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Sector Analysis
Clothing and Footwear Market Size, Key Trends, Regional and Category Performance, Competitive Landscape and Top Retailers to 2029
The Global Sector Series: Clothing & Footwear report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of the Clothing & Footwear market, the major players, the key trends and consumer attitudes. The report also includes consumer data from 2024. The global clothing & footwear market showcased subdued growth of 0.7% in 2024 as consumers were wary of spending on non-essentials due to high inflation and economic uncertainty. The market is forecast to see slightly greater growth of 2.2% in 2025 as global consumer...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in APAC (2025)
Overall, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced significant growth in inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2024. This growth was primarily focused on sectors such as renewables, communications/media, and electronics, with the United States, United Kingdom, and France identified as major investors. In 2025, increasing trade barriers and geopolitical tensions are altering the landscape of APAC FDI. While protectionist measures and security-driven screening are redirecting some investments, such as semiconductors from Taiwan, towards the United States, resilient markets like India and...
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Apparel Market Size and Trend Analysis by Category, Retail Channel, Consumer Attitudes, Brands and Forecast to 2029
Report Value Proposition – Why This Matters for You The UK apparel market is navigating a period of cautious consumer spending as inflation, economic uncertainty, and shifting purchasing priorities continue to reshape demand. While consumers remain focused on value and essential purchases, gradual economic recovery is expected to create new opportunities across apparel categories, retail channels, and price segments through 2029. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the UK apparel market, combining market sizing, competitive analysis, category performance, and...
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Company Insights
Forever 21: Failure Case Study
Forever 21 is a US-based fast fashion retailer which filed for bankruptcy in March 2025. However, its international stores and online channels continue to remain operational. Forever 21’s inefficient store inventory, loss of reputation, and stiff competition resulted in its downfall in 2025 Lack of a sustainability framework and weak online presence hindered Forever 21’s recovery
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Consumer Insights
Portugal Apparel Market Size, Consumer Insights, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2029
This report offers an overview of the apparel market in Portugal, including macroeconomic analysis, market forecasts to 2029, consumer insights, market shares, and analysis on local brands. In 2024, Portugal remained resilient despite the widespread economic downturn across Europe, with real GDP per capita rising 1.8%, supported by normalizing inflation, which declined to 2.4% from 4.3% the prior year.
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Childrenswear Market Size and Trend Analysis by Category, Segments, Key Brands and Forecast to 2029
The UK Childrenswear Market to 2029 report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of the UK Childrenswear market, the major players, the key trends, and consumer attitudes. It provides detailed analysis of the key trends shaping the market, market sizes and forecasts, and the performace of key retailers. The report also includes consumer data from 2023 and 2024. The lasting impact of high inflation led the UK childrenswear market to decline 2.4% in 2024. However, its more essential nature allowed it...
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Consumer Insights
Czech Republic Apparel Market Size, Consumer Insights, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2029
This report offers an overview of the apparel market in Czech Republic, including macroeconomic analysis, market forecasts to 2029, consumer insights, market shares, and analysis on local brands. In 2024, the Czech Republic economy experienced a modest recovery, with real GDP per capita rising by 0.9%, supported by a significant decline in inflation from 10.7% in 2023 to 2.4%. Czech Republic’s apparel market experienced growth of 6.2% to CZK 157.4bn in 2024, driven by a 4.3% rise in volumes, as...
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Sector Analysis
Sportswear Market Size by Sports Activity, Regional Overview and Brand Initiatives to 2029​
This report offers an analysis of both the historic and forecast data of the global sportswear market through to 2029 split by sports activity. It provides sales and growth across different regions and category groups for ten sports activities. It also highlights initiatives by key sportswear brands for each sport activity. Running is forecast to win the most share within the global sportswear market between 2024 and 2029, increasing by 1.3ppts to 14.1%, with a CAGR of 6.3%.
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Sector Analysis
The Apparel Market in India to 2029
The India Apparel Market to 2029 report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of the India apparel market, the major players and consumer attitudes. In 2023, the Indian apparel market grew by 8.3% to reach INR 6,996 billion, driven by shifting lifestyle preferences among the growing middle class, rising disposable incomes, and accelerated urbanization. The online apparel market in India grew by 15.9% in 2023, to reach INR 1,485 billion, fueled by the extensive product ranges, convenience, and price comparison facilities,...
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Consumer Insights
United Kingdom (UK) Secondhand Apparel Market - Consumer Insights
This report offers an overview of consumer attitudes in the UK secondhand clothing, footwear and accessories market Secondhand purchasing penetration is the highest for clothing, at 35.9%, versus 15.6% and 11.2% for footwear and accessories, respectively. For all three categories, physical shops are the channel that most consumers have purchased from, due to the widespread availability of charity shops as well as vintage shops.
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