In 2021, the retailing environment in Belgium benefitted from the gradual lifting of restrictions related to COVID-19. Retailing in Belgium 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,...
Sales of cooking ingredients and meals are dominated by store-based retailing, driven by the developments of modern grocery retailers globally. E-commerce is, however, thriving, with increasing acceptance by younger generations and the emergence of digitally-driven business models, such as meal kit subscriptions. This report delves into the...
Department store chain, Lojas Renner, is the only mixed retailer present in Uruguay in 2021 and while it posted very healthy current value growth in 2021, value sales were still lower than before the onset of COVID-19. 2020 was a difficult trading year, as with eight of its stores out of a total nine located in shopping malls, these outlets...
Conscious consumers: A greater focus on provenance is likely to benefit market place sellers Abstract E-Commerce in Ireland Operators in the industry retail a variety of products via the internet, mail order, TV and phone. Online auction sites are included in the industry, but transactions involving...
The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate and substantial impact on the retailing landscape in Switzerland in 2020. Due to health considerations and government-imposed lockdowns affecting store-based retailing, consumer foodservice, entertainment and inbound tourism, consumer purchasing behaviour and priorities quickly shifted while overall sales...
Despite its early stages and relatively recent entry less than a decade ago, mobile e-commerce in Slovenia witnessed exponential growth prior to the pandemic and outperformed all other retail channels. This was, however, connected to its relatively small size - but was growing faster than its e-commerce counterpart. This comes as no surprise...
Prior to the pandemic, e-commerce was quickly gaining momentum in Slovenia. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce will perform exceptionally well as current value sales have rocketed throughout 2020. Lockdown has been the largest factor to positively influence e-commerce as during this time, all non-essential stores were closed...
2020 was a very successful year for mobile e-commerce. thanks to COVID-19, and consumers’ desire to avoid brick-and-mortar outlets, in order to avoid exposure to infection. As with e-commerce, value sales increased by more a third in 2020. Also, according to Uruguay Central Bank data, during the first half of 2020, the number of mobile payments...
COVID-19 negatively affected value sales in direct selling in 2020. During the pandemic, in view of a looming economic recession, consumers cut back their spending on items considered non-essential. Beauty and personal care direct selling was worst affected as a consequence, while other direct selling – consisting of consumer health and home...
The development of mobile e-commerce in Bolivia in previous years was closely related to value sales through social networks. It is primarily younger consumers, especially urban millennials in the middle and upper classes, that rely on mobile e-commerce for various purchases. Most of the transactions via mobile e-commerce in Bolivia are for...