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 in Morocco was seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The industry as a whole suffered its worst crisis for several years. In response to the pandemic, the Moroccan government imposed a strict lockdown across the country, which included the closure of all apparel and footwear stores for four months between...
The negative effects of the pandemic on apparel and footwear in Israel have been many and varied: first, the major distribution channel of apparel and footwear specialist retailers was forced to close during the lockdowns imposed by the government due to being deemed non-essential, whilst some did not return to being fully operational between...
Apparel and footwear registered a significant fall in sales during 2020, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lifestyle changes and increased price-sensitivity caused by the virus, changed the otherwise positive outlook envisaged for the year. As a result, a double-digit value decline of 12% was recorded in 2020, compared to 3%...
Apparel and footwear saw solid growth during most of the review period, but in 2020 turned to significant double-digit decline as a result of the arrival of COVID-19 in the country. One of the factors contributing to decline was that the government imposed a national lockdown for two months in the first half of the year to try and halt the...
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...
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...
Apparel and footwear sales have been heavily impacted by COVID-19 in Nigeria in 2020. There are a variety of factors at play, notably the temporary restrictions on movement, socialisation and the closure of schools that reduced the need to buy these products, as many consumers were marooned at home. Apparel and Footwear in Nigeria...
COVID-19 had a significant impact on the Swedish economy in 2020, most tangibly in consumer-facing industries such as tourism and retail. While the first quarter saw GDP stagnate at 0.1% growth, during the second quarter GDP fell by 8.3% compared with the same period in 2019. The National Institute of Economic Research anticipated that full-year...