Apparel, Clothing and Footwear

Apparel and footwear witnessed strong growth in both value and volume terms in 2021 following sharp decline in 2020 due to lockdown and store closures as a result of the pandemic. Growth in the year is attributed to a decline in the number of…

The overriding trend is that there has been a very strong recovery, with value sales higher than before the onset of COVID-19. A strongly recovering economy also supported higher spending, as soaring oil prices benefitted the national coffers.…

2021 started with another blow to apparel and footwear as a new wave of COVID-19 resulted in the forced closure of shopping centres and department stores. However in Denmark’s late spring and over the summer things started looking better and retail…

In May 2021, Malaysia went into a nationwide lockdown again following a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases. For several months, consumers worked remotely from home and outdoor activities were cancelled and social gatherings prohibited. This…

While apparel and footwear registered a significant increase in value sales in 2021, a sizeable part of this growth was driven by one of the highest rates of inflation in the world. Volume sales also increased in 2021, after a significant decline in…

While overall demand for apparel and footwear improved in 2021 compared to the drastic declines of the previous year due to home seclusion, a trend already noted pre-pandemic remained a considerable threat to the industry, namely increasing price…

After collapsing in 2020 due to lockdown and the closure of non-essential outlets during the first half of the year, apparel and footwear sales bounced back in France during 2021. This was despite witnessing a further four months of home confinement…

Apparel and footwear is one of the most affected industries as a result of the pandemic in Chile. It is important to highlight that Chile was already experiencing a period of recession that began in 2018, resulting in a fall in local consumption and…

The emergence of the pandemic in 2020 resulted in the government introducing various measures to control the spread of the virus, including social distancing and limitations on the operations of non-essential retailers, which negatively affected…

Sweden took a substantially softer approach to COVID-19 restrictions than many other countries. However, advice from Swedish public health agencies and officials was contradictory and often unclear, which resulted in many consumers avoiding retail…

Apparel and footwear was hard hit following the outbreak of COVID-19, with value and volume sales plummeting in most categories in 2020. Apparel and footwear specialist retailers and other non-essential retailers temporarily closed, and whilst some…

With the prolonged impact of COVID-19, major cities in Japan, such as Tokyo and Osaka, were under a state or semi-state of emergency for most of 2021, which meant consumers were requested to remain inside as much as they could. This led social…

Following notable declines in 2020 due to the closure of store-based retailers and home seclusion, apparel and footwear in Poland registered a marked improvement in sales in 2021 due to the gradual reopening of the local economy, after…

In 2021, apparel and footwear did not recover as quickly as had been anticipated from the marked decline witnessed in the previous year, as the Portuguese market was hit by a new lockdown in the first quarter. In fact, the new lockdown had an even…

In 2021, apparel and footwear retail volume and value sales rose. While this increase in sales is not enough to compensate for the loss in sales in the previous year, it is a first step in recovery. The key driver to the growth in demand for apparel…

During 2021, many consumers gradually returned to their pre-pandemic routine. Many businesses resumed operations due to a high percentage of Israelis being vaccinated, and people returned to spending time outdoors, in restaurants, concerts, weddings,…

Norway was less affected than many countries by the pandemic in 2020, resulting in overall stagnation in volume sales terms. As a result, the bounce back in 2021 was not as noticeable as in many countries. Naturally, the categories affected the most…

With retail stores closed and Greece in lockdown up till mid May 2021 apparel and footwear sales posted only a moderate recovery from the heavy losses seen in 2020. After stores re-opened there was an increase in footfall and sales, but the recovery…

COVID-19 has been the catalyst for a rapid change in consumer behaviour in Thailand, with the pandemic impacting the local economy, the ability for consumers to move freely and restricting entry to the key target audience of inbound tourism. Further…

In 2021, many cities and provinces in Vietnam went into a lockdown, including Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, from May to September. During the lockdown, apparel and footwear specialist retailers and department stores were required to close. However,…