Category: Consumer Goods & Retailing
Consumer Goods & Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Canada
In 2024, overall, health and beauty specialists in Canada posted a strong, if slower, increase in retail current value sales amid a marginal rise in the number of outlets. However, there was some divergence in performance, with optical goods stores registering a decline in both retail current value ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Canada
Overall, home products specialists in Canada registered a moderate drop in the number of outlets in 2024. The marginal rise in the number of pet shops and superstores was insufficient to overcome the significant decreases in the number of outlets in the larger categories of home improvement and gard ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in China
Homewares and home furnishings stores in China saw stable growth in both outlet numbers and current value sales in 2024, although the rates of increase were low, and slightly slower than in 2023. Falling property prices discouraged investments in new homes, and the resultant declining housing market ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Brazil
When purchasing large quantities of products, Brazilian consumers are looking for more competitive prices than those found in hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience retailers. It is in warehouse clubs that they find these, and this channel is the one that competes most strongly with hypermarket ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Brazil
Despite only a marginal increase in outlet numbers in 2024, the current value growth of supermarkets in Brazil was significant, due to inflation on necessities such as grains, milk and dairy products, and coffee, amongst others. Low-income families had to limit themselves to purchasing these goods o ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Brazil
In 2024, despite seeing marginal growth in outlet numbers, home products specialists in Brazil saw a slight current value decline, driven by home improvement and gardening stores, and to a lesser extent homewares and home furnishing stores. However, pet shops and superstores maintained value growth, ... Read More
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Discounters in Argentina
In Argentina, discounters recorded the dynamic value sales growth over both 2023 and 2024. Due to the complex and difficult economic context in the country, local consumers continue to migrate to discounters looking for low prices and promotions. Further, the discounters channel offers a wide range ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Argentina
General merchandise stores in Argentina saw value sales rise in 2024. The competitive landscape of general merchandise stores in Argentina witnessed significant disruption towards the end of the review period as Falabella closed its stores and left the country. As a result, the Mexican enterprise Co ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Argentina
Home product specialists in Argentina faced a challenging scenario in 2024. Due to a significant decline in purchasing power and rising unemployment, sales performance was notably weak. To stimulate demand, leading retailers such as Easy and Sodimac significantly increased promotions and discounts. ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Belgium
Convenience stores scored strong growth in current value terms in 2023 as the country reopened after the pandemic and consumers returned to busier lives away from the home. However, this positive performance was also driven by inflation-based price increases. In 2024, as prices stabilised, convenien ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Belgium
Hypermarkets saw strong growth in current value terms in 2023, albeit this was largely driven by inflation. However, the channel saw a sharp decline in sales in 2024 as hypermarkets faced growing competition from channels such as supermarkets, convenience stores and foods e-commerce. Hypermarkets st ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Belgium
Prices within homewares and home furnishing stores stabilised in 2024. However, the negative effects of the inflation crisis lingered and consumers remained quite conservative with their spending, especially as far as big expenses for the home were concerned. With many households continuing to face ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Belgium
Beauty specialists is one of the retail categories which suffered the most from the COVID-19 crisis, although sales have since recovered to pre-pandemic sales levels as consumers have returned to their old lifestyle routines. Beauty specialists continued to see dynamic growth in current value terms ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Belgium
In the context of the inflation crisis, in 2023, consumers showed a tendency to frequent physical stores in search of promotions and lower prices, both in terms of grocery and non-grocery items. This trend, coupled with the added cost of home delivery resulted in only moderate growth for retail e-co ... Read More
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Retail in the US
In September 2024, the US Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate for the first time since March 2020, signalling a near end to the inflationary macroeconomy. While inflation showed signs of abating, grocery prices remained on average about 25% higher than 2019 levels, according to the US Dep ... Read More
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Retail in France
2024 was a difficult year for retail in France. Store-based retailing remained at a standstill in current value terms and saw a net loss of over 2,000 outlets – primarily, but not exclusively independent stores. While retail e-commerce rebounded in value, this was insufficient to drive overall marke ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Spain
Proximity to consumers proved beneficial for convenience retailers in Spain in 2024. Sales through convenience stores benefited from the trend towards carrying out smaller and more frequent shopping trips. Some consumers saw this as a way to better manage their budgets, while it also reduced the nee ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Austria
In 2024, home product specialists in Austria experienced retail value growth of 2%. Pet shops and superstores led the charge with a solid 3% growth, while homewares and home furnishing stores saw a more modest 1% increase in value. This followed a significant decline in sales for homeware and home f ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Austria
In 2024, apparel and footwear specialists in Austria experienced modest growth of 3% in retail value. However, this rate was not significantly above the inflation rate, with overall sales less than 4% higher than pre-pandemic levels, despite significant price hikes in 2022 and 2023. While there was ... Read More
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Appliances and Electronics Specialists in Austria
In 2024, appliances and electronics specialists in Austria experienced slight retail value growth of 1%, which, although positive, was slower than the inflation rate, marking a continuation of the sector's struggle to regain momentum. This growth came after a sharper decline in the previous year, wh ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Austria
In 2024, direct selling in Austria experienced retail value growth of 3%, in line with the overall retail growth in the country for that year. The channel remained largely dominated by non-grocery categories such as appliances, homewares, and body care, all of which showed weaker growth compared to ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Spain
Supermarkets in Spain saw falling sales in 2024. Inflationary pressure on grocery products persisted, prompting consumers to favour convenience stores, which are closer to their homes, and discounters that offer a wide selection of private label products at affordable prices. According to consumer b ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Norway
Hypermarkets posted strong sales performance in 2024, although its development was limited by the competitive grocery retail landscape in Norway. Supermarkets and discounters have been heavily investing in new stores openings and delivering low prices which has infringed on the performance of hyperm ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Norway
Supermarkets garner a significant share in grocery retailing in Norway, but they have been losing ground to discounters due to various new openings and aggressive price competition. Despite the decline in overall inflation, food prices have continued to rise in Norway, and persistent inflation has l ... Read More
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Discounters in Norway
Discounters continue to perform well in Norway due to cost-of-living crisis pressure. With the cost of living remaining high, affordability remains key when shopping for grocery items. Large retail corporations, Norgesgruppen Servicehandel, Reitangruppen and Coop Norge, have been able to expand stor ... Read More
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