Market research: Asia (page 1 of 31)

The exponential increase in the costs of elementary inputs such as cotton and fuel caused apparel manufacturers – and in turn, retailers – to elevate unit prices even before additional duties were add...

Direct selling in India encourages women by providing a business opportunity to them, which is driving the growth of direct selling in the country. People have become more aware of different direct se...

Dedicated homeshopping channels including HomeShop18 and Star CJ are driving the growth of homeshopping in India. These channels offer several products that store-based retailers offer. These channels...

Over the review period Internet availability saw huge growth as consumers could enjoy several payment methods, including cash on delivery, debit, credit cards, cheques and drafts. As consumers had man...

The three leading brands among mixed retailers – Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop and Pantaloons – all sourced a majority of their value sales from their apparel ranges in 2011. This includes both private lab...

A huge volume of products manufactured in China and South Korea found their way to non-grocery retailers in Iran in 2011, to meet high demand among the country’s young population for consumer goods. A...

Iranian non-store retailing remained very immature over the review period, with the necessary infrastructure inaccessible by the bulk of the consumers in the country. However, in spite of the official...

As expected in 2010, the impact of H&M’s entry in the local market was strong. H&M is perceived by shopping centres and malls as a strong driver of traffic, and they are therefore willing to give it a...

The main story within direct selling in 2011 was the increasing number of small companies entering the channel in order to make a quick profit and a quick exit. These small companies tend not to join ...

Homeshopping did not witness any key events or stories during 2011. The main channel remained TV homeshopping, and the developments were few. Recent years saw a few trends which continued to impact th...

Israelis are very suspicious when it comes to online sales. This is mainly due to the “dodgy” nature of the first online commercial operators, which gave the channel a negative image. Despite the fact...

Mixed retailers continued to be highly undeveloped within Israel in 2011, composed mainly of many independent stores, small chained retailers with 2-10 outlets, and only two main chained retailers – t...

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...

The increasing number of working women continues to drive the market both in terms of value and volume in 2011. The influence of Western culture on Indian women is also continuing to drive the women’s...

Older brands of innerwear in India have grown faster when compared to new ones because of their distribution coverage and regional availability compared to other brands. The increasing disposable inco...

Current value sales of men’s outerwear increased by 11% in 2011 to record sales of Rs724.6 billion, compared to previous year’s sales amounting to Rs653.6 billion. Sales were largely driven by “other ...

Value sales of men’s jeans grew by 12% to record Rs65.1 billion in sales and value sales of women’s jeans grew by 14% to reach Rs16.6 billion sales in 2011. The growth is mainly because of the increas...

Companies making formal wear compulsory and the increasing number of students joining professional courses and colleges encouraged ongoing growth in demand for hosiery throughout 2011....

The cricket World Cup 2011 and IPL series created a new platform for sportswear shoes in 2011 and boosted overall sales that year. Men’s sports footwear saw tremendous value growth of 23%, which is hi...

Changing dressing codes from corporates and companies are driving sales of clothing accessories. As companies prefer employees to wear more formal clothing, preferably with perfectly coordinated acces...

Changes in children’s dressing attired have been witnessed amongst middle- to high-level income groups across Indian society and this is driving the market in childrenswear. Party wear and ethnic wear...

This report includes statistical data and analysis of the Japanese man-made fibre and technical textile industry under the following headings: man-made fibre production and consumption; man-made fibre...

The textile and clothing industry occupies an important role in the Indonesian economy and is the country's second largest source of foreign earnings. Indonesia also has a huge and expanding domestic ...

Canadean's "Singer India Ltd. - Company Capsule" contains a company overview, key facts, key employees, products and services, locations and subsidiaries as well as financial ratios....

The Clothing Retailers in China industry report is part of the Retail Sector in China. Operators in this industry mainly retail clothing products for men, women, children, as well as clothing accessor...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Childrenswear saw slower retail volume sales growth of 6% in 2010 compared to the corresponding growth of 8% seen in 2010. This resulted from the increasing economic uncertainty seen in China over the...

2011 saw growing brand awareness within childrenswear. In addition to the growing presence of The Gap and H&M, which entered the market in 2010, more premium brands for children were imported to Israe...