France

The number of people adopting vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets is growing in France. While still somewhat underdeveloped as compared to neighbouring markets such as the UK and Germany, this trend has gained momentum in recent years, primarily…

The initial phase of the pandemic saw proximity-focused convenience stores and supermarkets thrive as travel curbs encouraged local shopping. With the return of pre-pandemic routines, hypermarket outlets have seen a surge in footfall, benefitting…

Sales of ice cream declined sharply in retail volume terms in 2023, with France experiencing lower temperatures and greater instability in the weather than in 2022. Whilst value sales grew this was due to price rises, with volume sales fell across…

Whilst still seeing sales declines, imaging devices is faring better in 2023 than seen in 2022. However, we should consider that imaging devices has been in a decline for a decline, due to the growing use of smartphones for taking photographs and…

In-car entertainment is in a long-term decline, which is in relation to the rise of smartphones which offer multiple options for drivers – from navigation and traffic information to in-car entertainment. For example, CarPlay is an Apple standard…

This report provides valuable insights into product innovation in France, analysing data from Euromonitor’s Innovation platform. The report covers the Beauty, Health and Home categories, showing the level of new brand and sub-brand launch activity.

This report provides valuable insights into product innovation in France, analysing data from Euromonitor International’s Innovation platform. The report covers the food and beverage categories, showing the level of new brand and sub-brand launch…

Jeans is in a volume slump in 2023, following a strong rebound after the pandemic era declines. This can partly be attributed to budgetary reasons, evidenced by the fact that economy jeans is showing the best performance, along with the fact that…

Jewellery remains a resilient performer in France, already recovering to 2019’s retail volume sales levels in 2021. Ongoing demand is not only due to a positive offsetting effect post-pandemic. There is a kind of paradox in a country with elevated…

Juice posted a decline in total volume sales in 2023, following a negative trend that is becoming structural, particularly in the prevailing gloomy economic context. A few contributory factors included the unusually high temperatures in spring and…