Thailand retail market was stagnant for the past 5 years (2013-2017), but is heading upwards
The retail market has moved steadily upwards from 2000 to 2012, but reached stagnation in 2013 with similar result as a year before. Then declined in 2014, and returned to stagnant levels in 2015 and 2016…
Greater Bangkok’s prospects to achieve 50 percent market share of total retail in Thailand, looks highly probable
Thailand’s total retail market in 2013 was posted as THB2,185,500 million of which Greater Bangkok achieved revenue of THB925,514 million. Greater Bangkok is inhabited by 15 percent of the country’s households but generated 42 percent of Thailand’s retail income in 2013…
Thailand retail industry, triangle hierarchical approach made up of 3 broad groups
Grocery stores commonly known as mom-and-pop stores are owned by single unit business entity (mostly family-owned) and many stores exist throughout Thailand. However, for decades there was a significant paradigm shift brought about by retailers advocating modernization…
Number of stores grew across the mixed merchandise channels for the past 3 years
The retail sales index of mixed merchandise channels in the past 5 years, 2013-2017 was 45.2 percent. Across the mixed merchandise channels, number of stores grew during the last 3 years (2015-2017), the status of growth as follows…
Thailand’s THB30 billion e-commerce market in 2015, expected to gain 12 times in 2025
Temasek Holdings, in association with Google, conducted a comprehensive survey on ASEAN 6’s e-commerce and reported Thailand’s e-commerce market size in 2015 as approximately USD900 million (THB30 billion based on 2015 year-end exchange rate)…