Designer Apparel and Footwear (Ready-to-Wear)

Sales of designer apparel and footwear saw a 2020 of ups and downs. In the first half of the year, the restrictive measures for social interactions made most brands project huge declines; but, in the second semester, the relative sense of a more…

While designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) recorded another negative performance in total volume sales terms in 2021, the rate of decline was markedly slower than in 2020. All categories saw demand improve as consumer confidence increased…

Major international luxury brands are looking to enter or expand their presence in the Philippines as part of broader strategies to tap into the growth potential offered by the Asia Pacific market. LVMH is prominent amongst the major designer apparel…

The pandemic has made the trading environment extremely difficult in South Africa, both in terms of footfall in specialist stores and product availability through supply chain challenges. As such, many stores that retail ready-to-wear designer…

Designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) was negatively impacted by store closures during the state of emergency in April and May in 2020. Consumers chose to stay at home in order to avoid catching and transmitting the virus. This category was…

Designer apparel and footwear grew strongly over the last decades in Germany, alongside economic expansion and the increasing proportion of high-income individuals in the country. In addition, as more tourists shopped in the country, brands started…

Designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) saw a relatively limited impact from COVID-19 in 2020. While value sales did drop into negative growth territory, this was not as severe as the downturns seen in many other countries. However, the…

One of the main reasons for the very negative growth recorded in sales of designer apparel and footwear during 2020 was the government-mandated nationwide closure of all non-essential retail outlets for an extended period during the early stages of…

In 2020, designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) was negatively impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19, with retail current value sales slumping by close to a third. Even if the disposable incomes of many local consumers were not directly…

The sales of luxury apparel and footwear have not been affected by the low tourist numbers during the pandemic. Unlike other western countries, the main consumers of designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) in Romania are affluent locals. In…

Designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) made gains in 2021 after a challenging 2020 in which store closures prevented store-based sales during the lockdown periods and consumers made fewer purchases because of working from home practices,…

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to express one’s personality through shopping and creative, original and authentic experiences deepened in Argentina. Faced with the most difficult of conditions, consumers also sought to treat themselves. They…

All apparel and footwear stores were closed from 30 March to 1 June 2020, in accordance with government orders to stop the spread of COVID-19. As a result, designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) saw a decline in retail volume sales in 2020,…

In 2020 sales of designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) plummeted as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on demand. One of the main factors undermining demand across all categories of designer apparel and footwear was the fact…

After having recorded steep declines in volume and current value terms in 2020, designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) has seen overall sales rebound in 2021, especially during the second half of the year. All categories have shown markedly…

With non-essential brick-and-mortar stores closing in 2020 as part of measures introduced to limit the spread of COVID-19 (many of these stores were forced to close from the end of March to around July, depending on the location with some able to…

Designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) will see a continued slowdown in its current value growth rate in 2021 against the backdrop of the pandemic, although, as in 2020, it will only be a minor slowdown. Many consumers in Taiwan have seen…

Since many Indians were forced to isolate for most of 2020 when the pandemic emerged and for a brief period in 2021 due to the second wave of COVID-19, they conducted most activities including work, study, and exercise from their homes. This resulted…

Designer apparel and footwear (ready-to-wear) was hit hard by the widespread closure of retail outlets during France’s national lockdown periods. So far this has contributed to around ten months of store closures between March 2020 and Spring 2021.…

Designer apparel and footwear saw a record current value decline in 2020. Domestic and international travel restrictions and lockdowns to curtail the spread of COVID-19, including a significant reduction of in-person events, as well as social…