Market research: Africa (page 1 of 6)

The report provides detailed quantitative analysis of past and future trends, crucially providing retail sales data not just by channel and by product, but showing product sales through different chan...

Growth in sales promotions, advertisements and flexible payment options offered by major non-grocery retailers in 2011 continued to drive sales of non-grocery products. Many non-grocery retailers in C...

Non-store retailing registered impressive current value growth of 6% in 2011. This was thanks to the growing popularity of internet retailing within non-grocery retailers, consumers’ desire to use new...

The revolution of 14 January caused a great deal of damage to some of the leading brands, especially those in electronics and appliance specialist retailers, such as ElectroNabli and Elamra. In fact, ...

The increase in the number of ambassadors (also known as representatives) selling by catalogue was the main trend in 2011. In fact, the lack of job opportunities and the easy task of selling by catalo...

Business conditions improved in the year 2011 resulting in steady value sales for apparel retailers. The growth in value sales was stimulated by an improvement in employment levels at the beginning of...

Direct selling has significantly grown over the past two years of the review period; the post-recession period. This growth in channel size was stimulated by the increase in internet access levels in ...

Sales volumes increased significantly in early 2011 as homeshopping retailers continued to aggressively market products on offer. Growth of 6% in value terms was recorded for the whole category in 201...

Over the last two years of the review period, the rate of growth in internet access levels in South Africa has significantly grown. This has helped boost the sales value of internet retailing for the ...

The entry of Walmart into South Africa through acquiring Massmart Holdings has been the major talking point within the mixed retail channel. Massmart is expected to expand its operations through its v...

The Egyptian revolution in 2011 was followed by strong economic uncertainty for most Egyptians, with unemployment rising, trade diminishing and the ever-present threat of further instability. Consumer...

Jeans proved more resilient in comparison to many other product areas in apparel at the end of the review period. While overall apparel saw 21% volume decline and 20% current value decline, jeans decl...

Childrenswear proved considerably more resilient in comparison to adult clothing in 2011, with volume sales declining by 12%. In contrast, men’s clothing declined by 31% in the year, while women’s clo...

There was strong growth in sales of clothing accessories for much of the review period, with Egyptian consumers becoming increasingly interested in global fashion trends. This growth came to an abrupt...

The January revolution in 2011 had a marked negative impact on Egypt’s economy, resulting in rising unemployment and declining income levels for most consumers. Consequently, consumers sought to econo...

Like all product areas in apparel, hosiery was heavily impacted by the 2011 revolution and its aftermath, with a sharp 9% volume decline and 10% current value decline being seen in the year as a whole...

Sales were hard hit by the January 2011 Egyptian revolution and by its aftermath. Rising unemployment and a sharp drop in the country’s economic performance resulted in many consumers keeping their ex...

The Egyptian revolution of January 2011 had numerous repercussions and a sharp impact on sales of women’s outerwear. The remainder of the year saw ongoing political and economic uncertainty, with many...

This report contains detailed forecasts and analysis for the Middle East and North Africa region, including trade and investment analysis, economic forecasts, political risk assessments and demographi...

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These forecasts contain economic data and forecasts for 20 Middle Eastern and North African countries, covering the years 1993 to 2011. Data includes GDP growth, inflation rates, population growth, i...

These forecasts contain economic data and forecasts for 37 Sub-Saharan African countries, covering the years 1993 to 2011. Data includes GDP growth, inflation rates, population growth, industrial pro...

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Future forecasts and historic market data can improve market and strategic planning- Understand which channels and products will be the major winners and losers in the coming years- Know the share of ...

There is a lot of excitement in the specialist channels of apparel specialist retailers and home and garden specialist retailers, as at the end of 2010 the country lifted the import prohibition on tex...

Non-store retailing’s growth of 25% is boosted particularly by the fast growth, over the last five years, of internet retailing, which also saw 25% value growth in 2011. Computer and internet use is g...

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