Category: Consumer Goods & Retailing
Consumer Goods & Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Supermarkets in Japan
In 2024, supermarkets in Japan continued to see an increase in current value sales, following a similar positive trend in 2023. As hypermarkets declined, supermarkets, which primarily offer essential food items, experienced a strong performance. The rise in value sales can be attributed to an increa ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Japan
General merchandise stores in Japan maintained dynamic current value growth in 2024, with increases for both department stores and variety stores. In the wake of the growth in demand experienced in 2023, department stores in Japan continued to thrive in 2024, largely due to the ongoing resurgence of ... Read More
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Appliances and Electronics Specialists in Japan
Appliances and electronics specialists in Japan maintained current value growth in 2024, despite seeing a slight decline in outlet numbers. In Japan, appliances and electronics specialists is a significant channel, with over 60% of overall sales of consumer appliances and consumer electronics remain ... Read More
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Rx/Reimbursement Adult Incontinence in Serbia
Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence registered healthy current value and volume growth in Serbia in 2024, with an ageing population supporting growth. In addition, with consumer purchasing power under pressure, more users have sought medical prescriptions to help with the cost of adult incontinence. ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Japan
Apparel and footwear specialists in Japan saw minimal current value growth in 2024, despite a marginal decline in outlet numbers. As apparel and footwear e-commerce continued to grow, offline sales remained fairly stagnant. The online market, while fragmented, offers a rich selection of overseas bra ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Japan
Japan’s location at the intersection of several tectonic plates makes it highly susceptible to earthquakes, with some major seismic events occurring in cycles of hundreds of years. One such event is the anticipated Nankai Trough Earthquake, which could devastate the middle to southern Pacific coast, ... Read More
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Menstrual Care in Uzbekistan
The rate of growth in retail current value sales of menstrual care slowed significantly but remained robust in 2024. Growth in retail volume sales continued to slow but remained moderate, supported by a steadily rising population of women aged 12-54 years and increased consumer education, especially ... Read More
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Retail Tissue in Uzbekistan
The rate of growth in current value sales of retail tissue slowed significantly but remained robust in 2024. Toilet paper continues to dominate retail current value sales, with paper towels accounting for most of the remainder and paper tableware the most dynamic category. The latter category consis ... Read More
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Retail Adult Incontinence in Uzbekistan
The rate of growth in current value sales of retail adult incontinence slowed significantly but remained strong in 2024, with the rate of growth in volume sales accelerating. Despite a deceleration in current value sales growth, moderate/heavy adult incontinence remained the best-performing category ... Read More
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Retail Tissue in Morocco
Sales of retail tissue in Morocco grew by 7% in current value terms in 2024, driven by an expanding consumer base and greater affordability. Per-capita consumption in Morocco remains relatively low, leaving significant room for growth, while the increasing availability of budget-friendly options has ... Read More
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Nappies/Diapers/Pants in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The lingering effects of inflation continued to increase product prices in 2024, forcing consumers with limited disposable incomes to prioritise their purchases. In addition, negative demographic growth continued to impact consumer demand for nappies/diapers/pants, resulting in more moderate retail ... Read More
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Away-From-Home Tissue and Hygiene in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The recovery of the horeca industry, fuelled by the rebound of tourism, as well was increased public and business investment in away-from-home tissue and hygiene products, positively impacted value sales in 2024. Increased hygiene concerns, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath ... Read More
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Discounters in Slovakia
In 2024, retail value sales increased by 6% in discounters in Slovakia. The thrifty shopping behaviour of consumers and the challenging economic situation for Slovak households have benefited the performance of discount retailers, which are perceived as a strong value-for-money option by local shopp ... Read More
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Menstrual Care in Indonesia
In menstrual care in Indonesia, retail current value growth was slightly lower in 2024 than in 2023, although it remained robust. This occurred within the context of challenges faced by other hygiene categories, such as nappies/diapers/pants, due to a sluggish appetite for household products, econom ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Lebanon
Tissue and hygiene saw strong growth in current value terms in Lebanon in 2024, but this was due to high inflation and rising prices rather than an increase in demand with sales declining in retail volume terms. A number of factors were behind the drop in volume sales including the country’s declini ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Value sales of tissue and hygiene in Bosnia and Herzegovina continued to benefit from the lingering effects of inflation in 2024, which translated into significant product price increases. Whilst inflation slowed in the year, disposable incomes remained chronically low, limiting consumers’ ability t ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Morocco
Retail sales of tissue and hygiene products in Morocco grew by 6% in current value terms in 2024, reaching MAD 7.85 billion. Following a period of skyrocketing inflation, which peaked at 10% in February 2023, driven by external shocks such as the war in Ukraine and elevated food prices, it eased to ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Japan
In May 2023, the Japanese government reclassified COVID-19 from a Category 2 infectious disease, which was deemed extremely high-risk, to Category 5, aligning it with seasonal influenza. This significant change led to the relaxation of various pandemic measures, creating a widespread impression that ... Read More
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Nappies/Diapers/Pants in Uzbekistan
Growth in retail current value sales of nappies/diapers/pants slowed significantly but remained vigorous in 2024, with nappies/diapers remaining the largest category and disposable pants the most dynamic category. Growth in demand for the latter was partly driven by a growing demand for convenient h ... Read More
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Menstrual Care in Serbia
Menstrual care registered healthy current value growth and more modest volume growth in Serbia in 2024. In spite of a declining population, volume sales grew, as consumers changed product such as pantyliners more frequently. The healthy value growth was supported by a degree of premiumisation. Eurom ... Read More
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Nappies/Diapers/Pants in Uruguay
Nappies/diapers/pants register a healthy increase in both current value and volume sales in Uruguay in 2024, despite a lowering birth rate. Part of the reason for the positive performance was the uptick in sales as a result of less cross-border shopping into Argentina. This was because the Argentine ... Read More
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Retail Adult Incontinence in Uruguay
Retail adult incontinence registered healthy value and modest volume growth in Uruguay in 2024. An improving economy, easing of inflation, as well as a significant drop in cross-border shopping into Argentina (due to the appreciation of the Argentine peso), supported the positive performance. Anothe ... Read More
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Retail Tissue in Uruguay
It was a difficult year for retail tissue in Uruguay in 2024, with both constant value and volume sales falling. While there was a reduction in cross-border shopping into Uruguay, due to the appreciation of the Argentine peso, a glut of low-priced Brazilian toilet paper flooded the market, both in f ... Read More
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Away-From-Home Tissue and Hygiene in Morocco
The growing propensity to dine out, combined with a booming tourism industry, had a positive impact on the AFH (Away-from-Home) tissue channel in Morocco in 2024, with sales rising by 7% in current value terms. As life returned to normal post-pandemic and competition intensified, horeca operators re ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in South Korea
Hypermarkets saw insignificant growth in both outlet numbers and current value sales in South Korea in 2024. One factor preventing stronger growth for the channel was that the shift from offline to online shopping continued, especially in non-food categories. Traditionally, hypermarkets operated bas ... Read More
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