Variety Stores

Grocery retailing recorded a sales decline in Latin America in 2020, with most countries seeing worsening performances, including particularly steep declines in Argentina and Peru. Local economies, and therefore many households’ financial…

Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 variety stores had been under growing pressure largely due to the general trend towards e-commerce and strong competition from mass merchandisers. Mass merchandisers set similarly low prices, but consumers can choose…

Daiso and MUJI, the only two brands to register a more than negligible value share in variety stores in 2020, both saw sales hit by the lockdown over March-May as the stores of both brands are located in shopping centres. Prior to the outbreak of…

Government-imposed lockdown measures following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic inevitably led to sales decline for variety stores in 2020. However, the channel suffered relatively limited sales losses compared with other non-grocery…

The pandemic has had a marginally negative impact on variety stores during the early stages due to the lockdown and general home seclusion trend, which reduced the desire to spend longer in stores than consumers would like for fear of increased risk…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swiss authorities implemented a number of lockdown measures in order to curb the spread of the virus throughout the country. This included the mandatory closure of retail outlets considered non-essential, such as outlets…

Variety stores in New Zealand have traditionally relied on brick-and-mortar outlets due to the nature of the products sold, smaller unit prices and value per transaction. Therefore, players in the category have placed less focus on the e-commerce…

As variety stores did not qualify as a retailer of essential products, these retailers were negatively affected during the initial lockdown. However, challenges persisted throughout the remainder of 2020 as well. Social distancing and the reluctance…

Variety stores saw its current value growth decline in 2020 mainly because variety stores in Israel were closed during the lockdowns as they were classified as being non-essential businesses. Moreover, the channel’s supplies rely mainly on shipments…

Variety retailers were negatively impacted by COVID-19, though they fared better than other non-grocery retailers that were also obliged to close their doors for parts of the year. With disposable income due to COVID-19, variety stores’ affordable…

Variety stores posted a decline in current value sales in 2020, albeit a more modest one compared to other non-grocery specialists. This was mainly because variety stores offer everyday items at affordable prices, which became a more appealing…

Independent variety stores were hit hard by store closures during the first quarter of 2020 in response to COVID-19. Nevertheless, such stores garnered consumer attention due to their offering of a wide variety of products at cost effective pricing.…

With variety stores closed for an extended period due to lockdown measures, they saw a significant decline in retail current value sales during 2020. However, once these restrictions were eased, footfall recovered and demand was fairly robust. Most…

Variety stores posted a decline in 2020, as mandatory store closure during lockdown took its toll on companies’ sales. Flying Tiger, whose stores are located in shopping centres and train stations, relies on tourists and high footfall and saw higher…

Variety stores are generally located in busy city centre locations, relying on heavy foot traffic for sales. As such, with most consumers looking to reduce their non-essential shopping trips in 2020 due to COVID-19, sales through variety stores…

Variety stores were pulled in differing directions in 2020 due to changes in consumers’ spending patterns. First off, no variety stores were directly impacted by mandated closures as the government in Norway did not require them. On one hand, big…

Towards the end of the review period, variety stores saw increasing footfall. Visiting variety stores has become a popular pastime among middle-class Malaysians, who appear to be happy spending time exploring these stores and browsing the myriad…

Variety stores that are based in high traffic locations and focus on packaged food and home care products benefitted during the Spring 2020 lockdown as consumers sought to stockpile these items. Due to the essential nature of these products, these…

During the first wave of COVID-19 in Denmark, only variety stores located in shopping centres were required by law to close their outlets from mid-March until May 2020. Although other stores were not required to close, however, many players chose to…

Traditionally, most variety stores in the Colombian market have been family driven entrepreneurial initiatives with a strong impact in neighbourhoods in which they perform as independent small grocers as part of a diverse ecosystem of traditional…