RE: European stocks lower ahead of business climate report25 Jan 2023 10:11
Discussing Shein v Boohoo is slightly missing the main trend witnessed in late 2022, which is the return to retail shops, in the UK at least.
From Sharecast today:
"Online spending habits also shifted in 2022, Springboard noted. In February 2021, 65% of clothes and footwear spending was carried out online, compared to 20.5% in January 2020. But by the end of 2022, just 24.9% of clothes and footwear spending happened online.
Springboard said footfall throughout 2022 had been in line with its forecasts, and marked a "slow but steady" post-pandemic recovery for retail destinations.
Looking to the current year, Diane Wehrle, insights director, said the cost of living crisis, including inflation, was set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond.
"Inevitably, this will act as a constraint to the number of trips make to retail destinations, as household budgets come under increasing strain."
"Alongside this, however, is the positive trend for the desire of shoppers to return to shopping in store, evident in the reduction in the significance of online spending and the steady recovery in footfall towards the 2019 level."