Warehouse Clubs

While Costco did not have any direct competitors in warehouse clubs in 2018, it faces a growing threat from a variety of other store-based formats and online retailers. These not only include well-established grocery retailers and non-grocery ...

Warehouse clubs had a negligible presence in India in 2018. Due to the strong presence of informal retailing in the country, the purpose of warehouse clubs, which is to offer low prices, is defeated....

Warehouse clubs are continuously increasing in South Korea, due to their offering good-quality products at lower prices. As the South Korean economy has continued to turn down, many consumers have become very cautious about the price of products. ...

Warehouse clubs was not present in Austria at the end of the review period, and there is no data to suggest its entry over the forecast period....

Warehouse clubs saw strong value growth during the review period and this can be attributed to the only player operating a strong low-price strategy which targets low-income mass consumers, thanks to an attractive positioning and affordable retail ...

Following years of low interest rates, Canadian salaries are only slowly creeping higher, which is leading Canadians, who were already notoriously price-sensitive, to seek out value. This is particularly the case when it comes to food, and warehouse ...

Warehouse clubs were not present in Nigeria in 2018. This situation is not expected to change over the forecast period....

Warehouse clubs is still in its initial development phase, and has had difficulties becoming established in the Spanish market. This is mainly because Spaniards are not keen to pay a membership fee to be able to shop in such stores. The concept of ...

The recessive cycle that hit Brazil’s economy in 2014 had as one of its main effects the deterioration of the labour market. In an environment of high levels of unemployment, confidence levels were severely impacted and the recovery has been slower ...

The international player Costco Wholesale Corp recently introduced warehouse clubs in France, opening its first outlet in the Parisian area in Villebon-sur-Yvette in June 2017. After a year, commercial sales recorded positive results as the number of...

There were no warehouse clubs in Greece as of 2018 and no known plans for any to appear over the forecast period....

There were no warehouse clubs present in the Netherlands in 2018 and none are expected to emerge over the forecast period....

Costco Wholesale Japan is the only warehouse club in Japan. It established its first store in Fukuoka prefecture in 1999. Since then, the company has continued to expand its stores across the country, and opening its 26th store in Shizuoka prefecture...

There was no presence of warehouse clubs in Saudi Arabia at the end of the review period. There is no data to suggest its entry over the forecast period....

There were no warehouse clubs operating in Thailand in 2018 and there is no expectation that this will change over the forecast period....

There were no warehouse clubs in Morocco at the end of the review period, nor is there any suggestion that this channel will enter the market over the forecast period....

Warehouse clubs are not present in Bulgaria. The channel is not expected to appear in the forecast period....

Warehouse clubs traditionally have no significant presence in Denmark. Moreover, the strength of discounters, by far the largest store-based retailing channel in the market, and variety stores acts as a considerable barrier to the channel’s ...

The warehouse club channel was not present in Romania in 2018 and is unlikely to emerge in the country over the forecast period....

There was no presence of warehouse clubs in Egypt at the end of the review period. There is no data available to suggest its entry over the forecast period....