Europe Market Research

“There are signs of the beginnings of a recovery in the German department stores sector. New ownership and a more focussed management now shorn of too many diversifications are a good start. The consumer research for this report shows that the stores are still valued for many of the things that a ...

The retail sector appears to be in turmoil.  There has been an unprecedented number of failures or retailers reported to be in trouble just in the first quarter of 2018.  It would be easy to go on to say that the whole retail sector, and particularly the store-based sector, is in deep trouble.

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“The French department stores are heavily reliant on their Parisian flagship stores and on tourists. As a result they were hit hard by the downturn in foreign visitors that followed the terrorist attacks in Paris (November 2015) and Nice (June 2016). The format is much less important to retailing ...

“There is enormous variation between countries in the development of department stores. At one extreme there is Spain, where the only department stores is the country’s leading non-food retailer. At the other extreme there are countries like Austria, where the sector scarcely exists. Italy has a ...

“The future growth of the colourants market may be limited as the relevance of the market changes. Rather than appealing to older consumers through affordability, appealing to younger consumers is increasingly important. Providing accompanying haircare and gradual or personalised colour solutions ...