Headphones

Demand for headphones in the United Arab Emirates continues to grow, with the category experiencing a period of exciting growth and diversification. While wired headphones are losing ground due to the convenience of wireless options, the overall…

The overall volume performance of headphones in China is expected to remain robust in 2024, with strong single-digit retail volume growth, although with falling unit prices retail current value sales are set to see a negligible decline. Certainly,…

Retail volume sales of headphones in Chile are stagnating due to weakening demand for wireless earphones and wireless headbands. Although there has been a significant increase in demand for TWS earbuds, the growth of the latter is still not…

True wireless (TWS) earbuds is set to see the strongest retail volume growth within headphones in the US in 2024. However, continued bifurcation is anticipated in this category in 2024, with growth concentrated at the lower and higher ends of the…

Demand for headphones has reached its peak in Austria, with volume sales declining significantly for a second consecutive year over 2024. Wireless headphones, and particularly TWS earbuds, have become standard must-haves for most consumers. In…

After experiencing five consecutive years of robust double-digit retail volume growth, demand for TWS earbuds in South Africa is marginally slowing. However, it remains the leading growth driver of overall headbands, dominating demand. TWS earbuds…

In the first half of 2024, volume sales of headphones in Denmark experienced a decline but remained relatively comparable to 2023 levels. The product area faced significant challenges due to cost-of-living pressures, a sluggish economic climate, and…

Headphones are among the few products that exhibit positive growth within consumer electronics in Colombia in 2024. Demand benefits from mobility, with Colombians commuting to school and work and having to spend lots of time in traffic jams in main…

TWS earbuds is set to continue to see the highest retail volume growth in headphones in Canada in 2024. Local consumers continue to shift to TWS technology in search of the convenience and high-quality listening experience perceived to be offered by…

Demand for headphones in the UK continues to grow, with the category recording 10% retail volume growth in the first half of 2024. TWS earbuds remains the standout performer, with both the mass and premium segments recording dynamic growth in a…

After seeing tremendous growth in the past two years, TWS witnessed a slowdown in 2023 in retail volume and current value terms. TWS earbuds have surged in popularity in recent years as consumer prefer the absence of wires (allowing for greater…

In a year marked by economic uncertainties, consumer electronics has been negatively affected, especially in terms of volume sales. Consequently, only a few categories are expected to show positive development in both volume and value sales in 2023 –…

Headphones is the other category enjoying healthy volume growth, thanks to the ongoing popularity of TWS earbuds – which continues to trend thanks to a growing range of brands, across price points, being launched. Consumers can thus pick and choose…

Retail volume sales of headphones continued to decline in 2023, despite the increasingly important role they play in consumers’ lives. In addition to providing a high-quality audio experience for music and other forms of entertainment, they can also…

Consumers are increasingly consuming entertainment through their mobile devices in Romania, including when outside home and on the move with this making a positive contribution to the growth and development of headphones. Furthermore, rising mobility…

Headphones is one of the few categories enjoying positive volume success in consumer electronics in 2023, thanks to the popularity of TWS earbuds. In line with the trend for wireless speakers, wireless variants of headphones (aka TWS earbuds) are…

When it comes to headphones there continues to be a growing shift to wireless headbands and TWS earbuds with both categories continuing to enjoy healthy growth in retail volume terms in 2023. TWS earbuds remains the largest category with consumers…

Sales of headphones continue to see dynamic double-digit growth in retail volume terms in 2023, driven by the huge success of TWS earbuds. Favourable product features such as convenience for on-the-go use, longer battery life and easy compatibility…

Headphones registered a more stable performance in 2023, following a significant decline in volume during the previous year. Sales boomed during COVID-19, when consumers were forced to spend more time working and studying at home. With many consumers…

Headphones is set to record slight growth in volume sales in 2023, with the category no longer seeing the high level of volume growth experienced during the period of the COVID-19 crisis. With the pandemic over and consumers having already invested…