The Asia-Pacific Retail Handbook is now in its fourth year and is designed to complement the European Retail Handbook, which is currently in its 11th edition. The publication covers a wide range of social and economic indicators as well as providing the low-down on the retail environment and the leading players in some of the most exciting, dynamic and diverse retail markets in the world.

These include:

Australia

China

Hong Kong*

Indonesia

India

Japan

Malaysia

New Zealand

Philippines

Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

* Hong Kong is included as a separate “country” as, despite the fact that it is now part of China, it remains a separate market, with distinct boundaries, laws, regulations and currency.

Key themes of the report

The report is divided into 13 chapters, one for each country covered. These are preceded by an introduction and summary section that looks to provide an overview of the Asia-Pacific region, comparing a wide range of major indicators such as population, GDP and retail sales for each country.

Each country chapter contains the following data and analysis:

Key information – covering political affiliation, geography and language amongst other things.

Retail scene – summarising the major issues in each country.

Population data

GDP data

Consumer expenditure data

Inflation data

Number of retail businesses and outlets

Retail employment

Retail sales data

Leading identified retailers

Mini profiles of the leading retail players