Retailing

Home products specialists continued to see declining sales in Denmark in 2023 for several reasons. First of all, home improvement and gardening stores, as well as homewares and home furnishing stores, had seen strong growth during the COVID-19…

Following strong retail value growth in 2022, home products specialists in Portugal continued to grow in 2023. The Portuguese continued to look for solutions to improve their homes, looking at DIY and decoration options, while pet shops, superstores,…

After enjoying growth during the pandemic, home products specialists recorded a decline in current value sales in 2023 as Swiss consumers returned to pre-pandemic activity and purchasing behaviour. This was to be somewhat expected in a mature and…

Home products specialists are focusing more on sustainability. This is a reaction to consumers becoming increasingly demanding and wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. Consumers are becoming more aware of the wider impact of their purchasing…

With inflation still being very high, overall home improvements registered a fall in constant value sales in Turkey in 2023, as consumers cut back on spending, due to reduced purchasing power. There were also no opening of outlets. Homewares and home…

Hypermarkets in Belgium experienced a flat performance in 2023 with no perceptible growth in current value terms. This was mainly due to competition from discounters and supermarkets which offered consistently lower prices. This became especially…

Hypermarkets continued to face strong competition from discounters in Denmark in 2023 as many consumers looked to save on their grocery shopping due to the financial impact of higher energy prices and increasing interest rates. However, as…

Inflation rates drove retail value sales of grocery retailers in Portugal in 2023, with hypermarkets showing positive value growth despite losing competitiveness to smaller concepts such as supermarkets and discounters. Although hypermarkets offer a…

Despite, or rather because of, average price increases, grocery sales and thus sales through grocery retailers, including hypermarkets, declined in Switzerland in 2023. Local consumers remained highly price sensitive and prioritised essential…

Hypermarkets was the most dynamic grocery retailers category in current value terms in 2023. Although people are spending less on the extra services that were installed in hypermarkets over review period (eg prepared meals, cobblers etc) they are…