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.
Small cooking appliances continued to see steady growth in retail volume terms in 2023, primarily driven by behavioural changes that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health crisis forced people to adapt to a new normal, and one of…
The demand for small cooking appliances continued to rise in 2023, bolstered by the healthy cooking and eating trends in the Philippines. The COVID-19 experience emphasised the need to focus on health and wellbeing. With many Filipinos still spending…
Volume growth in small cooking appliances remains stable, albeit at slowing growth rates than seen over the past few years as the category becomes more mature. Air-fryers continue to be popular, with both urban and rural consumers, as such appliances…
Small local grocers in China includes a broad range of outlet types, from mom-and-pop stores to wet markets. After a year of significant decline in 2022, small local grocers returned to growth in 2023. This was mainly due to the end of COVID-19…
In 2023, small local grocers maintained a similar performance to that seen in previous years in Hong Kong, with further current value growth. The positive performance was helped by residential areas remaining a stable and strong source of domestic…
In 2023, small local grocers maintained dynamic current value growth in India, although outlet numbers stagnated for another year. This channel also continued to dominate value sales within grocery retailers in this year, accounting for three…
Small local grocers saw modest growth in current value terms in Indonesia in 2023. Besides continued economic pressures, the performance of the small local grocers channel has been restricted by consumers switching towards modern grocery retailers,…
Traditionally, Japanese consumers have enjoyed shopping in areas called Shotengai, where many small shops, including small local grocers, are lined up along the streets. Customers visit different specialist shops to buy their vegetables, fish, and…
One of the most important pandemic-related impacts on small local grocers was the huge shift towards working from home. This deprived many operators of an extremely important consumer base of busy, urban professionals looking for a quick and easy…
“Mama shops”, which are small local grocers in Singapore typically located within older and mature residential estates, used to be the cornerstone of grocery retailers in the local market. Such a traditional retail format used to thrive on the…