Italy

The global recession of 2020 was milder than expected with global real GDP in 2020 contracting by 3.6%. The global economic outlook has substantially improved since the end of 2020. Global real GDP growth in 2021 is expected to be 5.3%. The global ...

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Italy’s economy hard, sending GDP down by double digits in 2020. Italy adopted numerous counter-pandemic measures, such as quarantine and financial support for those affected. However, the actions came at a price of slowing ...

Retailers in warehouse clubs did not record a significant presence in Italy in 2020 and are not expected to do so within the forecast period....

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, companies in electronics and appliance specialist retailers have been analysing their business concepts in terms of how their retail strategies can be adapted to the so-called ‘new normal’ of life under COVID-19 ...

Homeshopping recorded a considerable decline in sales in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, which reflects not only the upheaval of the pandemic, but also a general declining interest in the category by consumers in Italy. This is primarily due to ...

Many categories in retailing in Italy suffered greatly in 2020 due to the widespread and severe negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, aside from e-commerce, mobile e-commerce and food and drink e-commerce, which performed well as a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on sales in apparel and footwear specialist retailers in 2020. During the strict national lockdown, non-essential retail outlets were closed, and companies suffered considerable losses during these periods....

Variety stores was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as the health crisis and its economic ramifications prompted consumers in Italy to cut their spending. The Two month initial lockdown period following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy in March ...

Convenience stores was one of the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the increased demand for retail during the global pandemic as Italian consumers spent more time at home and faced an uncertain future. Despite the sharp increase ...

Hypermarkets continued to suffer declining retail current value sales in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the downwards trend established in the review period. The large-scale shopping environment of hypermarkets is gradually losing its ...

Department stores in Italy have been strongly negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. During the pandemic, even when department stores were permitted open in 2020, consumers preferred to visit smaller retail outlets or independent ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, consumers in Italy faced long periods of national lockdown restrictions and high rates of COVID-19 infection. These periods of national lockdown led to a widespread shift in consumers’ shopping habits as well as ...

Discounters performed well in 2020, recording a relatively sharp uptick in retail current value sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The success of discounters during the pandemic was down to the greater demand for essential products as foodservice ...

Supermarkets performed well in 2020, recording a sharp increase in retail current value sales during the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, it is believed that the COVID-19 pandemic actually spurred a surge in demand for products sold in ...

During the national lockdown period from March 2020, following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy, physical interactions between sellers and buyers were forbidden. This led to a sharp decline in direct selling as this form of retailing relies ...

In 2020, driven primarily by the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated national lockdown measures, food and drink e-commerce recorded the most dramatic rise in demand in Italian retail. As Italian consumers were forced to stay at home ...

Health and beauty specialist retailers performed better than many other non-grocery specialists in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the focus on health and wellbeing that the global health crisis prompted. As consumers prioritised purchases ...

E-commerce benefited strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as, during the national lockdown period, consumers were forced to stay at home as consumers faced strict lockdown measures and regulations. At the same time, many non-essential retail ...

Home and garden specialist retailers performed better than many other categories in Italian retail in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the upheaval of the national health crisis, consumers in Italy had much more time at home in 2020 due to ...

Over the review period, traditional grocery retailers recorded an inconsistent performance but, overall, the category lost ground. In 2020, however, the traditional grocery retailers category was positively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During ...