Market research on the retailing industry. Our reports feature a ...
Market research on the retailing industry. Our reports feature a wealth of standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand share data, distribution and industry trends.
In 2021, retailing in Qatar has continued to be heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, overall, retailing will see a positive performance as those channels negatively impacted in 2020 will begin to recover as restrictions ease and…
Consumer shopping habits still favour traditional and informal retailing in Angola. Retailing was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy suffering. However, with a recovering economy expected in the forecast period and the government…
Growth in value sales in retailing was slightly lower in 2021 than in 2020, as consumers felt their finances being squeezed due to the fallout of the pandemic and there was also inflationary pressure. All the same, certain retailers performed better…
Retailing has seen recovery in 2021, as the government response to the pandemic has seen the economy begin to reopen and consumers resume pre-pandemic habits. The relaxation of lockdown measures, including restrictions on store opening, as well as…
Overall, retailing in Azerbaijan continued to see positive retail current value growth in 2021. Indeed, the overall growth was slightly higher than over 2020, as many non-essential retailers reopened as the threat of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and…
In 2021, the Nigerian economy gradually recovered from the effect of the pandemic. The economic impact of the pandemic was exacerbated by a sharp decline in the price of crude oil – Nigeria’s main export – which led to a decline in the…
While retailing registered an increase in current value sales in 2021, constant value sales actually fell. The pandemic continued to dampen value sales in 2021 for several reasons. Firstly, consumers were price sensitive, as the economic fallout of…
Having declined during 2020 due to disruption arising from COVID-19 and the economic shock that it engendered, retail constant value sales (2021 prices) saw a partial recovery in 2021. Like 2020, 2021 was marked by a significant divergence in…
The retail market in Egypt is currently experiencing heavy penetrated from e-commerce platforms with up-and-coming digital marketplaces continuing to offer and ever-growing list of FMCG products. The impact of COVID-19 and the government’s campaign…
In 2020 and strongly conditioned by the emergence of the pandemic and subsequent restrictions introduced by the local government to control the spread of the virus, the strong performance of channels such as grocery retailers, e-commerce or home…
After a challenging and complicated year, retailing in Peru began to recover in 2021, as sales grew in relation to 2020. This was despite the fact that the pandemic had not yet been completely overcome. Moreover, while the vaccination campaign was…
Rising incomes and urbanisation are broadening the appeal of modern retailing, with more consumers able to access these channels. However, informal retailing remains strong, while poor infrastructure hinders retailing development. Younger consumers…
Having declined sharply during 2020 due to a combination of COVID-19 restrictions and the economic shock of the pandemic, retailing constant value sales (2021 prices) rebounded strongly in 2021, exceeding their pre-pandemic peak, as pandemic…
From January until April 2021, COVID-19 related restrictions remained in place. Retail outlets were mandated by the government to close, except for grocery retailers, drugstores, pharmacies, forecourt retailers and pet shops and superstores. Toward…
Lockdown as a result of the pandemic negatively affected most areas of retailing at the end of the review period. Mandated to close during the national lockdown retailers were hard hit. Furthermore, economic uncertainty and declining consumer…
After the slowdown in 2020, value sales in retailing in Kazakhstan returned to double-digit growth in 2021. This was facilitated by the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, including the removal of the quarantine, which allowed people to freely visit and…
Restrictions with a corresponding national lockdown were imposed swiftly in March 2020 when the country reported its first COVID-19 death. The Guatemalan government’s measures to curb the spread of the virus were very restrictive until July 2020.…
With society opening up in 2021, those retailers that had been severely impacted by the 2020 lockdowns, registered very healthy current value growth in 2021. This included retailers such as traditional grocery retailers, direct sellers and beauty…
The Uzbeki economy had been growing strongly prior to the pandemic, as the government’s liberalisation policies led to increased foreign investment and a diversifying economy, supported by a young population. The economy also looked set to recover…