Eastern Europe

This briefing examines how the aerospace industry is performing globally and in the largest countries in terms of aircraft production. The report also provides data for production, market size, imports, exports, industry costs, industry profitability…

The report provides a global overview of production, consumption and prices of soybeans. Soaring input costs and supply disruptions put pressure on soybean producers and add more volatility to the market. Meanwhile, dry weather in South America has…

This briefing examines how the wood commodity is performing globally and in the largest countries in terms of wood supply and consumption. The report also provides data and analysis for wood prices, imports, exports and top consuming industries as…

This report analyses global production, consumption and prices of steel. The global steel industry swiftly recovered after the COVID-19 shock. While supply struggled to meet booming demand in 2021, steel prices skyrocketed. Russia’s invasion of…

The number of households is set to slightly decrease in the Czech Republic over 2021-2040, with single person remaining the dominant household type. While household earnings have already recovered from the COVID-19 impact, the fastest household…

The number of households is set to decrease moderately in Bulgaria over 2021-2040, with single person remaining the dominant household type. While household earnings have already recovered from the COVID-19 impact, the fastest household expenditure…

The briefing examines how the transport and storage industry performs globally and in the largest countries in terms of transport and storage output. The report also provides data for production, market size, imports, exports, industry costs,…

This visual report highlights the results of Euromonitor International’s 2022 Voice of the Consumer: Mobility survey, including the everyday transportation habits and attitudes of global consumers.

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…

The energy industry recovered in 2021, given the rapidly increasing crude oil and natural gas prices, and lifting lockdown measures. Reopening global economies allowed for increasing mobility and industrial and commercial activities, stimulating…

Slower growth, surging inflation, rising geopolitical risks and an accelerating deglobalisation trend are factors shaping the global economic, financial and trade landscape in 2022 and beyond. Despite the challenges, there are opportunities for…

Supply chain localisation, e-commerce boom and growing focus on sustainability initiatives are driving changes in the logistics industry. The briefing examines how digital tools, process automation and autonomous driving technologies can help…

Demand for wipes in Bulgaria continued to grow in 2021, following a generally positive performance by the category the previous year, when heightened hygiene and cleaning routines as a result of the virus drove up sales of antibacterial all purpose…

At the onset of the pandemic in 2020, tissue and hygiene experienced some stockpiling behaviour driven by consumers’ concerns over restricted access to stores, and potentially being in isolation. This behaviour was particularly noticeable within…

The briefing takes a global perspective of the key trends occurring in cities over 2016 to 2021. It goes on to provide forecast level data and insights for cities over 2021-2040, covering areas such as the economic, population and consumer spending…

In an uncertain economic environment that saw local consumers limit their purchases on non-essential items, the retail constant value sales of variety stores continued to decline during 2021, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in the previous year.…

The number of traditional grocery retailers was in decline even before the onset of the pandemic, and COVID-19 has accelerated this trend by making many local consumers more price sensitive. Moreover, traditional grocery retailers face increased…

The share of e-commerce (goods) retail value sales accounted for by mobile e-commerce is rising rapidly. Indeed, it almost doubled between 2018 and 2021, approaching 40% during the latter year. As with e-commerce in general, demand for mobile…

Homeshopping sales in Bulgaria are generated primarily from TV shopping, making the channel heavily dependent on the state of TV advertising in the country. Towards the end of the review period, the two leading broadcasters, Nova and bTV, introduced…

Having plunged by a fifth during 2020 when they were forced to close for an extended period due to COVID-19 restrictions, the constant value sales (2021 prices) of home and garden specialist retailers rebounded very strongly in 2021 – exceeding their…