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Consumer Goods & Retail is the largest services sector, providing the necessary link between producers and final consumers. The sector has a major socio-economic role, being among the biggest employment generators and contributors to economic growth. It is highly heterogeneous, using a variety of formats and channels to meet the needs of the more sophisticated global consumer. In today’s digital era, the increasing penetration of everyday life by information and communications technologies is reshaping the purchase decision process. This promotes the rapid development of online retail solutions that enhance customer retention and create tailor-made experience through both digital and mobile platforms.
Activities associated with Consumer Goods & Retail are the manufacturing and retailing of goods intended for everyday use by end consumers. Examples include food, textile products, apparel and footwear, household goods, furniture, hygiene and personal care products, jewellery, toys and sporting goods. It also covers all retail channels, from traditional supermarkets and specialised stores to non-store retailers such as e-stores, mail-order houses and direct selling establishments. Retail sale of fuels and vehicles is also included in this sector.
The African consumer goods and retail sector has recently been gaining traction in the investor world, albeit at a slow pace. To date, the sector is dominated by informal retailers, with formal retailing accounting for a mere 10%, according to ...
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Driven by a large population and steadily increasing incomes, the Polish retail sector has been one of the most dynamic in the EU, as retail sales reached 40% of GDP in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 resulted in a 2.6% y/y decline in ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the fragile situation of the Argentine economy, which experienced its third consecutive year of recession in 2020. In this context, motor vehicle production, domestic sales and export volumes dropped by 18.3%, 25.5% ...
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In FY2019, the main growth driver of the Indian motor vehicle industry was a solid increase of domestic demand, which grew at a CAGR of 8.7% between FY2016 and FY2019. Domestic demand accounted for an average 85.6% of total output during ...
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In Q1 2021, the automotive sector in China witnessed strong growth in terms of production and sales compared to the same period of 2020 when COVID-19 had a huge negative impact on the sector. The automotive production in Q1 2021 increased ...
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Chile is a relatively small economy, having the fifth largest GDP in Latin America in 2020. However, its retail sector is well developed, mature and sophisticated, and in many aspects on a par with those of developed countries. In 2020, the ...
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In the first quarter of 2021, China’s retail sector witnessed a surging popularity of e-commerce and a further digitalisation of the retail industry. Alibaba and its major competitors JD.com ...
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Mexico is the second-largest economy in Latin America and the second-biggest consumer market in the region, with a population of over 127mn people, as of December 2020. The domestic retail sector was negatively affected by COVID-19 and the ...
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In Q4 2020, the automotive sector in China continued to improve in terms of production and sales on the back of economic recovery and stronger market demand. The automotive production increased by 8.8% y/y to 8.2mn units. Output of ...
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In 2020, retail sales in Brazil rose by 1.2% y/y in volume terms, despite the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the contraction of the country’s GDP by 4.1% y/y. The overall positive performance of the retail sector was ...
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