Market research: Europe (page 49 of 54)

According to Avedisco, the main trade group for the channel, approximately 256,000 people in Italy are involved in direct selling. The majority of direct selling agents are women. Many agents are moth...

While consumers refrained from buying expensive discretionary items during the economic downturn, they remained attracted to Internet retailing for value purchases, particularly during the festive gif...

Positive GDP growth, an influx of 1.5 million tourists to the country and progressive government policies all contributed to the strong performance seen by non-grocery retailing in Georgia in 2010....

Although non-store retailing is the newest and therefore the most rapidly developing retail channel in Latvia, in 2010 it still suffered from the unfavourable economic situation. Internet sales and di...

Variety stores continued to suffer a decline in retail value sales in 2010, as well as declines in the number of outlets and in selling space. This was mainly the result of the acquisition of the Upim...

The delay in economic recovery and the ongoing increase in unemployment rates in 2010 have had an impact on the type of leisure activities undertaken in the country. Many Italians have refrained from ...

In 2010, the sales of leisure and personal good specialist retailers continued to be hit by the economic downturn. Retailing was particularly damaged by the downturn, especially those channels selling...

There is a dual trend in direct selling in the Spanish market. On the one hand, the channel was favoured by the Spanish economic background. Thus, in contrast to what was happening in many other chann...

As was already seen over the review period, the competition from other channels continued to prevent growth in homeshopping in 2010. The lack of convenience of homeshopping was used by other store and...

The economic background continued to affect the lifestyles of Spaniards throughout 2010. Even though the hardest times seem to be over, the unemployment rate and disposable incomes stayed at levels si...

Internet retailing continued to grow at a good pace throughout 2010, as Spanish consumers gradually started losing their fear of making online transactions. Furthermore, this channel provides more app...

Once again, the economic downturn continued to affect sales within the mixed retailers channel. The high unemployment rate, the lack of trust in the main economic agents, financial uncertainty, the de...

Non-store retailing saw improved performance in 2010, mainly as a result of the strong retail value sales growth of 12% seen by internet retailing. The channel, which remains in a development phase in...

2010 was largely a transition year for non-grocery retailing in Estonia, as the recession showed signs of abating, but the economy did not return to pre-crisis levels of performance and remained somew...

Apparel exporters in Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia and other Balkan countries enjoy a number of competitive advantages in the West European market compared with their Asian rivals, including quicker tra...

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The childrenswear sector enjoyed only modest growth in sales in 2010, driven by a 1.6% rise in newborns and infants....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the 25 company car markets in Europe....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Bulgaria's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Romanian company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Ukraine's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Croatia's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Hungary's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Switzerland's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Finland's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Sweden's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Denmark's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Portugal's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Poland's company car market....

The PowerPoint presentation provides an analysis and a five-year forecast of the Austrian company car market....