in 2020. All categories suffered value declines, most of which decline percentages were down by double digits. This was partly due to store closures and ...

The onset of the global pandemic in 2020 had a strong negative impact on the apparel and footwear market in Saudi Arabia. Non-essential stores closed, which decimated sales of apparel and footwear specialist retailers. The suspension of sporting ...

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of unemployed people in Vietnam increased significantly in the first quarter of 2020, reaching around 700,000 by the end of the year, while millions more have seen a decrease in salary. As a ...

Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 the outlook for Thailand’s apparel and footwear industry was not a bright one with its economy under pressure, high unemployment and high household debt, along with a slowdown in tourism. As such, when COVID-19 ...

National lockdown restrictions in the Philippines were implemented to different intensities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The strictest measures were known as enhanced community quarantine and involved the closure of all malls and other ...