Market Navigator: US Apparel and Footwear Retailing—After the Bounce, What’s Next?

What's Inside

Each Market Navigator report offers an in-depth, data-rich view of a retail, consumer or technology sector and is packed with data on sectors, segments, companies and consumers. Our analysts discuss at greater length the sector themes they are observing and the insights they are forming on their markets. We intend these definitive guides to serve as points of reference to those in the retail ecosystem, guiding readers’ strategic decision-making and assisting them in tapping opportunities and navigating disruption in retail and adjacent industries.

We launch our Market Navigator series with this report on US apparel and footwear retailing, covering physical retail and e-commerce, with analysis of the menswear, womenswear and childrenswear segments.

We explore market growth factors, the competitive landscape, consumer survey analysis, themes we are watching, retail innovators in the space, and more. Key topics include inflation, sustainability, private label, M&A, the metaverse and retail media.

Data in this report include:

• US apparel and footwear market size and year-over-year change, 2018–2027E—plus growth and penetration of specialty retailers’ sales and the online sector
• Breakdown of apparel and footwear sales by segment, 2018–2022
• Estimated distribution of apparel and footwear sales by channel, 2018–2022
• Market sizes and growth for the menswear, womenswear and childrenswear segments, 2018–2027E
• Store numbers and store traffic metrics for leading retailers in the market
• Proprietary US consumer survey analysis—retailers, brands and categories that apparel and footwear shoppers have shopped in the past three months

Companies mentioned in this report include: Amazon, American Eagle Outfitters, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Foot Locker, Gap Inc., Macy’s, NIKE, Nillio, Obsess, Poshmark, Ralph Lauren, Savitude, Shein, Target, T.J. Maxx, Victoria’s Secret, Walmart, Zegna

Other relevant research:

• Weinswig’s Weekly: Announcing a New Research Product for Coresight Research Subscribers
• Market Navigator: US Apparel and Footwear Retailing—Executive Summary
• All our coverage of apparel and footwear retail
• The Coresight Research RESET framework
• Look out for future reports in our Market Navigator series, covering major US and international retail sectors—including retail in China, India and Europe.