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Powering ahead:
Global Wealth Report 2025

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Financial assets: powering ahead

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Liabilities: No recovery

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Real estate: Bottoming out

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Distribution: No progress

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European food retailers: The bitter digital aftertaste of the Covid-19 legacy

The Covid-19 crisis has fast-forwarded Europe’s e-commerce transition by four to five years, especially in food retail: In the top five markets, e-commerce penetration now ranges from between 3% to 11% of grocery sales. But we estimate that every percentage of grocery sales moving online threatens EUR13.6bn in sales and up to EUR1.9bn in profits (4% of total). 

Life after death: The phoenix-like rising of Japan´s life industry

Japan’s life industry as a whole has weathered the long yield winter remarkable well, staying profitable in an environment where interest rates and growth basically disappeared. Yet, we find that there is still some room for improvement within the local market, namely consolidation, even as life insurers start to hunt for growth overseas, mainly in Asia and China, arguably the biggest opportunity in the sector.

Export performance in Europe: a sink or swim game

European exporters, and France in particular, have lost significant market share over the past two decades as China emerged as a global exporter for manufactured goods. China’s remarkable export expansion has coincided with the dramatic decline of France’s export shares since 2001: -1.7pp, compared to -1.3pp in Germany and -1.1pp in Italy. 

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