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With sales slowing down, home and garden retailers around the world made innovative investments to provide consumers with a shopping experience upgrades, with strong efforts to stimulate demand. Compact urban stores to be close to new footfall…

This report explores retailing shifts in the home care industry over the period 2017 to 2022, which includes the impact of rising global inflation rates and the post-COVID-19 pandemic scenario on store-based retail and non-store channels, including…

Over the review period, both offline and e-commerce retail channels witnessed notable growth in response to increased demand for hot beverages prompted by the pandemic. This surge in demand had a significant impact on hot beverage trends across…

The pandemic, cost-of-living crisis and high inflation continue to have an impact on affluent consumers, their wealth, and their shopping habits on luxury goods. Offline retail maintains its importance alongside e-commerce, as luxury consumers demand…

During the Coronavirus pandemic, distribution channels in packaged food have been significantly affected. Consumers sought convenient channels to purchase essential food in 2020. As a result, e-commerce thrived by meeting consumers’ needs such as…

Global sales of personal accessories rebounded in 2023, driven largely by price increases due to high inflation, with volume sales posting a more modest increase. Retail offline dominates global personal accessories sales; however, e-commerce gained…

The retail landscape has been evolving rapidly in the pet care industry. Grocery retailers, despite their convenience, have been losing preference over the years. Pet shops and superstores are investing in becoming a one-stop shop for all things pet.…

The global snacks markets grew in 2023, despite negative external factors, such as high inflation, the impact of the war in Ukraine on supply chains, climate change and currency devaluations. Supermarkets and small local grocers lead store-based…

E-commerce continues to account for a relatively small share of global retail sales of soft drinks, with small local grocers still the leading individual channel thanks to the popularity of such outlets in many emerging markets. However, modern…

The cost of living crisis is impacting consumers’ grocery channel choices, resulting in shifting preferences to combat eroding purchasing power. As a consequence, discounters have been rising in prominence. Also, after years of decline, small local…