Category: Retailing
Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Retail E-Commerce in Colombia
Despite lower consumer purchasing power in 2024, retail e-commerce posted double-digit current value growth across most categories. Major e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon and MercadoLibre Marketplace continued to gain relevance due to their extensive product offerings. Transactions during onli ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Colombia
In 2024, home products specialists continued their downward trend due to high interest rates and the lack of consumer confidence, which led many people to postpone renovations and changes to their homes. Despite posting negative results, Homecenter (Sodimac Colombia SA) continues to invest in innova ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Colombia
Apparel and footwear specialists navigated a complex economic landscape in 2024. The year was marked by a series of financial challenges for businesses, most notably the cost-of-living crisis stemming from high interest rates and higher utility bills. Retailers were forced to close outlets in favor ... Read More
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Retail in Poland
Retail in Poland saw a rise in overall value sales in 2024, though growth was lower than that recorded in recent years. High interest rates on loans have affected the costs of debt financing and weakened demand for more expensive goods, such as consumer durables. The driving force of overall retail ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Poland
Within home products specialists in Poland, homewares and home furnishing stores saw declining sales and outlet numbers in 2024, primarily due to reduced consumer spending as a result of rising interest rates and increased costs of living. While inflation has decreased from its 2023 peak and consume ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Italy
Retail e-commerce continued to see positive growth in current value terms in Italy in 2024. Growth was fuelled in part by ongoing investments in innovation, which is key to the development of retail and the consumption habits of Italians. In 2024, players operating within e-commerce in Italy were fo ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Colombia
In a challenging economic landscape, hypermarkets recorded a stagnant performance in volume and value terms in 2024. Nonetheless, more innovative formats are improving the appeal of hypermarkets. The leading player Almacenes Éxito SA is undergoing a significant transformation following the conversio ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Romania
Convenience retailers registered healthy current value growth in Romania in 2024, though constant value growth was much more modest. Though inflation eased, it was still significant, and consumers were cautious about their spending and prioritised the basics and appreciated the proximity of convenie ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Italy
Pharmacies continued to perform well in Italy in 2024, achieving growth in both the number of outlets and in current value terms, backed by the expansion of leading pharmacy groups. Nonetheless, pharmacies experienced significant growth in the online channel, with e-commerce players gaining share fr ... Read More
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Discounters in Colombia
In a challenging economic environment hindered by inflationary pressures and low consumer confidence, discounters significantly outperformed all other grocery channels in 2024. D1, Ara and Isimo lead the channel with almost 4,800 outlets combined in Colombia. Discounter performance was supported by ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Italy
2024 was a relatively good year for supermarkets with the channel seeing an increase in the number of outlets as well as solid growth in current value terms. Sales benefited from more stable inflation which was accompanied by the return of increased promotional activity all of which encouraged consu ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Sweden
Supermarkets achieved healthy value sales in Sweden in 2024, thanks to the strengthening economy, with lower inflation, growing real wages, and improving consumer spending confidence. Value sales were slightly lower in 2024 compared to 2023, although this is attributed to lowering unit prices for go ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Romania
E-commerce continued to register healthy current value growth in 2024. Generous return policies, as well as continuing development in the payment and distribution infrastructure further boosted value sales. For instance, in 2024, there was a noticeable increase of delivery to lockers. Buy Now Pay La ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Romania
Overall, health and beauty registered healthy current value growth in Romania in 2024, with pharmacies continuing to be the biggest channel in terms of value sales. Pharmacies benefit from consumers' ongoing need for essential medicine and drugs, whether they are Rx or OTC. As such, this essential ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Italy
Direct selling in Italy performed well in 2023 in current value terms, but the channel saw declining sales in 2024 as some key players such as Avon struggled for growth. Given the challenging economic scenario, some of the main brands have been investing in other channels to expand their sales with ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Colombia
Supermarkets have lost ground in Colombia’s grocery retail landscape amid growing competition from hard discounters, which gained share in 2024. Low single-digit value growth was driven by inflation while consumers shifted towards outlets offering more affordable everyday goods. To capitalise on thi ... Read More
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Retail in Belgium
Retail sales registered modest growth in current value terms in 2024. Growth was stronger in 2023 but this was largely fuelled by inflation. In 2024 prices started to stabilise although consumer purchasing behaviour was still affected by the inflation crisis. Indeed, consumers remained reluctant to ... Read More
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Retail in Argentina
Argentina’s retail industry in 2024 was impacted by economic and political developments in the country. After four years of populist economic policies, which left the Argentinian economy in bankruptcy, mired in hyperinflation and with depleted Central Bank reserves, Javier Milei was elected presiden ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Argentina
In Argentina’s supermarkets in 2024, Asian concept stores, as the main competitors to chained players, enjoyed a reversal of their previously poor performance. Towards the end of the review period, Asian concepts saw a continued deep crisis, resulting in some such supermarkets closing their business ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Argentina
In the first months of 2024, the hypermarkets channel in Argentina felt a significantly negative impact from the discontinuation of the Precios Justos programme - a voluntary agreement between the government and major companies that set reference prices for key products in the mass consumption baske ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in China
In 2024, hypermarkets in China continued to experience declines in outlet numbers and in current value sales, which reflected significant shifts in consumers’ shopping habits and market dynamics. One aspect impacting hypermarkets has been the rise of other retail channels. Retail e-commerce has take ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Canada
In 2024, small local grocers in Canada registered marginal growth in the number of outlets, while retail current value sales dropped, albeit moderately and for the first time in the review period. Small grocers continued to face significant challenges at the end of the review period, as they struggl ... Read More
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Discounters in Canada
In 2024, discounters in Canada posted strong, if slower than in 2023, retail current value growth amid a slight increase in the number of outlets and higher prices. At the end of the review period discounters like No Frills, Food Basics, and Freshco saw increased foot traffic as price-sensitive cons ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in the US
In 2024, current value growth for retail e-commerce outpaced growth for offline retail yet again in the US. This was strongly driven by a few factors, with convenience remaining one of the leading ones. Amazon boasted in July 2024 that the number of items received by its Prime members globally by sa ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in the US
Despite maintaining marginal current value growth, small local grocers in the US faced an uphill battle in 2024, as rising prices and shrinking profit margins continued to erode the ability of many such outlets to compete. High inflation remained a persistent issue, driving up the cost of goods, whi ... Read More