E-COMMERCE MARKET IN SOUTH KOREA TO SURPASES US $242 BILLION IN 2025 - South Korea’s e-commerce market ranks among the most developed in the world and has been on a sustained growth for the past few years. Supported by the country’s robust technology infrastructure, which ensures the availability of high-speed Internet as well as a significant number of tech-savvy customers, the trend is forecast to continue over the next few years to reach KRW263.5 trillion (US$242.2bn) in 2025, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Accordi…
GLOBAL SNEAKERS MARKET TO GROW BY 30% AND HIT $102.8B VALUE BY 2025 - The COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the sneakers market, causing supply chain disruptions, closing retail stores, and cutting down revenues. Although all major sports brands managed to recover and boost their sales online, this year's revenues are still expected to remain below pre-COVID-19 levels. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.uk , the revenues of the global sneakers market are set to reach $66.3bn in 2021, compared to $69.6bn in 2019. However, the en…
TOKYO OLYMPICS FAILS TO BOOST HIRING ACTIVITY IN JAPAN - Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics games are back at the world center stage after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mega sporting events do not seem to impact hiring activity with active jobs not seeing significant growth in Japan. However, it’s business as usual for companies that are partnering the event. From product launches, customer engagement, providing hospitality support, and business development, companies are making the most of sporting extravaganza, observes GlobalData, …
MARKETING PUSH WILL HELP AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC TOURISM REACH RECORD HIGHS BY 2025 - Strongly supported by Tourism Australia’s domestic campaign, leading data and analytics company GlobalData forecasts a record number of domestic trips in the country by 2025: double that seen in 2020 and representing a 14% growth on pre-pandemic levels. Broadcasting the phrase ‘holiday here, this year’ over social media channels, radio and outdoor advertising has paid off, and, although the country will not see pre-pandemic levels for inbound trips until 2024, …
ASIA PACIFIC LUXURY RETAILERS TO BENEFIT FROM 'POST-COVID 19 NORMAL' PERIOD , says GlobalData Several countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region like India and Malaysia are dealing with the second spurt of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as much as the pandemic proved to be a threat, it also created opportunities for regional luxury retailers and international retailers operating in the APAC to leverage technology and reach customers at a personal level by using the social media platforms such as WeChat and TikTok. The APAC remains th…
EUROPEAN HOTEL INDUSTRY REVENUE TO SLUMP BY 50% IN 2021, ACCOMMODATION TURNOVER BY 28% - For the European hospitality industry, substantial effects of the pandemic are expected to affect its performance in 2021. According to the research data analyzed and published by ComprarAcciones.com , revenue could slump by as much as 50% during the year. Based on an HVS report, the sector’s transaction volume fell by 69% in 2020 to €8.5 billion down from a peak of €27.1 billion in 2019. The figure was, however, higher than the €3.1 billion recorded in …
THE BEST AND WORST DESTINATIONS TO LIVING AND WORKING ABROAD - 2021 EXPAT INSIDER SURVEY - How do expats rate life in their respective host country? How happy are they with specific aspects of living abroad, such as the quality of life, the ease of settling in, or their working life? And what kind of impact has the COVID-19-pandemic had on life abroad? | Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels Today, InterNations publishes its Expat Insider 2021 survey, one of the world’s most comprehensive surveys about living and working abroad with mor…
CARD PAYMENT IN SINGAPORE WILL REBOUND IN 2021 WITH IMPROING ECONOMIC CONDITION - Card payments in Singapore, which have seen sustained growth in the last few years, registered a decline in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They are set to rebound in 2021 with a 10.2% growth due to improving economic conditions and reducing impact of the pandemic, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics, card payments are set to revive with the reopening of businesses, recovery in consumer …
E-COMMERCE MARKET IN CHINA WILL REACH US$3 TRILLION IN 2024 - The Chinese e-commerce market is set to register a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4% from CNY13.8 trillion (US$2.1 trillion) in 2021 to CNY19.6 trillion (US$3.0 trillion) in 2024, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s E-Commerce Analytics, e-commerce sales in China are expected to register a robust growth of 17.2% in 2021, as consumers increasingly shift from offline to online due the COVID-19 pandemic. Nikhil Reddy,…
ASIA-PACIFIC TO LEAD GLOBAL JEANS MARKET GROWTH - The emerging markets across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are set to play a crucial role in the revival of the global jeans market to its pre-COVID-19-pandemic level growth by 2022, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s research reveals that the global jeans market grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.5% between 2014-2019 to reach US$74bn. However, the COVID-19 induced lockdowns led to store closures, which dampened the overall apparel spend, includi…
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