Bags and Luggage

Sales of personal accessories continue to fall, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lead to further disruption, national lockdowns, social distancing, store closures and travel restrictions, causing global demand to suffer. The discretionary…

After the sales slump in 2020, bags and luggage managed to gradually claw back its way in 2021 to post positive growth, although still being nowhere near its pre-pandemic sales levels due to prolonged lockdowns and ongoing travel restrictions. Of the…

Bags and luggage recorded a severe contraction in 2020 due to the loss of tourist spending, cessation of travel and working-from-home arrangements. It is set to recover, though at a limited pace, in 2021, as social restrictions start to ease and…

After a catastrophic year in 2020, bags and luggage players in Japan are experiencing another challenging year with multiple states of emergency and restrictions in 2021. Although restrictions on store operations were relatively light compared to…

Retail current value sales of bags and luggage declined by well over a quarter during 2020. COVID-19 lockdown measures introduced by the government mid-March resulted in the closure of non-essential businesses, schools and the introduction of strict…

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April 2021 proved far more severe than the first wave of 2020. This resulted in several states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh imposing new lockdowns. The massive scale at which…

There are highly fragmented shares in bags and luggage. For much of the review period, fragmentation increased annually. However in 2021 there was a reversal of this trend, and more consolidation was evident in this category. Better-known brands with…

Bags and luggage saw single-digit current value decline in 2020, with highly divergent performances across product areas, while a strong recovery is expected to be recorded in 2021. Travel restrictions and mandatory lockdown measures amidst the…

Despite the UK having a high rate of its adult population vaccinated, vaccination campaigns around the world are taking place at varying paces, and much turbulence is being caused by new variants and the rapidly changing health situation and shifting…

Following the crisis in Brazil in 2015-2016, there had been hope of an ongoing recovery in the economy and consumption. These hopes were dashed by the outbreak of COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020, which led to the deterioration of an already vulnerable…

Consumer spending on non-essential items drastically declined over the past couple of review periods due to the increasingly weak economic conditions in South Africa. Items that do not meet a basic need are generally removed from households’ budgets…

With the outlook for travel looking unlikely to return to normal within 2021, footfall in luggage retailers is expected to remain limited. The is due to the reduction in tourist numbers, as well as domestic consumers who are unlikely to purchase…

While consumers’ increasing penchant for travel and other out-of-home experiences prior to the onset of the pandemic had lifted bags and luggage to strong growth over 2016-2019, the category was among the worst hit in 2020 as lockdowns, travel…

Bags and luggage was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as current value and volume sales plummeted. Although in 2021, bags and luggage will return to growth, a full recovery is not expected, and current value and volume sales will…

One of the most important trends to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic for bags and luggage in Thailand during 2020 and 2021 was the huge shift towards online sales across the category. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many consumers have…

COVID-19 had a beneficial impact on the luxury segment of personal accessories in Russia in 2020 as people who usually travelled abroad to purchase luxury items before the pandemic were forced to spend at home in Russia. As a result, luxury bags…

Bags and luggage responded negatively to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as both current value and volume sales declined drastically. The main reason for this was due to the ongoing travel restrictions that put significant pressure on sales in 2020.…

Students and school children continued to spend less on backpacks than they did prior to the pandemic as most continued to engage in distance learning and home schooling due to the ongoing closure of education establishments in the country since the…

Bags and luggage is continuing to be affected by COVID-19 in 2021 due to reduced consumer spending confidence and less opportunity to travel. The Taiwan government did not impose strict lockdown restrictions such as those seen in other territories,…

Lifestyle changes driven by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated polarisation in consumer spending with this trend being particularly apparent in bags and luggage given the discretionary nature of these products. During 2021, consumers were…