Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, sp...
Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
Action continued to record growth in current value terms in 2023, albeit at a slower pace than in 2022. Action is a chain of discounter variety stores which has benefited from the challenging economic environment with consumers coming to its stores…
Within general merchandise stores, department stores accounted for significantly more value sales than variety stores in Turkey in 2023. The only major player in variety stores is German global player Tchibo, while there are three significant players…
Health and beauty specialists in Belgium continued to enjoy positive growth in current value terms in 2023. However, this driven mainly by inflationary pressures, as retailers, squeezed by rising input costs, were forced to raise their prices. Within…
Health and beauty specialists continued to see some benefit from consumers’ return to retail shopping in Denmark in 2023. However, although the Danish economy as a whole was performing relatively well in 2023 with falling unemployment and inflation,…
All health and beauty specialist retailers grew in Portugal in 2023, with beauty specialists reaching the highest growth – having seen the most significant negative impact during COVID-19. Following a decline in outlets in 2022, store numbers…
Health and beauty specialists in Switzerland recorded modest growth in 2023, mainly driven by evolving self-care trends and growing health consciousness. Health and wellness continue to play major roles in Swiss consumers’ lives, especially as daily…
Retailers are increasingly focusing on an omnichannel strategy in order to allow the consumer to shop in the way that they see fit and which is most convenient to them and which can maximise the retailer’s reach and sales potential. This in turn is…
In spite of continuing soaring price prises, health and beauty specialists performed well in Tukey in 2023, with constant value sales increasing by over a fifth overall, and with beauty specialists in particular performing strongly, Part of the…
Home products specialists in Belgium saw a stagnant performance in current value terms in 2023. This was mainly due to inflationary pressures, which placed a strain on household budgets. With consumers remaining nervous about the economy, this…
Home products specialists continued to see declining sales in Denmark in 2023 for several reasons. First of all, home improvement and gardening stores, as well as homewares and home furnishing stores, had seen strong growth during the COVID-19…