Hosiery

Store closures in the first half of 2020 and implemented restrictions once bricks-and-mortar outlets resumed operations heavily impacted demand for hosiery. Despite the greater share gain and lower sales declines by private label, mostly due to ...

As with most areas of apparel, the lockdown and home seclusion took a heavy toll on sales of hosiery, with consumers lacking the incentive to buy new products. With many consumers switching to working from home following the outbreak of COVID-19 the ...

Hosiery managed to maintain slow retail volume growth in most years of the review period, but in 2020 it turned to significant decline. Meanwhile, current value sales turned from strong growth to slight decline. The COVID-19 pandemic which emerged in...

In 2020, hosiery recorded a sharp drop in retail current value sales due to the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic drove a number of lifestyle changes in Turkey, as schools closed, and many consumers shifted to working from ...

Hosiery lost a large proportion of its volumes and current value in 2020. The COVID-19 lockdown caused a large hit in sales, with hosiery mainly worn when going out. With far fewer consumers shopping for hosiery than in previous years, no companies ...

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

Prior to the pandemic, fashion trends among women of wearing skirts and dresses during the autumn and winter seasons supported the growth of hosiery in Romania, driving increased value growth towards the end of the review period. However, in response...

The lockdown and the mandated closure of brick-and-mortar stores in the spring negatively affected hosiery sales in 2020. Hosiery is sold in both dedicated stores, as in the case of large brands such as Gatta (Ferax Sp zoo), and in clothing stores as...

Calzedonia Hungary Kft extended its lead in hosiery in 2020 with its Calzedonia brand ahead of rival Tesco-Globál Áruházak Zrt’s private label brand F&F. The former benefited from its wide range of high-quality products aimed mainly at women, demand ...

As in other apparel categories, sales of hosiery were negatively impacted by home seclusion and the temporary closure of retail stores due to COVID-19 in 2020. Many consumers did not socialise as they normally would, reducing demand for hosiery ...

When China entered lockdown due to COVID-19, 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 China, many ...

Sales of hosiery were already in decline in 2019. Both sheer hosiery and non-sheer hosiery registered double-digit retail volume declines in 2019, with non-sheer hosiery declining the least. Generally, hosiery was increasingly out of trend due to ...

Hosiery suffered double-digit declines in both volume and current value terms in 2020 as a direct result of the pandemic-induced lockdown and a greater focus on prioritising expenditure for more essential items during the year. Sheer hosiery recorded...

Hosiery recorded steep sales declines during 2020 as the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hit demand hard. Hosiery is often an impulse purchase and thus sales suffered due to the very conservative approach to spending that emerged among the ...

Sales of hosiery have been hit hard by the impact of COVID-19, although broadly speaking demand for these products has weakened over the review period, with consistent decline in value sales in real terms. This reflects changing consumer habits. ...

In 2020, the primary factor affecting hosiery sales was COVID-19, which drove consumers away from physical retail stores towards online channels. Although both sheer and non-sheer hosiery are fairly well suited to online retail, reduced visibility ...

Home seclusion, the shift to working and studying from home, and the lack of social contact resulting from efforts to contain COVID-19 had a marked negative effect on sales of hosiery in 2020. The shift from formal wear to more comfort-orientated ...

Like all apparel categories, hosiery suffered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with consumers restricted to their homes during lockdown and store closures limiting opportunities to make purchases. Nevertheless, hosiery suffered less than many...

Hosiery saw a decline in current value terms in 2020. This decline occurred primarily in the first two quarters of the year during the lockdown when retail stores were closed and curfew was in place which discouraged consumers from shopping. Home ...

During 2020, all categories of hosiery experienced a sales decline due to the onset of the global pandemic. Consumers had to stay at home and had few opportunities to socialise. Despite the rise of women in employment in the country, sheer hosiery ...