Hosiery

Apparel and footwear was among the industries hardest hit by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Retail sales were damaged by temporary store closures and weakened consumer spending. The pandemic also accelerated a channel shift to e-commerce in the...

Sales of hosiery are driven largely by the weather, the back-to-school season and fashion trends, with price promotions being less common than in other areas of apparel. Tights and stockings are part of the school uniform and experience a spike in ...

Hosiery continued to remain mature and slow moving in 2019, with consumers only purchasing for their daily needs. In Singapore, thin hosiery was the main type for both men and women due to the hot climate. Due to increasingly hectic lifestyles, many ...

Players within hosiery in Taiwan are looking to boost value sales via more personalised designs and additional features. However, many consumers remain price conscious as a result of the hangover from the economic crisis earlier in the review period....

Non-sheer hosiery contains natural fibres (cotton, silk, cashmere) or acrylic as its main component and is more comfortable in hot and humid weather than sheer hosiery. Due to preparation for the Expo2020 a lot of construction projects have been ...

The negligible decline in hosiery’s current value sales in 2019 came against the backdrop of an only slowly recovering economy in a category that still does not have the same perception and appeal as other areas of apparel and footwear, which ...

The hosiery category saw a weaker performance in 2019 compared with the previous year. This occurred as the illegal market had a strong impact. Due to the economic crisis, consumers sought inexpensive alternatives, which boosted demand for illegal ...

Fashion trends among women of wearing skirts and dresses during the autumn and winter season supported the growth of hosiery in Romania, driving increased value growth in 2019. The warmer winter season and long summer also encouraged these habits. ...

The hosiery landscape is massively unchanged, with no new major developments, other than the current fashion movement towards wearing casual and sports-inspired apparel and footwear, both at work and at play. Sports-inspired customer preferences and ...

Non-sheer hosiery, the largest category in hosiery, recorded slightly slower growth than its sheer counterpart in 2019 with more bundle items purchased. Non-sheer hosiery from sports brands is one of the most popular choices of local consumers. The ...

Both sheer hosiery and non-sheer hosiery saw negligible declines in 2019, with non-sheer hosiery declining the least by a very small percentage. Generally, hosiery is going out of trend due to both climate and fashion factors. Global warming caused ...

Sheer hosiery volume sales declined consistently over 2014-2019, and the negative trend looks set to persist over the forecast period. This is partly the result of changing fashions, with demand falling due to the popularity of athleisure wear and ...

The population of Ukraine is decreasing as birth rates fall, thus reducing the consumer base for hosiery. Furthermore, economising on hosiery is still common despite rising incomes, since hosiery is less visible than outerwear. Consumer income levels...

Hosiery demand is fuelled by a growing urban population that increasingly uses footwear that needs hosiery as a complement, including professional workers who wear formal footwear. However, it is one of the slowest-growing categories in apparel as ...

Hosiery is an inelastic category and, consequently, does not suffer large falls or increases in its sales, keeping the average ticket in the category. Thus, the negative volume and value growth of hosiery caused by the reduction in Argentinean ...

Hosiery is frequently offered at attractive discounts or used as a loss leader by apparel and footwear specialist retailers seeking to increase footfall and generate impulse purchases. These practices were widespread in Turkey in 2018, as consumers ...

In 2019 current value sales of both sheer and non-sheer hosiery saw modest growth over that of the previous year. Although market saturation is prevalent, as hosiery is sold by many retailers, consumers tend to replace hosiery often due to high wear ...

Hosiery continued to register retail value and volume growth in 2019 as fashion trends favoured the category. ...

Hosiery in Denmark sees consistent moderate growth, largely supported by a general increase in the population and also supported by a wider selection of hosiery becoming available from many fast fashion players and private label brands. Once again in...

Hosiery posts another year of healthy performance in both value and volume terms, with non-sheer hosiery showing slightly stronger growth than sheer hosiery. The success of the category is attributed to improved lifestyles and fashion trends, along ...