Hosiery

With society opening up in 2021 and people socialising and working in offices more, value sales increased strongly after the severe slump in value sales in 2021. Also, a significant portion of value sales of hosiery are impulse purchases and with…

Hosiery posted positive but rather disappointing value growth in 2021 in comparison with its double-digit decline in 2020, primarily due to the failed recovery of sheer hosiery, while the drop of non-sheer hosiery was curtailed twice in 2020. Women…

Hosiery experienced a marginal decline in demand in 2020. In line with the home seclusion trend due to restrictions on visiting the office or social gatherings, consumers did not prioritise purchases of these items. In particular, restrictions on…

In 2021, as in 2020, the primary factor affecting hosiery was the ongoing channel shift from physical retailing towards e-commerce. COVID-19 helped to fuel a trend where consumers shied away from physical retail stores for safety reasons and moved…

Athletic hosiery, which is part of non-sheer hosiery, experienced the strongest recovery during 2021. The reason for this was the growth in the healthy living trend, which was driven by the pandemic. Although players in sheer hosiery did also recover…

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit hosiery extremely hard, as the occasions to wear such products declined dramatically. Working from home negatively impacted sales of sheer hosiery in particular, which is most often purchased by office workers. In…

Demand for hosiery improved in 2021 following strong declines the previous year due to pandemic-induced home seclusion. While sales were far from making a full recovery to reach 2019 levels, the category showed signs of moving in a positive…

Retail volume and current value sales for hosiery declined in both 2020 and 2021 in South Africa. With tough economic conditions, high unemployment rates, and the impact of the pandemic leading to home seclusion, non-essential purchases experienced a…

In 2021, hosiery started to recover from the slump in retail volume and current value sales in 2020, caused by the disruption of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic drove a number of lifestyle changes in Turkey, as schools closed, many…

Volume sales of hosiery rose in 2021 as Moroccans gradually returned to their workplaces. Hosiery became part of female consumers’ work attire again, after many of them spent several months during 2020 working from home. Sales are always highest in…

While overall hosiery experienced declining demand due to home seclusion in 2020 and at the start of 2021, sheer hosiery recorded the weaker performance. This category tends to be supported by demand from female consumers in Israel, and as they were…

Hosiery recorded a modest performance compared to the declines of most other apparel categories in 2020, as it is a staple item (particularly the dominant non-sheer segment) that is used both inside and outside the home. In addition, non-sheer…

When China entered lockdown due to COVID-19 in 2020, many worldwide hosiery companies turned to Taiwan for their manufacturing orders, as Taiwanese manufacturing remains relatively cheap. However, as the COVID-19 situation became more stable in…

As with most areas of apparel, the lockdown and home seclusion took their toll on sales of hosiery, with consumers lacking the incentive to buy new products. In particular, with many consumers switching to working from home following the outbreak of…

Despite widespread vaccination and an increase in social activities, the recovery of the hosiery category in 2021 was held back by the limited demand for sheer hosiery. After seeing significant decline in 2020, neither overall sales of hosiery nor…

Sheer hosiery experienced a steep decline in 2020 as lifestyles during the COVID-19 crisis encouraged consumers to shift towards less formal, more comfortable apparel and footwear. Although COVID-19 related restrictions were eased in 2021 as the…

After a difficult 2020, which was marked by the pandemic and the associated restrictions on store operations, sales of hosiery were strongly revived in 2021 due to the gradual reopening of the local economy and increasing mobility outside of the…

With life gradually returning to more normal conditions in 2021 and consumers returning to work and socialising more often the demand for hosiery also increased and the category registered robust retail value sales growth. However, sales growth for…

Home seclusion due to COVID-19 resulted in heavy losses for sheer hosiery in 2020. Ongoing restrictions in the early months of 2021 meant women continued to see fewer opportunities to wear skirts and dresses, thus continuing to limit demand for sheer…

Students and working professionals are the heaviest users of hosiery in Thailand. All school pupils and many university students must adhere to strict dress codes and this requires plainly patterned hosiery in white or brown to match with their…