Global Retail Expansion at a Crossroads: The 2016 Global Retail Development Index | A.T. Kearney

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The 2016 Global Retail Development Index™

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In the GRDI’s 15 years, one thinghas remained fairly constant:retail in developingcountries has seenexcellent growth.


International retailerscontinue to rely ondeveloping marketsto fuel growth, butdoing it right is nevereasy. Some bets havepaid o�, while othershave faltered.


The 2016 GRDI continues toreflect the struggles manymarkets face with shiftingeconomic and politicalrealities, and it alsohighlights theregions thato�er long-termopportunities.


Asia Pacific has fourof the top five countriesin the GRDI—including#1 China and #2 India—thanks to a combinationof large populationsand high growth.


China is one ofthe most attractiveglobal retail marketsin the world as themarket shifts frominvestment-drivento consumerconsumption-driven.


In India, improved ease ofdoing business and betterclarity regarding foreigndirect investment hasmade it more attractiveto global retailers.


Slowing and devalued currencies havehurt Eastern Europe, but Kazakhstan andTurkey are ranked in the top 10 thanks totheir solid outlooks.

UAE (7th) remainsan attractive,low-risk market,while Saudi Arabia(8th) continues todraw in retailerswith its soliddemographics.



With turmoil in somemajor Latin Americamarkets, Peru cracksthe top 10 of theGRDI behind freetrade stimulus andsteady growth.

Brazil’s 20th-place rankingreflects the political andeconomic instability thathas rocked the country inthe past year.


Sub-SaharanAfrica’sunmistakablepotential isreflected in the sixcountries ranked inthe GRDI: Nigeria, Côted’Ivoire, Zambia, SouthAfrica, Ghana, and Kenya.


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