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Top Retail Trends in 2025: Discount Formats and Social Commerce Drive Growth

5 Jun 25

In 2025, the retail sector is transforming as discount-orientated retailers continue to outperform the market amid economic uncertainty. Meanwhile, social media platforms evolve into important retail players in their own right.

Bob Hoyler

Bob Hoyler

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New Digital Interfaces and Experiential Offerings Reshape Retail

29 May 25

Retailers’ constant experimentation with new concepts and formats helps to lay the groundwork for the industry’s future. In 2025, one of the most important areas of innovation in retail formats – new digital interfaces – focuses on the online realm. Another – experiential retail – focuses on the offline. This emphasis on both the digital and experiential dimensions of shopping underscores the strategic role that new concepts are playing in shaping the retail industry’s evolution.

Christele Chokossa

Christele Chokossa

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Retail Industry Overview

27 May 25

This infographic highlights recent retail trends and Euromonitor's projections for the industry.

Euromonitor International

Euromonitor International

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What Tariff Turbulence Means for Global Retail E-Commerce: Winners and Losers

12 May 25

The imposition of a host of new tariffs by the US is already beginning to impact global trade flows. This development is expected to have a significant impact on the retail industry, especially in terms of the performance of the retail e-commerce channel. This article explores how the new tariff regime could change the face of the retail and e-commerce landscape over the next few years.

Bob Hoyler

Bob Hoyler

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Finding the next big thing: Digitally native disruptors in FMCG

7 May 25 | GMT: 03:00 PM

Digitally native brands are reshaping the FMCG industry. Register for our webinar to explore how online marketplaces, social commerce and direct-to-consumer strategies are fuelling this transformation.

Euromonitor International

Euromonitor International

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Fast Fashion Under Fire: Shein’s Trump Strategy

7 May 25

Since 2019, Shein has grown explosively to rank as the world’s fourth largest apparel brand by 2024, generating USD21 billion in sales (fixed 2024 exchange rates), with 35% from the US. Amid evolving US trade policies and intensifying competition from both Chinese rivals and Western giants, Shein is pivoting strategically: strengthening its footprint beyond the US, diversifying its supply chain, and refining its pricing model to adapt to the elimination of de minimis trade exemptions.

Jitong Li

Jitong Li

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