Market research on the retailing industry. Our reports feature a ...
Market research on the retailing industry. Our reports feature a wealth of standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand share data, distribution and industry trends.
The Americanas scandal of accounting inconsistencies, which emerged at the start of 2023, undoubtedly caused a certain amount of noise in Brazilian retail; felt in both offline and online sales, both of which saw a slowing of growth in 2023. However,…
Despite multiple challenges in 2023, retail in Brazil maintained current value growth. 2023 began with the return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of the Republic of Brazil and, shortly thereafter, the attacks of 8 January occurred, with…
Small local grocers and food/drink/tobacco specialists maintained current value growth in Brazil in 2023 and remained fairly stable in terms of outlet numbers. In food/drink/tobacco specialists, the Cacau Show, Kopenhagen, and Chocolates Brasil Cacau…
Supermarkets maintained growth in both current value terms and in terms of outlet numbers in Brazil in 2023. Grupo Mateus was one player that contributed strongly to growth in this year. The group’s growth trajectory began in Balsas, in the state of…
Vending remained the smallest retail channel in Brazil in 2023, but continued to see solid current value growth. Most vending machines are located in semi-captive areas such as apartment buildings, offices, and university campuses, amongst others. A…
Despite consolidation of value share among five leading players, including Multitiendas Corona SA and Zara Chile SA, apparel and footwear specialists in Chile remained dominated in outlet terms by independent players in 2023. These operators serve…
Apparel and footwear specialists saw a significant rebound in sales in Hong Kong in current value terms in 2023. Inbound tourism and private consumption continued to recover in 2023, and improvements in household income helped retail sales to rebound…
As a high number of big-ticket purchases were made during the pandemic years, appliances and electronics specialists in Chile experienced a marginal drop in value sales in 2023. This scenario encouraged many leading players to aggressively adopt…
After the disruptions to value sales during the 2019 protests and pandemic in 2020, appliances and electronics specialists returned to current value growth in Hong Kong in 2021 and 2022. However, in 2023 appliances and electronics specialists…
Convenience retailers in Chile continued to perform well in 2023, recording another year of double-digit value growth, primarily driven by convenience stores. The latter channel has become increasingly popular among Chileans in local neighbourhoods,…
Although seeing a slowing of its growth rate compared with the previous year, convenience retailers maintained solid current value growth in Hong Kong in 2023. Convenience stores remained overwhelmingly dominant within convenience retailers in 2023,…
Direct selling in Chile remained an important channel in 2023 for local consumers looking to access affordable products, specially for those interested in beauty and personal care. The latter continued to drive value sales in 2023, holding 72% share…
Direct selling returned to growth in current value terms in Hong Kong in 2023. However, during the pandemic the channel saw little disruption compared with many others in retail, holding up relatively well, with only minor declines. Social media…
While local consumers continued to search for more affordable products in 2023 due to high inflation and limited disposable incomes, discounters in Chile struggled to replicate the dynamic value growth and expansion witnessed during the previous two…
In 2023, values sales of general merchandise stores in Chile, solely represented by department stores, declined for a second consecutive year. Reduced spending power and the important impact of e-commerce operations of the retailers present in the…
General merchandise stores saw a second year of double-digit current value growth in Hong Kong in 2023, finally recovering to the pre-pandemic (2019) level of sales, after disruption due to the loss of tourist flows. Although variety stores saw…
Although health and beauty specialists in Chile experienced a marginal decline in 2023 across the channel, value sales remained above pre-pandemic levels. Pharmacies holds the highest share overall, in both outlet and value terms, and continued to…
Health and beauty specialists saw another year of current value growth in Hong Kong in 2023. One of the players driving growth was Sa Sa International, the leading player in beauty specialists in Hong Kong. It reported that its sales in Hong Kong and…
Value sales of home products specialists in Chile, dominated by home improvement and gardening stores, marginally declined in 2023, due to further competition from e-commerce platforms, although they remained above pre-pandemic levels. Independent…
In 2023, home products specialists saw a current value decline in Hong Kong, as although home improvement and gardening stores and pet shops and superstores maintained growth, homewares and home furnishings stores saw another year of falling sales.…