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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…
When COVID-19 first appeared in Australia in March long queues were seen forming outside some Costco stores in places such as Sydney and Melbourne as consumers started panic buying supplies. To cope with the unprecedented demand stores initially…
There were no warehouse clubs operating in Thailand in 2020 and there is no expectation that this will change over the forecast period.
There are no warehouse clubs in Germany. Warehouse clubs is not expected to be an emerging category over the forecast period.
There was no significant presence of warehouse clubs in Austria at the end of the review period, and this situation is not expected to change over the forecast period.
There was no presence of warehouse clubs in Switzerland in 2020, and the channel is not projected to emerge in the country over the forecast period.
There were no warehouse clubs present in Poland in the review period and in 2020.
There were no warehouse clubs operating in Israel at the end of the review period, and there are currently no expectations of any entering the market over the forecast period
There are currently no warehouse clubs operating in Saudi Arabia, with this situation unlikely to change over the coming years.
There were no warehouse clubs operating in the Czech Republic in 2020, and no such players are expected to enter the country in the foreseeable future.
There are no warehouse clubs present in Sweden with no immediate plans for any to enter the market.
Warehouse clubs are not present, and the concept is not known in Hungary. There is no indication of any initiative launching the concept during the forecast period.
Warehouse clubs has no significant presence in Denmark. Moreover, the strength of discounters and variety stores acts as a considerable barrier to the channel’s development, undermining the potential impact of warehouse clubs’ low-pricing - a key…
Chained warehouse clubs represents a relatively novel model in the Colombian market, with only one significant player: PriceSmart. The business model, which involves paid membership of the club, saw good initial growth, suggesting that Colombian…
2020 saw warehouse clubs remain a niche retail category in France as only one outlet remains in operation, under the operation of the US-origin chained Costco. Parent company Costco Wholesale Corp established its France subsidiary Costco France SAS…
There are no warehouse clubs currently operating in Nigeria and no known plans to bring this format to the country during the forecast period.
Only emerging in Spain in 2014, warehouse clubs remained at a development stage in the review period as the channel attempted to establish more of a presence in the country. Costco Wholesale Spain SL, the only player present in warehouse clubs in…