Eastern Europe

The Top Five Digital Consumer Trends in 2020, which published in January, provides insights into changing digital consumer values and priorities, specifically highlighting the five tech-driven trends that are expected to reshape commerce the most in…

Digital streaming services have widely disrupted traditional media consumption, particularly in developed markets, and new services continue to launch. This briefing includes profiles of the following companies: Apple Music, Amazon Prime Video,…

Technological advances are creating unprecedented change across consumer-facing industries. The Digital Consumer Survey, fielded in March and April, offers insight into the pace and depth of this evolution, tracking consumer behaviour, attitudes,…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shown the vulnerability of the current supply chain model and had an extensive impact on the manufacturing industry’s global supply and transportation networks. Global supply chains are forecast to become more…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak significantly disrupted manufacturing and service sectors as well as the global transportation system. This briefing examines how manufacturing, services and transportation industries are impacted by the…

With falling birth rates and rising life expectancy, the older demographic is growing rapidly as a proportion of the global population, creating significant commercial opportunities (and challenges), as well as giving rise to new societal, economic…

As the creative economy broadens its horizons, with wider applications in commerce, immersive technologies such as AR/VR are at the forefront of engagement in digital eco-systems. Leveraging Digital Consumer Survey Data and the Voice of Industry…

Cities will need to focus on four key areas in mitigating the effects of future pandemics: urban mobility, urban design, the built environment and supply chains. Each aspect has been called into question during Coronavirus (COVID-19) with extensive…

As of May 2020, Euromonitor International has further downgraded the baseline global real GDP growth forecast for 2020 to a range of -4.0% to -1.5. Advanced economies are expected to be the hardest hit in this recession, with their economic activity…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) resulted in supply shock for the global car industry, while in the long term, companies will face depressed demand and delayed production recovery. The briefing investigates COVID-19’s impact on automotive production, potential…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the most severe global crisis since WWII. COVID-19 restrictions have effectively stopped economies around the world, and the global economy is expected to enter a recession in 2020. However, the magnitude of the…

With more consumers shifting to digital platforms, companies must reconsider where to deploy resources. In order to assist companies with identifying which geographic markets offer the best prospects for future deployment of digital initiatives,…

Tech innovation and investment is top of mind for most businesses as they strive to stay competitive and meet consumer expectations. Euromonitor International’s Voice of Industry: Digital Consumer Survey uncovers how companies are responding to this…

Problems such as congestion and air pollution coupled with changing consumer attitudes to environmental issues and increasing adoption of smartphones, is pushing ahead a new agenda for travel - one focused on connected, autonomous, shared and…

New technologies are creating massive upheaval, with companies embarking on digital transformations in order to maintain relevancy. In order to better understand how companies are responding to this epochal shift, Euromonitor conducted a Digital…

Grocery retailing in Eastern Europe is growing moderately. A major structural change is being seen, as evidenced by the dramatic decline of traditional grocery retailers, which is giving way to large modern grocery retailers. As the market…

Our baseline global GDP growth forecast has remained stable since Q4 2019 at around 3% in 2020, improving slightly to 3.2% growth in 2021. Positive factors in the outlook remain above average consumer confidence in key economies, supportive monetary…

Breakfast cereals continues to post stable value growth in Eastern Europe. Sales are strongly supported by the popularity of hot cereals in many countries, as well as the health and wellness and convenience trends. Increasing consumer attention to…

Technological advances in 2020 will continue to influence how consumers conduct commerce both inside and outside a merchant environment. Leveraging Passport Digital Consumer data and analysis, this report explores the top five digital trends that are…

BRIC economies provide tremendous growth opportunities, further boosted by countries’ consistent efforts to improve business environments. Nevertheless, it is not equally easy to do business in BRIC countries, with Brazil struggling to recover from…