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...
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 COVID-19 pandemic resulted in Spanish authorities deciding to implement a national lockdown in March 2020. Although restrictions began to be eased from 4 May, the “new normality” was not reached until June. Nevertheless, during the rest of the year new outbreaks of the virus continued to take place, with some cities and neighbourhoods...
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...
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 has been significantly impacted in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous years of steady growth recorded during the review period have been undermined in 2020 as both current value and volume sales plummet in response to the pandemic. Between the months of March and May, Romania was under a strict lockdown,...
The closure of brick-and-mortar stores in the spring as a result of the lockdown negatively impacted apparel and footwear sales in 2020. Customer traffic in shopping centres fell considerably and this continued throughout the year as the autumn brought a second wave of COVID-19 cases. Economic uncertainty and declining consumer confidence...
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sales of apparel and footwear was significant in Hungary in 2020. According to the Central Statistical Office’s April retail data, the turnover of textile, clothing and footwear stores decreased by 90%, and not simply as a result of fashion stores closing during the lockdown. When the pandemic broke out,...