Non-Grocery Retailers

The world of retail is always changing. Retailers big and small around the world are trying new things. Some of those experiments will be the future of retailing. It is for this reason that Euromonitor International profiles the most innovative new ...

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 ...

Apparel and footwear distribution is heading towards a more symbiotic space, where off-line and online boundaries are disappearing. Specialist retailers remains the most important retail channel, boosted mostly by the continued athleisure trend. ...

Non-grocery specialists is expected to generate strong sales growth over the forecast period and this is set to be based mainly on political stability, economic development, rising income levels and the expansion of the middle class. Indeed, ...

Growing internet retailing sales are impacting consumers’ purchasing habits globally. In turns, this has changed packaging requirements and demands, with the rise in home deliveries translating into lighter pack types and polarised pack sizes. ...

Most non-grocery specialists channels are expected to see rising value sales over 2017-2022, driven by strong wage growth. Jewellery and watch specialist retailers (included in leisure and personal goods specialist retailers), apparel and footwear ...

In the last three years, the government put into effect a series of border policies to prevent smuggling, and thus promote formal retailing. This was the case for electronics and appliances; in which traditional channels are strong and contraband ...

Apparel and footwear retailers continued to gain value share in 2017 despite negative growth at constant 2017 prices since 2014. The gains were due largely to the chronic shortages and high prices that negatively affected other retailers. While ...

Most leading non-grocery specialists are aware that a significant portion of the population in Macedonia is struggling financially and has difficulties prioritising their purchases. Lack of cash used to be a primary reason for the sluggish growth of ...

The growing middle-income group, rapid migration from rural to urban areas and a large young consumer group are factors which have modernised consumer lifestyles and resulted in changing consumer preferences in Pakistan. Consumerism has been growing ...

Apparel and footwear specialist retailers recorded strong value growth over the review period. In 2017 the opening of a new shopping centre in Las Piedras boosted the category and new stores are expected to open around the new point of sale. Home and...

Despite the liberalisation of the exchange policy, which led to the significant devaluation of the national currency, the prices of imported grocery and non-grocery products did not increase substantially. This was because the majority of trading of ...

Over the last three years of the review period, non-grocery specialists recorded stronger value growth than grocery retailers. As of 2017, non-grocery specialists was still a significantly less-mature channel than grocery retailers in ...

Non-grocery specialists are commonly found in shopping centres in Guatemala. They are more common, and larger in size in Guatemala City with several large shopping centres such as Miraflores, Oakland Mall, Pradera and Arkadia. Most international ...

Expo 2017 was held in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, throughout summer 2017. Due to the increasing number of tourists, a large Mega Silk Way mall was opened near the Expo area. A large number of apparel and footwear retailers, health and beauty ...

Increasing popularity of online retailing in Kenya, especially among the young population, was adopted by non-grocery specialists, mainly for apparel and footwear, electronics, health and beauty product categories as players tapped into this channel ...

In 2017, rising consumer confidence continued to have a positive impact on non-grocery specialists’ performance in Lithuania. Reduced unemployment and growing real wages improved consumer purchasing power. Greater confidence in their financial ...

Increased competition within and between many different channels and formats has been one of the most significant trends in retailing in Costa Rica in recent years. This has compelled all kinds of non-grocery specialists to try to strengthen their ...

In 2017 one could observe healthy growth of outlet numbers when it comes to non-grocery specialists. This was part of a wider trend that dictated the growing popularity of non-grocery specialists compared with grocery retailers. The trend is fuelled ...

Stronger growth in non-grocery specialists current value sales in 2017 was underpinned by favourable economic conditions, consumer optimism and the availability of many new and innovative products across multiple channels. Efforts by leading players ...