Personal Accessories

Almost one year since the COVID-19 pandemic first came to Japan, the first half of 2021 saw new infection waves and multiple states of emergency or soft lockdowns. Japan has taken soft measures, such as “requesting” people to refrain from going out…

While demand for personal accessories in Malaysia is expected to improve over 2021 following the significant declines of 2020 as a result of the pandemic-induced lockdown and limited travel opportunities, the first half of the year has continued to…

With the outbreak of COVID-19 leading to a double-digit decline for personal accessories in 2020, in 2021, the start of a recovery is noted; however, this will be low-level with 1% value growth predicted for the year. Stifling this growth will be the…

Having declined sharply during 2020 due to disruption arising from COVID-19 and the economic shock that it engendered, retail current value sales of personal accessories will see a modest recovery during 2021. Additional lockdowns, ongoing…

During the last quarter of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, personal accessories experienced solid recovery in current value sales. This was largely driven by the stabilising situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the festive as well as wedding…

Something of a recovery was seen in sales of personal accessories during 2021 as some semblance of normality returned to Thai society and the adverse economic situation eased somewhat. However, the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic remained evident…

Demand for personal accessories was very weak during 2020, and it will see no more than a modest recovery during 2021. The rate of growth in retail current value sales of personal accessories had slowed significantly even before COVID-19 struck due a…

Personal accessories sales were hit hard in the first half of 2020 but this was closely followed by robust recovery that started in the second half 2020. A healthy momentum is expected to be sustained in 2021 with the COVID-19 pandemic under control…

The outbreak of COVID-19 led 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 pandemic in March. The…

In Italy, personal accessories looks set to record moderate, single-digit growth in 2021. Sales will likely demonstrate an improved performance in the second semester of the year, when the positive effect of the vaccination programme will be more…

In 2021, the landscape for personal accessories is set to record value growth of 5%, compared to a decline of 9% in 2020. In 2020, all areas suffered as consumers avoided stores, leading to a decline in impulse buying, damaging sales of items such as…

Uncertainty surrounding the transmission rate of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Canada’s vaccine roll out made 2021 a transition year for personal accessories. On one hand, consumers and brands are still adapting to life with COVID-19 in 2021, whether it…

Personal accessories in Romania is showing a rebound in 2021, despite the restrictions that were still in place in the first months of the year. As some counties that had high infection rates have been in lockdown for a few months, the performance of…

A sales recovery of sorts was evident in all categories of personal accessories during 2021 as demand began to pick up again after the sharp declines registered across the industry in 2020. However, the fact that personal accessories is an industry…

Personal accessories in Germany managed to register positive volume and value growth in 2021. After an unprecedented 2020, with double-digit percentage sales declines in all categories, 2021 came with high expectations in terms of recovery.…

Personal accessories was negatively impacted in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both current value and volume sales declining. The rapid spread of the virus dampened global economic prospects in 2020, with a direct hit to consumer…

Overall, personal accessories is expected to register a double-digit increase in current value, as the sector starts to recover from the drastic trading year in 2020. However, COVID-19 infections rates remined high for part of 2021, with further…

While the French personal accessories market is set to return to growth in 2021, it is still in a period of convalescence and expected to see sales remain well below the levels registered prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 was an annus horribilis…

The Brazilian economy has been under pressure since 2015, with instability in the country resulting in a drop in GDP that has led to deteriorating conditions for a large portion of the population. According to Euromonitor’s system of Economies and…

The personal accessories market in 2021 is set to see a moderate recovery from the decline seen in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. While the outlook for travel remains gloomy leaving little room for inbound tourist spending, domestic consumption…