Europe Market Research

“Italy is the largest of the four big European markets (eg France, Germany, Italy, Spain) in terms of per capita spend on clothing and footwear. However, in the past few years, growth in spending has stalled, and it is clear that the underdeveloped nature of the online channel has contributed to ...

“Online retailing in Italy lags behind the UK and Germany, but it is developing rapidly as more people get online and barriers, such as unreliable delivery and low credit card ownership, are overcome. Once people are online they appear to be keen shoppers – the mobile sector is particularly ...

“The department store sector in Italy saw weak growth in 2017as both Coin and Rinascente are losing share of spending to specialist retailers. Both department stores need to broaden their appeal to attract less affluent and younger consumers. While the Italian online market is still ...

“The Italian clothing sector is highly fragmented. But fashion is in the blood of Italians and spending on clothing has remained robust. Things are changing quickly – online and the fast fashion retailers are revolutionising how people shop. With the world at their fingertips, shoppers are ...

“Italian footwear retailers have been performing well, but competition is intensifying from the expansion of the fast fashion chains and from online pureplayers. The opportunities lie in modernising footwear retailing and in selling online. The domestic retailers need to ensure they keep up in ...

The focus of this report is clothing specialists, because these are the dominant players in the sector. In this report we provide total consumer spending data for clothing, which includes expenditure through all channels. And we include Mintel's Channels of Distribution estimates for Italy, which ...