Retailing

The pandemic led German consumers to focus on health and hygiene more than they already did before, which benefited channels within health and beauty specialist retailers which focus on pharmaceutical, health and hygiene products. As such, both…

While in 2020, the current value growth of home and garden specialist retailers accelerated slightly, as the channel benefited from much more time spent at home, as sales of various products were brought forward, this also meant a subsequent slump in…

In 2021, mobile e-commerce contributed significantly to the continued growth of online shopping, following the initial pandemic-related surge in 2020. During the extended lockdown in the first half of the year, e-commerce increasingly became the…

In 2021, traditional grocery retailers recorded minimal growth overall, and this was slightly lower compared with the previous year. On balance, after sales were again driven by the lengthy lockdown, the overall slowdown in growth can be ascribed to…

In 2021, variety stores in Germany recorded a strong rebound following the impact of the pandemic in 2020. In fact, the channel far exceeded the 2019 level of sales in both current and constant terms. This is due to the ongoing strong upwards trend…

The report examines inflation level and drivers globally and in the key countries. Global inflation is forecast to accelerate due to higher energy and commodity prices, disruptions in supply chains and weaker business confidence. Impact varies…

Convenience stores recovered with positive growth in retail value terms in 2021, following the sharp decline in value sales in 2020, when shops were forced to operate reduced opening hours or stay closed. All the same, as many convenience stores are…

Departments stores registered a rebound after outlet closures during the 2020 lockdowns. With stores operating at normal capacity, current values sales registered a healthy increase. However, value sales were still lower than before the onset of…

E-commerce continued to gain significant value share in 2021. While growth was not as high as in 2020, when value sales increased by more nearly third, there was very healthy double-digit value growth in 2021. The fact that online shopping continued…

Food and drink e-commerce registered an exponential rise in value sales during the height of the pandemic in 2020. In 2021, with society opening up, current value sales fell, but were still significantly higher than before the onset of COVID-19. The…

Health and beauty specialists registered a slight decline in value sales in 2021, due to its largest channel, chemists/pharmacies, registering a significant drop in value sales, as consumers were less concerned about COVID-19. Also, as many consumers…

Unlike many other retailers during the 2020 pandemic, home and gardening performed well, as with people confined to home, home improvement and gardening stores performed well, as consumers look to renovation work and gardening during the lockdowns.…

Homeshopping has been on a constant downward trend over the review period and this continued into 2021, with a further decline in value sales. Homeshopping is losing ground to online sales, with the profile of homeshopping consumers mainly older…

Mobile e-commerce registered an even higher increase in current value sales in 2021 than e-commerce overall and mobile e-commerce now accounts for nearly half of total e-commerce sales. The healthy growth is supported by very high penetration of…

Traditional grocery retailers gained from the pandemic lockdowns, as with people’s movements being restricted, they shopped in local neighbourhood stores. Essentially COVID-19 had the effect of boosting the growing trend for shopping locally and…

Variety stores are a small retailing channel in terms of value sales in Switzerland. However, variety stores are gaining some value share and registered positive current value growth both in 2020 and 2021. Variety stores benefit from Swiss consumers’…

The briefing examines how retail and wholesale industry performs globally and in the largest countries in terms of retail and wholesale output. The report also provides data for production, imports, exports, industry’s costs, industry’s profitability…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…