ARGENTINA
Argentina StatisticsConsumer Lifestyles in ArgentinaArgentina Country BriefingsFuture Demographics: Argentina in 2030
Country Report
Apparel and Footwear Specialist Retailers in Argentina
Jan 2019
Argentinian consumers are already used to taking advantage of the strong promotions that exist in this category. In 2018, with the strong consumption contraction, these promotions increased even more and almost every day of the week there was some ...
Country Report
Convenience Stores in Argentina
Jan 2019
Although convenience stores saw its development slow in 2018, its performance was much better than that for hypermarkets and supermarkets. Consumers continue to find this channel a good option because they make smaller and more frequent purchases, ...
Country Report
Department Stores in Argentina
Jan 2019
Falabella and Coppel are the only two players in the department stores channel. Given the challenging economic situation in which Argentina currently finds itself, there is no sign of entry by any other players and this is likely to persist until the...
Country Report
Direct Selling in Argentina
Jan 2019
In a challenging economic scenario, direct selling was highly impacted. Although the number of resellers has increased slightly, the purchase amounts are getting smaller because this channel is mainly orientated towards lower socioeconomic levels ...
Country Report
Discounters in Argentina
Jan 2019
Discounters is a channel that continues to show strong development in Argentina. The only player present is Dia, which continues to invest heavily to attract new customers. In the recessionary context of 2018, this channel became even more tempting ...
Country Report
Electronics and Appliance Specialist Retailers in Argentina
Jan 2019
In a country such as Argentina, where football has a fundamental place in society, an event such as the FIFA World Cup in Russia generated large sales of televisions. Much of the evolution of electronics and appliance specialist retailers in 2018 was...
Country Report
Food and Drink Internet Retailing in Argentina
Jan 2019
Although the food and drink categories have seen some of the highest growth within those categories that are sold online, 76% in 2017, according to CACE data (Argentinian Chamber of Electronic Commerce), these categories are still considered in ...
Country Report
Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Argentina
Jan 2019
One of health and beauty specialist retailers’ characteristics is that the market tends to concentrate around large chains. In a difficult economic situation, only those chains that can offer their customers big discounts and promotions, thus ...
Country Report
Home and Garden Specialist Retailers in Argentina
Jan 2019
Home and garden specialist retailers is a very fragmented channel in Argentina. While there are important chains, the vast majority of businesses are stores located in neighbourhoods which only have one outlet. These independent retailers specialise ...
Country Report
Homeshopping in Argentina
Jan 2019
Homeshopping is a channel that is beginning to disappear in Argentina as the internet retailing channel grows. Fewer people are opting for this channel because it is much easier for consumers to buy online, and as a result, companies are not ...
Country Report
Hypermarkets in Argentina
Jan 2019
The hypermarkets channel was very affected by the recession in the Argentinian economy in 2018. Consumers were faced with a highly inflationary environment and with salaries that did not increase at the same rate, this generated much lower ...
Country Report
Internet Retailing in Argentina
Jan 2019
Internet retailing is the only channel that took off during the economic crisis situation in Argentina and continues growing at a dramatic pace. According to CACE data (Argentinian Chamber of Electronic Commerce), during 2017 internet retailing grew ...
Country Report
Mobile Internet Retailing in Argentina
Jan 2019
The growth of mobile internet retailing is exponential and has developed rapidly as the penetration of smartphones increases throughout the population. The reasons for this phenomenon are price reductions for smartphones that make it possible for ...
Country Report
Retailing in Argentina
Jan 2019
The Argentinian economy historically has been strongly linked to dollar price fluctuation. Argentinian consumers typically saved in dollars because the local currency constantly lost value....
Country Report
Supermarkets in Argentina
Jan 2019
The economic recession seriously affected the supermarkets channel resulting in the closure of branches, exemplified by Carrefour, which opted to close some of its branches whose premises were rented, or the sale of smaller branches as was the case ...
Country Report
Traditional Grocery Retailers in Argentina
Jan 2019
Among the major shifts in consumer purchasing behaviour in recent years has been visiting a greater number of channels. In a highly inflationary context, where salaries are not increasing at the same rate as prices, consumers are forced to optimise ...
Country Report
Variety Stores in Argentina
Jan 2019
One of the main characteristics of variety stores is that they sell a great diversity of products with a wide range of prices. In this way, buyers can find products from kitchen utensils to children’s toys and decorative items, with the goal to tempt...
Country Report
Vending in Argentina
Jan 2019
The vending channel continues to develop positively due to the practicality and low costs it offers in sites where there is high consumer traffic. In all cases it is much cheaper to have a vending machine where people can buy a beverage or a snack ...
Country Report
Warehouse Clubs in Argentina
Jan 2019
For the last several years, warehouse clubs has been growing strongly gaining volume and customers from hypermarkets and supermarkets. One of the characteristics of this channel is that it is more attractive to consumers by offering significantly ...
Strategy Briefing
Lodging in Latin America
Dec 2018
Lodging in Latin America continues to grow surpassing the different socio-economic factors and challenges that have affected its performance in recent years. Mexico and Brazil are the preferred destinations, dominating sales of the top ten companies....
Market Research Solutions
Our Passport market research database provides market context, competitor insight and future trends analysis to help you make clear, confident decisions.
Learn More