Europe General Retailing

Retailing in North Macedonia After a major slowdown in value growth in 2020 when major retailers (particularly those operating within large shopping malls) were disrupted, growth accelerated in 2021 to record double-digit value growth. There were no significant lockdowns in this year and, with COVID ...

Variety Stores in Poland Following an extremely dynamic performance pre-pandemic in Poland, variety stores experienced a notable slowdown in value growth in 2020 due to non-essential store closures for much of the year in line with restrictions driven by the emergence of the pandemic. Nevertheless, ...

Retailing in Poland The emergence of the pandemic in Poland had a mixed impact on retailing in 2020, whereby consumers focused on essential goods such as food and medicine, while non-grocery specialists significantly struggled with lockdowns, and reduced footfall even when stores were permitted to r ...

Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Latvia Sales via health and beauty specialists have tailed off during the pandemic, largely as a result of lockdown; with restrictions on socialisation and the workplace, there was less demand for a mix of products including cosmetics, skin care and perfume. ...

Retailing in Latvia Retailing has seen recovery in 2021, as the government response to the pandemic has seen the economy begin to reopen and consumers resume pre-pandemic habits. The relaxation of lockdown measures, including restrictions on store opening, as well as improving vaccination numbers an ...

United Kingdom (UK) Mothers Day 2022 - Analyzing Market, Trends, Consumer Attitudes and Major Players Summary United Kingdom (UK) Mothers Day 2022 report forms part of GlobalData's leisure Occasions series, and offers a comprehensive insight into the consumer dynamics and spending habits of UK consu ...

Retailing in Serbia Growth in value sales in retailing was slightly lower in 2021 than in 2020, as consumers felt their finances being squeezed due to the fallout of the pandemic and there was also inflationary pressure. All the same, certain retailers performed better than others. For instance, tho ...

Variety Stores in Hungary Variety stores saw a return to growth in 2021, offsetting the decline in value sales seen in 2020. Outlets in the neighbourhood of high-traffic locations and with a focus on packaged food and home care managed to maintain their high sales even during lockdowns and periods o ...

Retailing in Norway The pandemic continued to have a strong impact on sales in 2021, leading to continued current value growth albeit at a slower rate than in the first year of the pandemic. This is largely due to the travel and mobility restrictions which meant that consumers working from home were ...

Variety Stores in Norway Variety stores were pulled in differing directions in the pandemic due to changes in consumers’ spending patterns. These changes were most strongly apparent in Q2 of 2020 with more consumers seeking cleaning products and outdoor items for their domestic summer holidays. This ...

E-Commerce (Goods) in Norway PPI Euromonitor International's E-Commerce (Goods) in Norway report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industry. The report examines all retail channels to provide sector insight. Channels include hypermarkets, supermarkets, discounters, convenie ...

Variety Stores in Denmark After store closures in 2020 and a strong decline in sales, variety stores saw positive growth in 2021 as consumes resumed their normal retail shopping habits. Sales in the year, however, were not as strong as many had hoped as a new wave of COVID-19 infections in early 202 ...

Retailing in Denmark 2021 started with another blow to store-based retailing in Denmark as a new wave of COVID-19 resulted in the forced closure of shopping centres and department stores. In late spring and over the summer, however, the situation improved and sales started to increase. As a result o ...

Textile Retailing in Europe - Industry Market Research Report Textile Retailing in Europe This industry includes specialised stores that sell fabrics; knitting yarn; basic materials for making rugs, tapestries or embroidery; textiles; and haberdashery, such as needles and sewing thread. This industr ...

Cultural & Recreation Goods Retailing in Europe - Industry Market Research Report Cultural & Recreation Goods Retailing in Europe This industry includes the retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores. Products sold by the industry included books, newspapers, music and video r ...

Retailing in Finland The dynamics in retailing in 2021 were still much shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. 2020 was an exceptional year due to the surge in spending on groceries as consumers spent more time at home and consumer foodservice establishments were closed other than for takeaway and ...

Variety Stores in Finland Variety stores was one of the big success stories of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the health crisis and in the face of economic uncertainty, consumers in Finland appreciated the low-price positioning and versatile product offerings of outlets in this channel. The products ...

European Discount Retail Market: Analysis by Type (Food and General Merchandise), By Country (Poland, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France and UK) Size & Trends with Impact of Covid-19 and Forecast up to 2025 Scope of the Report The report provides analysis of Europe discount r ...

Retailing in Sweden After seeing higher than average growth in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, overall retailing maintained a similar current value performance in 2021. Grocery retailers performed particularly well in 2020. Life was more concentrated at home, with working from home, less travelli ...

Variety Stores in Sweden Variety stores was amongst the best-performing store-based retail channels in Sweden during 2020 and 2021 in terms of value growth, as well as growth in the number of outlets. Due to the increased acceptance of variety stores by Swedes, Dollarstore and Rusta continued to exp ...

Variety Stores in Portugal Driven mainly by small independent fixed price stores, usually referred to as “Loja dos 300” or Chinese-owned independent variety stores, variety stores witnessed a notable value sales decline in 2020. The Chinese-owned stores had already started to experience a decline in ...

Retailing in Portugal In 2020 and strongly conditioned by the emergence of the pandemic and subsequent restrictions introduced by the local government to control the spread of the virus, the strong performance of channels such as grocery retailers, e-commerce or home improvement and gardening stores ...

Retailing in Ireland 2021 proved to be another challenging year for retailing in Ireland. At the very end of December 2020, the Irish government announced strict lockdown measures in the country, including the closure of non-essential retail. In addition, citizens were required to stay at home excep ...

Variety Stores in Ireland Variety stores witnessed a marginal improvement in value sales in 2021 compared to the significant declines recorded the previous year. This was the result of an increase in footfall to stores as restrictions were lifted and consumers returned to city centres, along with th ...

United Kingdom (UK) Valentine's Day 2022 - Analyzing Market, Trends, Consumer Attitudes and Major Players Summary United Kingdom (UK) Valentine's Day 2022 report forms part of GlobalData's Retail Occasions series, and offers a comprehensive insight into the consumer dynamics and spending habits of U ...