Hypermarkets

Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic in Germany, in 2021 the hypermarkets channel continued to generate value sales at a higher level than in 2019. This was in line with other major grocery channels, given the continued challenges in…

The retail current value sales of hypermarkets rebounded during 2021 as restrictions on movement were eased. However, this recovery was only partial, as retail value sales in 2021 remained below pre-pandemic levels. Although daily life normalised…

Hypermarkets continued to see a positive performance in 2021, despite the COVID-19 outbreak over the period May-July, when the government-imposed Level-3 alert was in effect nationwide. Customers reduced their frequency of visits to hypermarkets,…

Hypermarkets was one of the categories of retailing that faced challenges during 2020 and 2021 as demand for large-format modern grocery retailers plummeted amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With quarantine lockdowns and restrictions on the movement of…

Hypermarkets represented the slowest growing format amongst modern grocery retailers in 2021. The reason was most closely tied to changes in consumers’ grocery shopping habits. Whereas in the past a larger number of consumers made weekly purchases,…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a dampening effect on the performance of hypermarkets in Italy. A declining interest in hypermarkets continued a trend established earlier in the review period, and is set to persist in the forecast period. Independent…

The arrival of discounters in Colombia posed a serious challenge to other sales channels, including hypermarkets. In response, hypermarkets seek to offer added value by offering their customers a more experiential shopping experience and additional…

Hypermarkets have been struggling to gain share in grocery retailing due to the rise of alternatives, such as online grocery shopping, warehouse clubs, and convenience stores. Food and drink e-commerce in particular, has been growing rapidly over the…

The second wave of COVID-19 led to nationwide lockdowns, social distancing norms, travel restrictions and shutdowns, which hampered consumer confidence and reduced discretionary spending. The recovery of hypermarkets was slow, since consumers were…

Hypermarkets continued to see solid growth in 2021, although growth was lower than in 2020 when consumers spent more time at home and ate out less during the COVID-19 crisis. The main growth in 2021 came early in the year as a new wave of COVID-19…

Hypermarkets continue to struggle in Mexico amid increasingly fierce competition, particularly from discounters. Even prior to the onset of the pandemic, the retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of hypermarkets had been in decline, with…

In general, there has been a gradual shift away from the mid-priced segment in grocery retail in Sweden, with growth being seen by both cheaper stores and more premium outlets. This has led to growth for hypermarkets in Sweden, since they have a…

Hypermarkets was challenged by various factors in Ireland at the end of the review period. First, there was the continued preference amongst local consumers for smaller grocery stores to be in close proximity to their homes and to avoid large crowds.…

Even before the onset of the pandemic, the retail current value sales of hypermarkets had been in decline, and COVID-19 exacerbated this trend in 2020. The rate of decline in retail current value sales accelerated once again during 2021. Anxiety…

Like other grocery retail channels, hypermarkets remained open during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The pandemic therefore had little impact on the channel, with sales remaining fairly stable throughout the review period, including in 2020 and 2021.…

Since the end of 2019, modern grocery retailers have been marked by difficult times, having to intermittently close and open outlets which has affected their growth performance. This scenario was linked to civil unrest in 2019, which resulted in…

In contrast to most other modern grocery formats, hypermarkets performed poorly during 2020, with no more than marginal growth in retail current value sales. While the rate of growth in retail current value sales accelerated in 2021, it remained…

The rate of growth in retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of hypermarkets slowed during 2021, as the impetus to demand provided by the pandemic began to fade. During 2020, many consumers favoured shopping in large stores where they could buy…

Hypermarkets continued to benefit from lockdowns in the first and last quarters of 2021.. Hypermarkets benefited from consumers cooking more at home, as well as from an increase in demand for their large assortment of non-grocery products. Especially…

As Canadian consumers adapted quickly to ordering groceries and other essential goods online, grocery retailers expanded their e-commerce strategies during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. They understood and responded rapidly to the desire of…