Hypermarkets

The hypermarkets channel has been affected particularly strongly by the recession in Argentina. Consumers were faced with a highly inflationary environment and salaries that did not increase at the same rate, thus generating much lower consumption ...

There were no hypermarkets operating in Israel at the end of the review period, and there are currently no expectations of any entering the market over the forecast period. ...

Despite facing several challenges hypermarkets witnessed a good performance in 2019. Competitive pricing and innovation remain key for hypermarkets’ continuing success. Kaufland Bulgaria EOOD & Co Kd has managed to sustain its offer of competitive ...

Hypermarkets saw only slow current value growth in 2019, due to the consumer preference for more convenient and smaller formats which are closer to consumers, such as discounters and forecourt retailers. Of all the players in hypermarkets, only ...

The regulation known as the “plaza-stop act” limits the construction of new retailing outlets larger than 400 sq m. This is expressly intended to avoid a big increase in car traffic and, therefore, noise and air pollution, in the neighbourhood in ...

The hypermarkets channel saw a return to positive growth in 2019, from the negative performance demonstrated the previous year. Over the past few years, the landscape of the retail environments in Riyadh and Jeddah have transformed from conventional ...

Despite seeing a small improvement in the economy in 2019, hypermarkets continued to be challenged by the difficult economic conditions within the country with high unemployment and limited movement in wages. Nevertheless, this trend was mitigated by...

A full recovery from the period prior to 2017, with Carrefour underperforming, leading to its filing for bankruptcy in 2016, with shelves left half empty due to not enough merchandise being available to display, seems to have been achieved by Greek ...

In 2019, hypermarkets struggled to compete with supermarkets and discounters. Swiss consumer shopping habits are changing. Due to busier lifestyles, many do not have time to do a large once-weekly shop and prefer to shop more regularly, buying fewer ...

In 2019, hypermarket operators focused on renovation or repurposing of current outlets rather than opening new ones. Furshet Group, for example, reduced its own selling space by offering space to other companies such as delivery providers, drinks and...

Hypermarkets started to experience pressure in 2019 due to increasing competition from proximity formats such as convenience stores and smaller supermarkets, as consumers’ purchasing habits continued to change in Portugal. This trend resulted in a ...

Hypermarkets in Taiwan provide a place for consumers to obtain products in larger packaging formats or bulk buy. This creates inconvenience when it comes to transporting the products home. Therefore, to boost their value growth, all hypermarket ...

Although in 2019 hypermarkets continued to see reasonable current value growth, this was slightly lower than in other years of the review period, mainly due to the country not meeting economic growth expectations. This resulted in lower confidence, ...

Hypermarkets in Malaysia remains a grocery retailers category in decline. Many of the category’s leading players are witnessing downsizing and restructuring due to the strong competition that they face from smaller retail formats such as convenience ...

Hypermarkets continue to perform solidly in terms of both current value growth and outlet expansion. Indeed, hypermarkets remains the most popular grocery channel in the Czech Republic, although it faces increased competition from discounters and ...

Hypermarkets experienced stagnation in 2019 as the channel suffered from intense competition from supermarkets. Requiring less store space, supermarkets can be located in the heart of residential areas, while hypermarkets are typically found in ...

The outlook for hypermarkets remains positive as the channel is expected to record stable current value growth over the forecast period and outperform overall store-based retailing as well as convenience stores and traditional grocery retailers. ...

Hypermarkets retail value sales performance stabilised in 2019, following a decline in 2018, caused by the exit of two players. Firstly, Carrefour closed its last store in 2018, then the last Hypernova store operated by Terno Real Estate closed ...

The hypermarkets channel saw continued growth in 2019, which represented a slight improvement on the previous year’s performance. Egyptian consumers still favour hypermarkets over any other channel. This is due to the space, the wide variety of ...

With modern grocery retailing remaining underdeveloped in the Philippines, growth across channels, including hypermarkets, is coming primarily from store network expansion, particularly into provincial areas. Puregold’s expansion is targeting ...