Leisure and Personal Goods Specialist Retailers

Retailers constantly experiment with new concepts and formats. Though some of these experiments will fail, others will help lay the groundwork for the future of the industry. For this reason, Euromonitor International profiles the most innovative new...

Supported by more casual dress codes and the spread of sport as a status symbol, sportswear in Western Europe is seeing significant value growth, despite fierce price competition. Rising per capita spending on versatile trainers and leggings is ...

Most of the major economies in Latin America have faced significant economic and political challenges that have affected consumer spending across product categories, including purchases at grocery retailers. Economic crises in Brazil, Argentina and ...

The global retail landscape is changing rapidly with the rise of omnichannel retailing. This report looks at the platforms on which retailers need to provide a seamless retailing experience. It highlights best practices and case studies from around ...

So much happens in the retail industry worldwide, it can feel impossible to keep up. This report selects key retailers in 2017 from different channels and different regions whose strategies may inspire and whose success requires close monitoring....

Retail Days (Perakende Günleri) is the longest running Retailing conference, exhibition and B2B networking event in Turkey, running for the 17th year in a row in 2017. Annually organised in Istanbul for two days, Retail Days brings together different...

This report is an update on how the faster shopping trend, identified in Euromonitor’s Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2017, is progressing. It looks at how more product and service brands - from giant etailers like Amazon to smaller start-ups - ...

Retail distribution in personal accessories has undergone upheaval in recent times. The evolving landscape has internet retailing as a rising star, gaining ground in both developed and emerging markets. This report analyses the geographical shifts in...

Retail distribution in personal accessories has undergone upheaval in recent times. The evolving landscape has internet retailing as a rising star, whereas traditional stalwarts, specialist retailers and department stores, struggle to regain identity...

Passport Survey explores the omnichannel retailing habits of hyperconnected consumers as they switch between various tech devices and in-store channels while shopping. Results are based on responses to Euromonitor’s Hyperconnectivity survey, fielded ...

As competition from internet retailing rises, store-based retailers are increasingly innovating in order to differentiate themselves from the online offer and maintain consumers’ interest. They are focusing more on engaging with consumers, using ...

Despite France’s venerable position in the global luxury scene, its luxury market has not escaped the country’s poor macroeconomic environment. Economic stagnation is acting as a drag on industry growth, with domestic demand remaining weak. Against ...

While value-focused consumers have turned to discounters, hypermarkets and warehouse clubs to find the lowest grocery prices, high-income consumers are increasingly favouring upscale grocers. This polarisation has squeezed mid-priced supermarkets. ...

Internet retailing growth has been driven by price and product range, but as store based retailers learn to leverage their multichannel capabilities and smartphones blur the lines between in-store and online, e-tailers must raise their offer in order...

With evidence of a cooling in luxury goods demand in Asia, together with softer spending by tourists in Europe and North America, there has never been a more promising time for the luxury goods industry to ramp up investment in Latin America. The ...

The Middle East and North Africa is gaining prominence on the retail world map and is increasingly being targeted by global retailers for their international development. The recent political storm of the Arab Spring has given the region new hopes, ...

Japan-based retailers are adopting increasingly ambitious expansion strategies in Asian emerging markets to benefit from high economic growth, contrasting with poor demographic and economic prospects in Japan. Convenience stores have been at the ...

Shopping is the western world’s number one leisure activity, how is this determined and how does it manifest itself? This global report explores and charts the trend. Leisure shopping is most commonly associated with high street shops and shopping ...