Lockdown in Argentina was one of the longest in the world and negatively impacted apparel and footwear sales. Physical stores remained closed for many months with a few opening mid-June in the Great Buenos Aires area. In the interior of the country the situation was initially a little less intense with physical stores opening before those...
National lockdown restrictions in the Philippines were implemented to different intensities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The strictest measures were known as enhanced community quarantine and involved the closure of all malls and other non-essential outlets, and also the cessation of all non-essential work that cannot be switched...
Apparel and footwear registered severe sales declines in 2020 as the industry found itself on the receiving end of the worst impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, apparel and footwear was one of the consumer goods industries hardest hit by the COVID-19 situation worldwide during 2020 and this certainly applied in Indonesia. Apparel...
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...
After many years of low and stable growth, apparel and footwear suffered a significant decline in both retail volume and current value terms in 2020. This was because of the COVID-19 lockdown in the first half of the year, which saw the closure of the vast majority of physical points of sale, including single and multi-brand stores and shopping...
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...
Apparel and footwear recorded a negative performance in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to curb the spread of COVID-19 infection in the country, the Russian authorities imposed a national lockdown self-isolation period that lasted from 30 March until 1 June 2020. Apparel and Footwear in Russia report offers a comprehensive...
The apparel and footwear market in the UK was struggling before the pandemic, both due to high overhead costs and competition from e-commerce for physical retailers, and increasing market saturation and competition from emerging players. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a massive drop in sales in 2020 as a result of lockdowns and social distancing...
Apparel and footwear experienced marked declines across most categories in India in 2020. The strict lockdown imposed in order to limit the spread of COVID-19 included a ban on the sale of non-essential goods, including apparel and footwear, across store-based and online channels for around two months. Apparel and Footwear in India...
All categories within apparel and footwear in Denmark recorded significant declines in retail value sales in 2020, predominantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As one of the industries hardest hit by the pandemic, apparel and footwear suffered from the forced closure of non-essential retail stores from mid-March to mid-May 2020. Apparel...