Personal Accessories

The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 on the personal accessories category has, thus far, been varied. While there are sales declines expected to be recorded by the end of the year in all areas, some declines are likely to be far ...

The combination of retail closures and the rapid deterioration of the country’s economy discouraged spending on personal accessories in the second quarter of 2020, as these products were generally perceived as non-essential. Moreover, the closure of ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a significant impact on all categories of personal accessories in Malaysia. The closure of non-essential retail stores, such as leisure and personal goods specialist retailers and department stores, and the restricted ...

Personal accessories sales are expected to decline in 2020 due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Decreasing disposable income, allocation of funds to goods of prime necessity and rising unemployment will be some of the reasons behind ...

Personal accessories is being impacted by COVID-19 in 2020 due to reduced consumer spending power, reduced footfall in shopping malls and department stores, restrictions on travel, and disruptions in supply chains. This is showing declines across all...

Sales of personal accessories, especially luxury personal accessories, are expected to be impacted by COVID-19 as the United Arab Emirates government implemented necessary quarantines and social distancing measures to contain the pandemic in March ...

In 2020, due to the impact of lockdowns, retail closures and travel restrictions implemented to slow the COVID-19 outbreak, personal accessories will see declining value sales in all the main categories at constant 2020 prices. As the crisis took ...

The COVID-19 crisis is expected to lead to a reduction in personal accessories current value sales in 2020 overall. The decline for the year as a whole is mainly due to the forced closure of non-essential shops, such as leisure and personal goods ...

The personal accessories market in China will be badly hit by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Specifically, the first quarter was expected to be a lost period for many players, with its quarantines, store closures and travel restrictions. In addition,...

Consumer demand for personal accessories has been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In particular, closures, or at least the limiting of opening hours, of stationery stores and other retailers who typically sell personal ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 is expected to lead to a sharp decline in personal accessories retail value and volume sales in 2020 overall, as the Ukrainian government implemented necessary quarantines and social distancing measures to contain the ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a detrimental impact on personal accessories in Thailand. The closure of schools, workplaces and foodservice and entertainment establishments, bans on travel and tourism, the postponement of major social events like ...

Overall, the personal accessories market in Hong Kong has continued to decline in 2020, due to the combination of ongoing non-extradition bill protests, compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Luggage, jewellery and watches have been ...

The unprecedented health, economic and financial crises arising from COVID-19 impacted France during the first half of 2020. The situation affected the entire market, but particularly bags and luggage. Q1 and Q2 were catastrophic, mainly due to the ...

A sharp fall in sales of personal accessories is expected in 2020 in both current value and volume terms due to the impact of COVID-19 as a large number of consumers prioritise purchases of essential goods only. Across all categories, sales have been...

The emergence of COVID-19 in Mexico in 2020 and the subsequent lockdown measures introduced by the government resulted in many consumers being urged to remain at home wherever possible, including work-from-home strategies, restricted movement, and a ...

The impact of COVID-19 was not as severe in South Korea as in other countries. Duty-free was of course hit due to the collapse of travel and tourism, but the country has recovered quickly, relaxing high-level social distancing from 6 May. Since this ...

Most products within personal accessories are seen as non-essential items and as such sales have been hit hard by COVID-19 in 2020. Not only have store closures made it more difficult to access products, but the closure of Japan’s borders has cut off...

Various factors including economic uncertainty felt in Canada towards the end of the review period, were exacerbated with the emergence of COVID-19 and the lockdown procedures taken by the government from mid-March 2020. Many consumers were forced to...

Personal accessories is being hit hard by the impacts of COVID-19 and we are seeing this as a global trend. In Australia, it is noted that COVID-19 happened shortly after the country suffered from the devastating bush fires in early 2020, thus ...