Convenience goods prices in Latvia from July 2018 till December 2019

Final goods prices monitoring and analysis is very important part of consumer behavior estimation. In Latvia there are not a lot of big retailers. In 2019 biggest retailers was Maxima and Rimi. In 2018 only one of them had they own internet shop. In 2019 second retailer open his own internet shop. At the same time, the market is preparing for the arrival of a new major retailer - Lidl. This indicates increased competition in the retail market. In such conditions prices monitoring can show competition influence on market. Data set represent final (mostly convenience) goods prices monitoring in Latvia from July 2018 till December 2019. Prices of 17,4 th. goods are represented in 163,5 th. observations.

终端商品价格监测与分析是消费者行为评估的重要组成部分。拉脱维亚国内大型零售商数量相对有限。2019年，当地规模最大的两家零售商为Maxima与Rimi。2018年仅其中一家品牌拥有自营线上商店，2019年第二大零售商亦开设了自营线上门店。与此同时，当地零售市场正筹备迎接新大型零售商Lidl的入驻，这一态势预示着零售市场的竞争程度将进一步加剧。在此背景下，价格监测能够有效揭示市场竞争对商品定价的影响。本数据集涵盖2018年7月至2019年12月期间拉脱维亚终端商品（以便利品为主）的价格监测数据，共涉及17.4千种商品，累计163.5千条观测记录。