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 fashion industry was hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis and received less government support than other industries. The impact has been seen in the form of price increases, the decreasing size of shops and store closures. While sales declined…

Apparel and footwear in Nigeria saw a return to growth in 2020 although demand remained weak. A relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions on physical working and social events which had impacted sales in 2020 helped drive demand in 2021, with consumers once…

The fast-spreading Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continued to limit consumer movement and dampen economic activity in Turkey in 2021. Overall, apparel and footwear continued to be affected by lockdown measures and pressure on disposable incomes due…

2021 was a transition year for apparel and footwear in Canada, with companies, retailers and consumers taking a major step forward in recovering from the reduction in spending seen in a Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic-impacted 2020. Despite third and…

2021 was a year of some degree of recovery for apparel retailers countrywide. Apart from three months lost during the summer due to the second wave of COVID-19, the pandemic situation was largely quite stable, and government restrictions on mobility…

Despite the Taiwan government largely having the COVID-19 virus under control in 2020, cases started to spiral in 2021, particularly affecting the country between May – August 2021, leading the government to impose lockdowns from May 2021 onwards. As…

Local products are on the rise in Indonesia. Indonesia’s fashion industry is increasing at a rapid pace with the growing presence of local brands that are offering unique ranges. The presence of various online platforms, such as e-commerce and social…

As COVID-19 has been controlled relatively well in the Chinese market, and bricks-and-mortar stores resumed their operations, apparel and footwear saw a quick recovery in 2021 after its strong decline in 2020, reaching value sales exceeding the…

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…