Market research: BRICM (page 1 of 14)

As internet retailing matures as a channel in developed markets, sales growth rates will slow. This will make emerging markets increasingly attractive to retailers and manufacturers looking to benefit...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The performance of clothing accessories continued to be dependent on that of other categories like women’s and men’s clothing. Ties, for example, witnessed retail volume sales growth of 11% in 2011, w...

In 2011, footwear in China saw retail volume sales growth of 7%, similar to that seen in 2010. This was due to ongoing robust demand for high-quality footwear products in the country, despite the slig...

While most other apparel categories were negatively impacted by the slower economic growth seen in 2011, hosiery witnessed more dynamic retail volume and value sales growth than was seen in 2010. This...

In China, retail value sales of men’s jeans totalled RMB30.5 billion in 2011, compared to the corresponding figure of RMB27.2 billion seen by women’s jeans. The general impression was that players att...

Men’s outerwear saw slower retail volume sales growth rates in 2011 than in 2010, mainly due to the negative impact of the economic downturn. However, due to higher selling prices in 2011, retail valu...

Underwear saw the most dynamic retail value sales growth of 18% in 2011, followed by nightwear and swimwear, which saw corresponding figures of 17% and 16%, respectively. Replacement sales of swimwear...

In 2011, the economic slowdown resulted in women’s outerwear seeing slower retail volume sales growth of 9.5%, compared to the corresponding figure of 11% seen in 2010. While men’s outerwear tends to ...

In order to accelerate growth in a struggling and fragmented channel, leading apparel specialist retailers invested in store positioning to target women, younger consumers or affluent consumers. Lojas...

The strong performance of direct selling over the review period and the popularity of this channel amongst Brazilians attracted investment by new entrants. These included Botica Comercial Farmacêutica...

Although homeshopping is an important channel to reach some areas, it has been losing ground to direct selling and internet retailing. Internet retailing experienced an outstanding performance over th...

Strong growth was experienced in internet retailing over the review period, but most companies did not follow at the same pace in terms of investment in infrastructure. As a result, many consumers fac...

Except for mass merchandisers, other mixed retailers experienced modest growth in 2011, as these types of outlets face competition from other channels, such as apparel specialist retailers, electronic...

The Selling Consumer Goods in China report covers the 41 cities in China that offer consumer goods companies the best prospects for market penetration and growth on the fast-growing Chinese consumer g...