Retailing

The retail industry globally faces significant challenges as a result of the combination of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, low oil prices and existing economic problems. This report lays out Euromonitor’s phases of retail evolution due to ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has shaken up consumer goods and service industries in the Middle East, putting pressure on supply chains and depressing sales as lockdowns and job losses squeeze discretionary spending. Essential items such as packaged food, ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has heavily impacted many sectors of the economy. Increasing product prices, intensifying unemployment and weakening disposable income have encouraged conscious consumption. Consumers’ interest is centred around ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced Australia’s government to enforce lockdown restrictions, which negatively impacted business and consumer confidence and supply chains. While the grocery sector and e-commerce experienced rapid increased ...

In 2020, a momentous shift in consumer spending towards online grocery is underway. For legacy grocers to survive the unprecedented onslaught from retail giants such as Alibaba, Amazon, Carrefour, JD.com and Walmart, they must either develop their ...

This report provides an overview of how leading grocery companies responded to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis between January and March 2020. The companies included in this report are Albertsons, Auchan, Casino-Guichard, Carrefour, Cencosud, ...

Amazon.com, with its business model based on low prices, wide-ranging merchandise, convenience, customer satisfaction, quality recommendations and delivery efficiency, hits a number of high demand features in the modern retail climate. Distinct ...

Zalando SE is one of the largest European e-commerce specialised retailers focused in the fashion industry. In recent years, the company has also been expanding its physical stores network. Diversification into beauty, home and consumer electronics ...

This report provides an overview of how leading e-commerce companies responded to the COVID-19 crisis between January and March 2020. The companies included in this report are Alibaba, Amazon, eBay, Farfetch, Flipkart, JD.com, Jumia, MercadoLibre, ...

Rewe Group is one of the largest German retailers, primarily focused on grocery retailing, though the company is also active in home improvement and tourism. Rewe is also Germany’s largest player in grocery e-commerce. Rewe Group benefits from an ...

Nothing in the modern evolution of the industry has compared with the global disruption caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Given that retailers sell across categories, the pandemic will negatively impact some more than others. The outlook...

Retailing in Estonia is gaining the same features as those found in most developed countries. Primarily in that its growth is supported by consistent growth in the economy, resulting in a constantly increasing purchasing power. At the same time ...

The Argentinian economy has historically been strongly linked to US dollar price fluctuation. Argentinian consumers typically saved in dollars because the local currency constantly lost value. The ongoing recession throughout the country continues to...

Retailing continued to see current value growth in 2019, although the rate of increase was the slowest seen in the review period as household consumption slowed. Towards the end of the review period retailing in Colombia 2019 showed a progressive ...

Despite stable economic growth indicators and projections, the decline of Bulgaria’s population is hampering the growth of retailing. Economic migration is set to continue over the forecast period, as young adults in particular move elsewhere within ...

Most retailing channels in Ecuador did not enjoy strong growth during the first few months of 2019. Economic uncertainty was felt throughout all population segments as the public sector cut jobs, reducing its number of employees. President Lenín ...

The Israeli economy continues to register steady growth across nearly all industries in 2019, and while this economic prosperity promotes retailing growth, retailers in nearly all channels are nevertheless facing a number of changing conditions and ...

Boohoo Group Plc is a UK-based online fashion retailer focused on private label fashion of basic quality at affordable prices. The company has steadily added brands to its portfolio, recently broadening its target beyond fashion-conscious teenagers ...

Retailing in Kenya continued to see healthy growth in 2019, driven by an improving economy, rising disposable incomes and consumer confidence. Notably, the sprouting up of shopping malls in the country has led to the opening of stores which mainly ...

Retailing in Hungary registered another year of strong current value sales growth in 2019. Most channels posted improved performances compared with 2018. Only homeshopping recorded a dip in current value sales, albeit with a slower decline than in ...