Category: Retailing
Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Health and Beauty Specialists in South Africa
Health and beauty specialists saw strong current value growth in South Africa in 2024. Beauty specialist retailers continue to face intensified competition from department stores and health and personal care stores, which are leveraging their strong value chains to offer more diversified private lab ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in South Africa
General merchandise stores saw current value growth in South Africa in 2024. Towards the end of the review period, the performance of general merchandise stores was largely driven by a focus on value in the context of prevailing economic constraints. In response to these challenges, premium brands d ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in South Africa
Home products specialists saw modest current value growth in South Africa in 2024. With South African households facing rising living costs, middle-income households increasingly experienced difficulties, having accumulated significant asset-backed debts such as mortgages and vehicle financing durin ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in South Africa
Small local grocers saw current value growth in South Africa in 2024. Despite the evolution of mainstream modern grocery retail formats, South Africa's spaza shops continue to expand, playing a crucial role in township economies. These small, informal stores offer unmatched accessibility, often oper ... Read More
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Appliances and Electronics Specialists in South Africa
Appliances and electronics specialists saw retail value sales stagnate in current terms in South Africa in 2024. Demand in this channel was subject to challenging market conditions towards the end of the review period, including a rising cost of living, delays in supplies due to port congestion and ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in South Africa
Retail e-commerce registered dynamic current value growth in South Africa in 2024. The channel’s continued expansion was supported by improvements in internet penetration in the country, a rise in the number of digital-native shoppers, enhanced safety features, and the diversification of payment opt ... Read More
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Discounters in South Africa
Discounters saw strong current value growth in South Africa in 2024. With more than 40% of the population still depending on social grants to survive, discounters outlets continue to benefit from their strategic locations in lower-income areas. Demand is also supported by the government's extension ... Read More
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Direct Selling in South Africa
Direct selling saw current value growth in South Africa in 2024. Demand for direct selling continued to be affected by a challenging economic climate, which led consumers to reduce discretionary spending. Although sales of health and personal care products continue to lead the market, the channel ha ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Germany
Value sales of general merchandise stores in Germany recorded strong growth in 2024, despite a slowdown as high inflation strongly boosted sales the previous year. Growth was entirely driven by variety stores, which accounts for the majority of outlets and value sales within general merchandise stor ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Germany
The slowdown in growth recorded by supermarkets in Germany in 2024 compared to the previous year was merely a reflection of lower inflation rates, particularly for groceries. When compared to discounters, the main other major grocery channel in Germany, supermarkets recorded a relative recovery in 2 ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Germany
With stagnant current value sales in 2024, small local grocers in Germany recorded the lowest growth among all grocery retailing channels. The weak performance by small local grocers was also driven by the continued decline in outlet numbers during the year, with some stores closing amid challenging ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Germany
Despite a second consecutive year of value sales decline in 2024, sales through home improvement and gardening stores in Germany remained higher than pre-pandemic levels. In addition, the rate of decline was slower than the previous year, and less severe compared to homewares and home furnishing sto ... Read More
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Convenience Retailers in Germany
Despite a solid performance, convenience retailers in Germany recorded slower growth in 2024. This was driven by a return to a more stable trading environment following the high growth witnessed in 2022 and 2023 due to a post-pandemic rebound, alongside the historically high single-digit inflation, ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Germany
After experiencing post-pandemic growth during the previous two years, apparel and footwear specialists in Germany recorded value sales decline in 2024, forcing many retailers to close or scale back underperforming stores. This decline reflected the broader cost of living pressures due to persistent ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Germany
Sales of direct selling in Germany recorded close to stagnation in 2024, with moderate value growth. This performance was driven by shifting consumer shopping habits and broader macroeconomic dynamics. While inflation remained a concern throughout the year, its pace notably slowed, offering some rel ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Germany
In 2024, e-commerce in Germany witnessed a modest rebound following two years of low sales declines, although the growth was not as robust as initially anticipated by channel players. One of the key contributing factors to this rebound was the continued emphasis on enhancing the customer experience, ... Read More
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Health and Beauty Specialists in Germany
Value sales of beauty specialists Germany continued to recover in 2024, although growth was slower compared to the previous year. For many channel players, investing in an omnichannel presence and using new technologies remains an increasing focus. In June 2024, leading beauty specialist Parfümerie ... Read More
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Discounters in Germany
As the local economy contracted in 2024 for the second consecutive year and consumer confidence remained at a low level, discounters in Germany continued to outperform overall grocery retailers in value growth terms. Despite a slowdown compared to 2023, largely due to lower inflation for food and be ... Read More
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Hypermarkets in Germany
Value sales growth of hypermarkets in Germany were undermined in 2024 by the permanent closure of the last remaining 45 Mein Real outlets in March. The chain had struggled to resolve the inherent contradictions in being competitive in this channel as a small operator while lacking the scale to offer ... Read More
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Retail in Germany
The local economy faced a challenging period in 2024, marking the second consecutive year of contraction, leading to low consumer confidence. As a result, retail in Germany experienced its lowest growth rate of the review period in 2024. Euromonitor International's Retail in Germany report offers in ... Read More
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Retail in Morocco
Retail in Morocco benefited from relatively stable socio-economic conditions in 2024, supported by steady GDP growth and government reforms. The new Investment Charter continued to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), bolstering industrial production and infrastructure development. Population gr ... Read More
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General Merchandise Stores in Morocco
Department stores in Morocco continued to struggle in 2024 as the retail landscape shifted decisively toward e-commerce and specialised chain outlets. The convenience, breadth of choice and competitive pricing offered by online platforms have drawn increasing numbers of consumers away from tradition ... Read More
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Direct Selling in Morocco
Direct selling in Morocco remains heavily skewed toward health and beauty products, in large part due to the channel’s predominantly female salesforce and the continued popularity of wellness and personal care items. In 2024, the growth of digital platforms and social media significantly enhanced th ... Read More
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Apparel and Footwear Specialists in Mexico
Apparel and footwear specialists in Mexico struggled in 2024. Reports reveal that clothing manufacturing in Mexico recorded a substantial decrease from July 2024, with leather, fur and leather substitute products suffering the worst performance in the fashion industry. The manufacture of textile sup ... Read More
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Home Products Specialists in Mexico
2024 saw pet shops continue to rise within home products specialists in Mexico, with the country being one of the leaders in terms of functional foods for pets; about 70% of Mexican households have pets as of 2024. In light of this, Mars Petcare is investing MXN3.5 billion in its plant in Querétaro, ... Read More
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