Category: Retailing
Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Supermarkets in South Korea
Supermarkets in South Korea saw a current value decline in 2024, despite a slight rise in the number of outlets. However, this was mainly due to declines for smaller supermarkets, as all the leading supermarkets maintained value growth in 2024. Amidst a prolonged economic downturn, South Korean cons ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in South Korea
General merchandise stores in South Korea saw growth in both outlet numbers and current value sales in 2024, although variety stores saw a much better performance than department stores. Despite seeing current value growth in 2024, department stores saw a decline in outlet numbers, and the channel w ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in South Korea
Health and beauty specialists in South Korea saw solid current value growth in 2024, along with slight growth in outlet numbers. One factor driving sales was that sales saw a significant rise in the first quarter of 2024, driven by a surge in tourist traffic. Major shopping districts such as Myeongd ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Slovakia
In 2024, retail value sales in convenience stores increased, and outlet numbers continued to expand. However, rising price points and frugal shopping behaviour of Slovak households, impacted sales. This was combined with negative consumer sentiment, and uncertainty due to potential new taxes, negati ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in South Korea
Apparel and footwear specialists in South Korea has stabilised, with outlet numbers remaining relatively unchanged for a second year in 2024, after previous declines. Meanwhile, current value sales saw a second year of only marginal growth. Although sales still fell short of the pre-pandemic (2019) ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Slovakia
In 2024, retail value sales in home product specialists increased by 1%. Slovak households demonstrated a reluctance to spend on non-essential items, resulting in a strong demand for price deals and discounts. Promotional activities and loyalty programs continued to attract consumers to stores; howe ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Slovakia
Retail e-commerce in Slovakia experienced a positive growth of 4% in 2024, recovering from a sales decline in 2023. The increase in unit prices, driven by rising operational and production costs, contributed to this growth in value sales. However, overall consumer sentiment in Slovakia remained weak ... 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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Convenience Retailers in South Korea
Convenience retailers in South Korea continued to see growth in outlet numbers and current value sales in 2024. The share of convenience retailers also continued to rise within overall offline retail. While forecourt retailers maintained value growth in 2024, it was convenience stores which continue ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in South Korea
Despite seeing a slight decline in outlet numbers in 2024, home products specialists in South Korea experienced current value growth in this year, driven by increasing consumer interest in home improvement and lifestyle enhancement. Home improvement and gardening stores saw an uptick in sales, benef ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Slovakia
In 2024, retail value sales for hypermarkets in Slovakia increased by 10%. This growth in sales was primarily driven by rising unit prices due to inflation, as consumers remained cautious about spending money unnecessarily. Shoppers continued to prefer larger retail stores that offered good value fo ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Slovakia
Supermarkets in Slovakia performed well in 2024, achieving 4% growth in retail value. While inflation slowed significantly, the growth in value sales was still largely driven by rising retail prices. With strong price sensitivity remaining in Slovak households, price discounts and promotions were in ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Slovakia
In 2024, apparel and footwear specialists in Slovakia experienced positive retail value growth. Despite a challenging economic environment, fast fashion brands continued to expand. Slovaks became increasingly attracted to price discounts and deals, which influenced how apparel and footwear specialis ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Slovakia
Direct selling in Slovakia experienced a challenging year in 2024, as retail value sales declined. This decline was attributed to consumers adopting more price-sensitive spending habits, with direct sellers facing intense price competition from other retail channels. While rising unit prices contrib ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Panama
Sales of tissue and hygiene achieved positive growth in value terms in 2024 over the previous year. With an easing in inflation levels coupled with a more intense competitive environment, prices dropped. This meant less pressure on household budgets and enabled an increase in spending on tissue and ... Read More
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Discounters in South Korea
The total number of outlets of discounters declined in South Korea in 2024, but despite this, sales increased in current value terms. Store closures were driven by cost-cutting measures, operational efficiency strategies, and market saturation in certain areas. Despite fewer locations, strong demand ... Read More
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Direct Selling in South Korea
Direct selling in South Korea declined in current value terms in 2024, but not as significantly as in the previous year. The large size of the direct selling channel is closely linked to social structures, including high population density in compact urban areas, and career interruptions amongst wom ... Read More
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