“Clothing, footwear and accessories is among the sectors being hit the hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across Europe, and we expect the leading five economies to experience drops in retail specialists’ sales of between 20% and 32% in 2020. Specialist retailers continue to lose share of spending in the category due to strong competition from online pureplayers and other non-specialists. However, we continue to see changes in consumer behaviour due to the pandemic, creating opportunities for retailers to establish a stronger online presence to capitalise on the substantial rise in online demand.”

– Armando Falcao, European Retail Analyst

Key issues covered in this Report

The impact of COVID-19 on the clothing retail sector

How behaviours of clothes shoppers have changed since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak

The main channels used to purchase clothes and how this is evolving

How specialists are performing compared to non-specialists

The role of online and the emergence of online-only specialists.