Hosiery

In the past, people were quite fixated on the colour of socks worn for athletic activities. Socks were restricted to white or black and a few combinations, making this a stagnant segment. However, as the penetration of social media platforms has…

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Japanese hosiery category extremely hard. Due in part to home working and restrictions on going out, current value demand continued to decline in 2021, especially for sheer hosiery, which is most commonly…

Although both sheer and non-sheer hosiery categories saw positive current value growth rates in 2022, the latter saw retail volume terms decline as a large number of women went back to sheer hosiery. Once COVID-19 limitations and social distancing…

For the last two years, people were stuck at home working, and went out only if necessary. However, COVID-19 restrictions were eased in April 2022, and people gradually started going back to their normal lives. Hosiery, as a necessary item when going…

The demand for hosiery picked up in 2022 with the relaxation of pandemic regulations, greater mobility and a return to relative normality all helping to boost sales growth. Compared to many other items in apparel,

Compared with other apparel and footwear categories, such as suits and premium jeans, hosiery showed relatively greater resilience in 2020, as many consumers still wanted to wear socks or needed to replace their old ones even when working from home.…

Demand for hosiery in South Africa, both sheer and non-sheer, has been declining since the emergence of the pandemic. Following home seclusion, tough economic conditions emerging towards the end of the review period have meant that hosiery is deemed…

Demand for hosiery notably increased in early 2022 in line with the easing of restrictions and the reopening of physical non-essential stores, before consumer confidence fell in line with rising inflation. Higher current value growth was driven up by…

Demand for hosiery continued its slow recovery from its COVID-19 induced slump in 2022. The return of consumers to their physical workplaces and schools boosted demand, as did an increase in socialising outside the home. However, current value sales…

In 2022, retail value sales of hosiery were primarily driven by sales of non-sheer hosiery. The work-from-home trend since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and more and more workplaces embracing casual dress codes have led to a decline in demand…

Double-digit retail volume and current value growth in 2021 saw hosiery partially recover from the steep decline in sales at the height of the pandemic, when restrictions kept consumers in their homes for long periods. As consumers started to resume…

Sheer hosiery, which was seeing stable growth before the pandemic, was significantly negatively impacted during the era of the pandemic because many women were confined to their homes as a result of the pandemic and thus were not using these items of…

Non-sheer hosiery was already the most popular product area within hosiery prior to the pandemic, due to its practical nature and suitability for among men, women and children alike, which is not necessarily the case for sheer hosiery. In addition,…

Nigeria’s weak economy in 2022 negatively impacted the performance of hosiery as hefty inflation drove prices up. With consumer expenditure compromised Nigerians have focused on essential apparel and so only bought new hosiery when necessary. Hosiery…

Demand for hosiery in Chile, driven mainly by the dominant non-sheer segment, remains higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2022, despite a marginal decline in volume sales. Following a notable drop in 2020 due to pandemic-related home seclusion, growth…

In 2022, hosiery, which includes socks, continued to benefit from people returning to work at the office, at least for part of the time, and resuming outdoor sports activities. Sheer hosiery benefited from a return to the office and the resumption of…

Growth in total hosiery volume sales in 2022 was up significantly on 2021, with both the sheer and non-sheer categories registering improved performances in this regard. Overall demand increased as life in Hungary gradually returned to normal in line…

Retail current value sales of hosiery returned to decline in 2022. Similar to all other apparel categories, sales of hosiery were negatively affected by the resurgence and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the corresponding lockdowns in major…

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…

Brazilians started to return to many out-of-home activities in 2021 as the country gradually eased pandemic-related restrictions, leading to the resumption of more regular routines such as attending the workplace or socialising. Despite the relative…