With active support from Beijing, Chinese retail is beginning a fragile recovery Asia Boosted by government intervention, retail sales ended up 4.6% in the first quarter ended March 2025 in China (year-on-year).…
U.S. shoppers, nervous about Trump’s policies, are cutting back on non-essential purchases Americas On March 17, 2025, the Department of Commerce published the retail sales figures for the U.S.A. In February,…
[Inflation Barometer] Despite inflation stabilising in 2024, European retail is still being penalised by prices that are too high In 2024, inflation reached a moderate level of +2.4% in both the Eurozone and the U.S.A. In the long term, the gap in terms of consumption is real: over 3 years, food inflation reached +25% in Europe compared with +15% in the USA. This price uplift is penalising the retail sector in France and Germany. In the USA, however, the retail sector is in good health.
