The onset of the global pandemic in 2020 had a strong negative impact on the apparel and footwear market in Saudi Arabia. Non-essential stores closed, which decimated sales of apparel and footwear specialist retailers. The suspension of sporting events by the Saudi Sports Ministry and the closure of sports centres and venues throughout the...
All categories in apparel and footwear recorded double-digit declines in retail volume and current value sales in 2020, having been heavily impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The one exception was apparel accessories. While this category also saw a double-digit drop in retail current value sales over 2020, overall retail volume...
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 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...
Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 the outlook for Thailand’s apparel and footwear industry was not a bright one with its economy under pressure, high unemployment and high household debt, along with a slowdown in tourism. As such, when COVID-19 hit it dealt a further blow with unemployment skyrocketing as businesses struggled to cope...
Apparel and footwear had already witnessed steep declines in sales in 2019 due to the disruptions caused by the 2019–2020 protests triggered by the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the Hong Kong, China government, which had a severe impact on sales in physical stores. Apparel and Footwear in Hong Kong, China...
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...
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 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...