Retailing

The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to high inflation and dampening volume sales somewhat. As a result, while overall retail registered a healthy increase in current value sales in 2022, constant value…

E-commerce registered double-digit current value growth in 2022, as well as healthy constant value growth, in spite of high inflation. The high inflation was due to the war in Ukraine, which led to soaring energy prices, which in turn led to higher…

In 2022, though there was healthy growth in current value sales, constant value sales fell. The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to soaring inflation and dampening volume sales. With such economic…

In 2022, though there was healthy growth in current value sales, constant value sales fell. The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to soaring inflation and dampening volume sales. In addition, there was…

In 2022, though there was healthy growth in current value sales, constant value sales remained unchanged. The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to soaring inflation and dampening sales somewhat. That being…

Traditional grocery retailers were largely unaffected by COVID-19, recording small steady growth in both years of the pandemic. However, the channel did not perform as well as modern grocery retailers which benefitting from being able to adapt more…

Modern grocery retailers continue to outperform traditional grocery retailers in 2021 thanks to the growing consumer preference for modern retailing outlets. In fact, two out of the top three grocery retailing players are modern grocery retailers…

Mobile e-commerce (goods) has shown even more spectacular growth than the overall e-commerce channel in 2020 and 2021 thanks to consumers turning online to avoid contracting the virus and the increased use of mobile technology for online purchases.…

In North Macedonia in 2021, mixed retailers is comprised entirely by the variety stores retailer Studio Moderna and its brand Top Shop. It saw its value sales considerably decelerate in 2020 - a reflection of the growing number of consumers concerned…

Thanks to heightened health and immunity awareness due to COVID-19, health and beauty specialist retailers will achieve strong retail value growth in 2021, following the stable results of 2020. This is a good performance for a non-grocery retailer…

Although e-commerce had been growing strongly over the review period, the pandemic has led to exceptional growth due to consumers turning online to avoid exposure to COVID-19. A significant number of consumers shopped online for the first time or…

Of all retailers, apparel and footwear specialist retailers were the worst affected by COVID-19, with value sales declining by more than a fifth in 2020. This is because outlets were closed for a significant portion of the year and when outlets did…

The digital revolution has been rewiring retail for years. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated this transition as e-commerce became the default setting for many housebound consumers. The crisis-inspired surge in e-commerce is leading to a…