Asia Pacific’s Domination of the Global Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and Hard Discounters Market Set to Continue to 2017

Wednesday 4 September 2013, Amsterdam

Whilst the Asia Pacific Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and Hard Discounters market will continue to grow at the most rapid rate to 2017, North America, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa’s markets will grow roughly at the same rate – CAGRs of 4.47%, 4.75%, and 4.38% respectively – according to consumer specialist new report: Global Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and Hard Discounters Market Size and Forecast to 2017.

The trend of per-capita spending being considerably higher in North America and Europe, however, is set to continue to 2017, despite the CAGR of 6.22% forecast in terms of per-capita by the Asia Pacific region

The report is a result of an extensive research covering the retail industry in 50 countries around the world.

It offers:

•Detailed quantitative analysis of past and future retail trends segmented down to category and channel level, with both top-level overview and detailed category specific insights into the global retail industry environment.
•Retail sales data of products though Hypermarkets, Supermarkets and Hard Discounters.
•Category coverage that includes 25 products across eight product groups: Apparel, Accessories and Luxury Goods, Books, News and Stationary, Electricals and Electronics, Food and Grocery, Furniture and Floor Coverings, Home and Garden Products, Music, Video and Entertainment Software, and Sports and Leisure Equipment.

This will facilitate:

•Properly informed strategic planning.
•Awareness and understanding of those products that will be the major winners and losers in the coming years.
•Accurate assessment of the economic recession and recovery on market growth.

Key Findings:

•The UK, France, Germany, Russia and Italy accounted for more than half of European retail sales through the channel in 2012; however, their combined share is expected to decline by 2017.
•Japan and China together accounted for over 65% of total Asia-Pacific retail sales through the channel in 2012.