Electronics and Appliance Specialist Retailers

Lockdown measures continued for part of 2021, with work and education across all age groups continuing from home. As a result, electronics and appliance specialist retailers continued to benefit from the shifts in consumer behaviour associated with…

Sales of electronics and appliance specialist retailers fell significantly in the first months of the pandemic due to the closure of physical stores from mid-March to mid-July and the immobilisation of people, while e-commerce delivery was only…

The retail current value sales of electronics and appliance specialist retailers declined at an accelerating rate during 2021. Like other non-essential retail outlets, electronics and appliance specialist retailers were forced to close for an…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers registered a rebound after outlet closures during the 2020 lockdowns, which led to a double-digit decline in value sales. With stores operating at normal capacity in 2021, there was a healthy increase in…

The growth of consumer electronics and consumer appliances was fuelled by the increase in demand for such products related to working from home and home schooling in 2021, boosting sales of products such as laptops and other accessories. The start of…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers bucked its general declining trend in Israel in 2020, when the pandemic and various lockdowns resulted in home seclusion and the switch to remote working and learning. Value sales therefore notably…

Whilst the economic uncertainty triggered by the pandemic led many consumers to postpone purchases of big-ticket items like fridge freezers and automatic washing machines, the lockdown in 2020 led to particularly strong demand for tablet computers…

Electronics and appliance retailers continued to see positive growth in 2021. In 2020, the category saw high growth as many consumers chose to spend the money they would have otherwise spent on travel and dining out on buying new items to use at…

2020 witnessed significant changes within electronics and appliance specialist retailers with players innovating their services and reinventing physical stores due to the reallocation of resources to the online space, given the notable shift towards…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers sales have been dented by the decline in the purchasing power of the lower to middle income consumer segment caused by measures introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19. Indeed, even amongst the middle…

Having declined by just over a fifth in 2020, the retail current value sales of electronics and appliance specialist retailers began to recover during 2021 but remained below their pre-pandemic level. The main reason for the steep decline in 2020 was…

Sales of electronics and appliances through e-commerce continued to grow in 2021, albeit at a much slower pace than in the previous year. A considerable number of consumers who were forced to switch to purchasing electronics and appliances online,…

In the late review period, the sales of electronics and appliance specialist retailers in Japan continued to grow, enjoying special demand from COVID-19-related products such as air purifiers for hygiene purposes, and also kitchen and office gadgets,…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers recorded a noticeable increase in demand in 2020, especially in the first half of the year, when consumers began to spend more time at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Finland. The shift to…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers witnessed a further decline in the number of stores present in Ireland in 2021, following a double-digit drop in 2020. As a result of reduced footfall, global brand owner Dixons Carphone Plc announced…

Consumer electronics soared in popularity in Singapore due to the impact of home seclusion, encompassing home-based learning and work from home arrangements. Hybrid work measures and remote working initiatives meant that many consumers were…

The positive sales that was registered in growth of electronics and appliance specialist retailers during 2021 can be seen as a continuation of the dynamic performance recorded in the category during 2020. Throughout 2021, numerous players in the…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers did not suffer as much as a result of the COVID-19 related restrictions as other non-grocery channels in 2020 and managed to post growth in 2021. Indeed, in the context of the pandemic, with consumers…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers enjoyed a strong rebound in 2021 with industry players seemingly satisfied by their performance. Although the growth in 2021 was not substantial enough to offset the losses of 2020 in store-based value…

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers witnessed a noticeable increase in value sales in 2021. Demand for home electronics, such as computers, printers and mobile phones, rose, as consumers continued to work remotely from home. When COVID-19…