The availability of apparel and footwear was restricted by the Movement Control Order (MCO) enacted at the onset of the pandemic by the Malaysian government in March 2020. The MCO called for the complete closure of non-essential stores including department stores and shopping malls. During this time, only essential stores were allowed to operate,...
After seeing static retail volume sales and notable current value growth in 2019, in 2020 apparel and footwear saw a decline in volume terms, along with a slower value decline. With the arrival of the COVID-19 virus in the country in March of this year, the government implemented a hard lockdown. Apparel and Footwear in South Africa...
The fast-spreading COVID-19 dampened economic prospects in Turkey in 2020. This resulted in a direct hit to consumer confidence in the second quarter of 2020 following the first case of COVID-19 in March. Like many countries around the world, Turkey implemented lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus, and retail outlets deemed non-essential...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a limited impact upon apparel and footwear in Taiwan in 2020 as the government managed to get the virus under control relatively quickly and consumer behaviour was only significantly impacted during Q1. During this time consumers tended to steer clear of large department stores, instead prioritising their spending...
Apparel and footwear registered a notable decline in value sales in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Store closures during Norway’s lockdown combined with social distancing guidelines had a significantly negative impact on sales across all categories. At the onset of the pandemic in March and April, brands heavily reliant on...
Football Sportswear Market by Type (Footwear, Apparel, and Others), End User (Men, Women, and Children), and Distribution Channel (E-Commerce, Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Brand Outlets, and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast 2021–2027 The football sportswear market size was valued at $89,505.0...
Apparel and footwear in Germany was strongly impacted throughout 2020 as a result of the pandemic. Due to the fashion-driven and non-essential nature of this market and the strong reliance on store-based retailing in generating revenues for almost all major brands, the disruptions caused by government-imposed lockdowns resulted in the closure...
Apparel and footwear was hard hit following the outbreak of COVID-19, with value and volume sales plummeting in most categories. Apparel and footwear specialist retailers and other non-essential retailers closed on 13 March following the introduction of a nationwide lockdown and did not reopen until 1 May. In November, a second lockdown was...
In South Korea, there were nearly no restrictions in terms of daily lives in 2020. Most restrictions pertained to a mandatory two-week quarantine when an individual showed symptoms such as a fever, returned from visiting a foreign country, or encountered someone who was infected. Since there was no strict lockdown, GDP did not fall as much...
Apparel and footwear suffered significant declines across much of the market in 2020 as a direct result of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions introduced by the government in an attempt to control the spread of the virus. This resulted in remote working and studying for many Australians, thereby reducing the need to purchase...