General Retailing Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

Retailing in Belgium In 2021, the retailing environment in Belgium benefitted from the gradual lifting of restrictions related to COVID-19. Indeed, whilst store-based sales in non-grocery showed recovery, e-commerce continued to record strong growth in the year due to the relatively low penetration ...

Variety Stores in Morocco There are relatively few variety stores in Morocco, but their number increased steady throughout the review period – in spite of the pandemic. However, the retail current value sales of these stores decreased significantly in 2020 and recovered only partially during 2021. D ...

Variety Stores in France Remembering a famous quote by Bernardo Trujillo, the 1960s guru of “supermarketing” in the US, “Poor people need low prices. Rich people love them”. This is perhaps why variety stores were one of the least affected non-grocery retailing channels in 2020. Moreover, the channe ...

Variety Stores in Belgium Variety stores had a difficult year in 2020, suffering from competition from hypermarkets and supermarkets, which were allowed to open during the lockdown and which also have an increasingly strong online presence. In 2021, they returned to growth thanks to the lifting of r ...

Retailing in France The recovery of retailing in 2021 was impressive but totally correlated to GDP growth of over 6% in France in the context of a return to a greater degree of normality since the spring of 2021, acceleration of the vaccination programme in August, ongoing strong growth of e-commerc ...

Retailing in South Africa Despite an overall recovery in terms of value sales in 2021, the South African retailing landscape remained subject to slow economic recovery across labour-intensive sectors such as tourism and hospitality, a trend translating into a stagnating unemployment rate and low spe ...

Retailing in the United Arab Emirates In 2021, the United Arab Emirates witnessed a gradual economic recovery, mainly thanks to the return of tourists and a COVID-19 crisis largely under control. Pent-up demand from the previous year fuelled high levels of discretionary spending, and strong hiring r ...

Variety Stores in the United Arab Emirates Variety stores registered single-digit growth in 2021 and is expected to return to the 2019 level of sales by 2022. This is greatly attributed to the price-consciousness of consumers, as well as expansion and growth of outlets. Moreover, the overall drop in ...

Retailing in South Korea In 2021, social distancing measures enforced by the government to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 continued to affect channel dynamics in South Korea. E-commerce was a particular beneficiary of ongoing home seclusion, recording another year of double-digit current val ...

Retailing in South Korea In 2021, social distancing measures enforced by the government to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 continued to affect channel dynamics in South Korea. E-commerce was a particular beneficiary of ongoing home seclusion, recording another year of double-digit current val ...

Variety Stores in South Korea While many other retail channels were negatively hit by COVID-19, variety stores in South Korea performed relatively well despite the temporary decline of footfall when the country faced several major waves of the virus. Aside from the core value proposition offered by ...

Direct Selling in South Korea In South Korea, direct selling players experienced another challenging year in 2021. Despite the partial recovery from 2020’s declines, the channel failed to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels due to the rapid growth of e-commerce. Continued restrictions on in-person ...

Variety Stores in South Korea While many other retail channels were negatively hit by COVID-19, variety stores in South Korea performed relatively well despite the temporary decline of footfall when the country faced several major waves of the virus. Aside from the core value proposition offered by ...

Retailing in Chile 2020 was a difficult year for retailing, marked by the limitations of movement brought about by the onset of COVID-19 and the government establishing the Plan Paso a Paso that contemplated and enforced long and strict quarantines for most of the country. This resulted in significa ...

Food and Drink E-Commerce in Chile Even with the return to in-person shopping in 2021 as movement restrictions were lifted, supported by increased vaccination rates and decreasing contagion numbers, food and drink e-commerce continued to post high double-digit current value growth in 2021, as Chilea ...

San Jose - Comprehensive Overview of the City, PEST Analysis and Analysis of Key Industries including Technology, Tourism and Hospitality, Construction and Retail Summary “City Profile - San Jose” provides historical and forecast data on key city level metrics along with analytical coverage of the l ...

Retailing in Colombia The first months of 2021 saw the gradual reopening for retail stores, but a stay-at-home order remained in effect, while there were also capacity restrictions in place for retail outlets. In May all restrictions were lifted, and retail outlets were able to conduct business almo ...

Variety Stores in Colombia Traditionally, most variety stores in Colombia have been family enterprises with a strong impact in neighbourhoods in which they perform as independent small grocers as part of a diverse ecosystem of traditional stores. These stores form an essential part of the social net ...

Variety Stores in Spain Having recorded a double-digit decline during 2020, the retail current value sales of variety stores rebounded in 2021 but remained well below their 2019 level. Even before the onset of the pandemic, the retail current value sales of variety stores had been in decline. This w ...

Retailing in Japan In 2021, COVID-19 continued to impact the overall retailing landscape in Japan. In areas in which the number of COVID-19 cases was high, such Tokyo and Osaka, a state of emergency was declared by the government for most of the year, and August 2021 recorded the highest number of C ...

Retailing in Spain Having declined during 2020 due to a combination of the economic shock of the pandemic and the disruption to everyday life it engendered, retailing current value sales rebounded only partially in 2021, with demand continuing to shift from physical stores to e-commerce – albeit at ...

Variety Stores in Japan 100 yen shops continued to show growth despite the pandemic due to their affordability and product variety. With the prolonged impact of COVID-19 home seclusion continued and consumers spent more time at home. Products sold at 100 yen shops were considered useful and affordab ...

Retailing in the United Kingdom The pandemic continued to have an impact on retailing in the UK in 2021. At the beginning of the year, the government imposed a national lockdown which lasted from 6 January to 8 March. From 8 March onwards, the government followed a 4-step roadmap, which ensured the ...

Variety Stores in the United Kingdom The performance of variety stores in 2021 was heavily linked to how the lockdowns in 2020 impacted the store-based sales of certain players. Therefore, variety stores can be grouped into two categories. Some retailers, including B&M Bargains, Home Bargains or Pou ...

Retailing in India As the Indian economy recovered in 2021, retailing reported healthy growth, despite a second wave of COVID-19 hitting the country in the first half of the year. Overall retailing saw double-digit growth in 2021, compared with a slight decline in 2020. Recovery was facilitated by m ...