Retailing

The outbreak of COVID-19 had a wide reaching impact on retailing in Australia, with the lockdown and social distancing measures forcing consumers to reassess how they shop. Many people switched to shopping online – some for the first time – with this...

MercadoLibre Inc., present in 18 countries, has grown greatly from its creation, moving away from a C2C focus, to standing as the number one e-commerce retailer in Latin America, and driving growth not only in FMCG sales, but in other auxiliary areas...

Falabella SACI, a Chile-founded company, present in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Mexico, has stepped up its e-commerce operation, looking to secure the Latin American consumer preference. Present in various retail channels, ...

This reports dives into Casino Guichard-Perrachon’s operations and strategies in Western Europe and Latin America, as well as expectations surrounding the key growth areas over the following years. Casino’s e-commerce initiatives gain traction with ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate and substantial impact on the German retailing landscape in 2020. Due to health considerations and government-imposed lockdowns affecting store-based retailing, consumer foodservice, entertainment and tourism, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the Thai retailing market, with almost all channels seeing sales fall in 2020, particularly in the second quarter of the year during which the government imposed a lockdown over March-May. Store-based ...

The government’s announcement of a lockdown from 16 March in an attempt control the spread of COVID-19 in Austria included the closure of non-essential retailers and foodservice, while essential services including grocery retailers, ...

Kaufland is Germany’s largest hypermarket chain and the Kaufland brand is a household name in the market. The company stands out on availability and product selection across a range of private label products. Kaufland was well positioned during the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate and substantial impact on the retailing landscape in Switzerland in 2020. Due to health considerations and government-imposed lockdowns affecting store-based retailing, consumer foodservice, entertainment and ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has left a profound impact on China’s consumer goods and service sectors. China was the first major economy to recover to pre-pandemic levels; Euromonitor International’s analysts on the ground in China deliver insights into ...

The digital revolution has been rewiring retail for years, leading to new business models, commerce ecosystems and channels for reaching and engaging consumers. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this transition, as e-commerce became the default ...

Store-based retailing was heavily affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, driven by strong double-digits declines in current value sales of a number of non-grocery specialists. These retailers were considered non-essential and remained ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, retailing will see a slight current value decline in 2020 overall. However, considering the global scale and destructions of the pandemic, retailing in Slovenia has not been as severely impacted as other ...

COVID-19 created significant challenges for retailing in New Zealand in 2020. The alert level four lockdown between April and May halted in-store trading for non-essential retail businesses, leading to long term changes as consumers started ...

Lockdown measures, which led to a reduction in opening hours, and the negative effect of the pandemic on economic activity led to a decline in retail current value sales in Cameroon during 2020, as many consumers reined in their discretionary ...

The Polish government introduced lockdown measures when Coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged, including the closure of all non-essential offline stores between 15 March and 4 May 2020. In Poland, measures to restrict the number of clients allowed in stores...

Overall, the retail market suffered from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Aside from grocery retailers and chemists/pharmacies as well as drugstores/parapharmacies, many retailers suffered large losses following the store closures ...

Apparel and footwear specialist retailers have been hit especially hard by the crisis. The most immediate cause of the collapse in value sales in 2020 was the closure of non-essential retail from mid-March to July. Although outlets have been ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had multiple impacts on retailing in Peru. The sharp contraction of the economy as a result of the crisis has made consumers more cautious, prioritizing essential goods and limiting expenditure on non-essential products. As ...

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers have been heavily impacted by COVID-19 in 2020. The most direct cause of the sharp drop in sales has been the shuttering of stores from March to July, as the government struggled to contain the virus by ...