Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
While many consumers continued to face financial pressures at the end of the review period, customisation gained importance as higher-income consumers wanted personalised products that fit with their design and aesthetic requirements. Thus,…
Limited taxation adds to Vanuatu’s economic freedom. However, competing factions destabilise the political landscape. Exposure to tourism will lead to output underperformance versus peers in the short term, whilst large agricultural activities also…
Sales in personal care appliances are supported by rising incomes and standards of living in Vietnam, leading to consumers paying more attention to their appearances. Social media trends are also influencing sales, both in urban areas and reaching…
The demand for personal care appliances continued to grow through small lower-priced-brands or unbranded products at the end of the review period. Regardless of the brand name, if consumers find a product that can perform the job, such as for hair…
In 2023, other hot drinks is expected to record positive volume growth with a slight decline in price growth in comparison with 2022. The category continues to be driven by rising demand amongst children and younger consumers. It remains a small…
Retail volume sales in microwaves are sliding into negative declines, which are expected to continue over the forecast period. Previously, we had seen decent volume growth in microwaves, thanks to players offering more affordable and value-for-money…
A microwave oven is a key appliance for consumers who demand convenience cooking appliances. Following a strong, but relatively limited, drop in retail volume sales in 2020, caused by COVID-19 pandemic-related strict lockdowns and restricted retail…
Retail demand for ready meals has improved in 2023 following several years of decline in Singapore, as local consumers are attempting to adjust to spending increasing time outside of the home. Therefore, demand is being driven by convenience factors.…
Large cooking appliances remains in a negative volume slump in 2023, with relatively weak value growth. Large cooking appliances tend to have long lifecycles, with fewer upgrades than seen in many other consumer appliances categories. As such, sales…
All categories of large cooking appliances witnessed retail volume increases in 2023, although there were divergences in terms of the pace of growth. In retail volume terms, built-in models continued to dominate large cooking appliances in the…
Juice is traditionally seen as a healthy beverage in Thailand due to its high vitamin content. As such, off-trade volume sales saw healthy growth in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. Reconstituted 100% juice saw a particularly strong…
The performance of hot drinks in Kazakhstan continues to be determined by the most popular hot drink, tea. Loose black tea, which holds the largest market share in both volume and value terms, continued to see stable volume sales in 2023; however,…
In 2023, hot drinks is thriving in Bangladesh, especially tea and coffee. Despite a minimal price rise compared to other products, coffee has experienced some inflation. Supplementary drinks face reduced consumption among low and middle-income…
Home laundry appliances continue to struggle in retail volume terms in 2023, albeit with a slight improvement on the previous three years. It is noted that lower- to mid-income consumers and those living in rural areas are not concerned about…
Semi-automatic washing machines remained the most popular type of home laundry appliances in the Philippines at the end of the review period. Semi-automatic washing machines, which continued to recover from the 2020 slump in retail volume sales…
Food preparation appliances continue to perform well, albeit at lower rates of retail volume growth than seen over the past few years. Overall, sales of food preparation appliances are supported by the higher incomes and standards of living seen in…
The overall demand for food preparation appliances continued to decline in 2023. This performance was driven by the ongoing downward trajectory in retail volume sales of blenders, which, nonetheless, continued to dominate demand. Blenders are not…
Off-trade sales of energy drinks registered a decline in volume terms in 2023, with price increases by leading manufacturers being a major factor behind this trend. This was due to a number of factors, including roll-out of the third phase of the…
Edible oils in Singapore continues to face significant disruptions in 2023, caused by climate change and geopolitical risks. While there has been an improvement in demand compared to 2022, the higher average unit price of edible oils continues to…
Dishwashers are gradually becoming more popular in Vietnam, albeit growth remains at a slow pace and retail volume is only just inching into positive figures in 2023. This forwards performance is attributed to rising incomes and higher standards of…