Market research on the home care industry. Our reports feature a ...
Market research on the home care industry. Our reports feature a wealth of standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and share data, distribution and industry trends.
Laundry care saw growth in retail current value terms in 2023. However, retail volume sales fell by an even larger amount than the drop seen in 2022. What pushed up value sales was price increases. Japan saw three decades with little growth in the…
Laundry care overall in Kazakhstan was in decline in terms of volume sales in 2023, and while current value sales were rising, the pace was slower than that recorded during the previous year, 2022. To succeed in Kazakhstan, laundry care players need…
Laundry care in Kenya has seen significant development. For example, LG Electronics tapped into the growing demand for laundry services in Mombasa by opening its first commercial laundry shop. This move is a response to the rising demand for…
With declines in Mexico and Argentina, two of the biggest markets, as well as many other countries in the region, laundry care in Latin America will see only modest growth in 2020, driven primarily by a strong performance in Brazil. More frequent…
In 2023, retail value growth remained double-digit in laundry care, impacted by ongoing inflation and rising price points. Liquid tablet detergents exhibited the most rapid growth in both retail volume and value, thanks to its efficient formula and…
After the huge price shocks in 2022, unit price growth in laundry care softened to single digits as inflation fell in Lithuania. Concerns regarding inflation also abated in 2023, yet consumers were still conscious when shopping for laundry care and…
Laundry care maintained retail volume and current value growth in 2023. Although other types of laundry detergents saw stronger increases in this year, powder detergents continued to account for the highest sales. Powder is a popular format of…
In 2023, laundry care saw a return to growth in volume terms, and higher growth in current value terms. Sales were boosted by the return of pre-pandemic lifestyles. This led to an increase in the frequency of washing clothes, as consumers paid more…
Laundry care sales recorded healthy growth in 2020, with consumers in Middle East and Africa buying these products in greater amounts after 2019’s decline. Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its economic impact saw some consumers relying more on old…
Laundry care in Morocco saw healthy growth in current value terms in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. However, this was partly due to inflationary pressures, as manufacturers, squeezed by rising energy and other input costs, opted to…
Laundry care in New Zealand experienced robust value sales growth in 2023, primarily influenced by inflationary pressures. Despite the stabilisation of fuel costs after the initial shock in 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the…
High inflation fuelled retail value growth in 2023, leading to double-digit value results for laundry care. Despite the price increases, sub- categories such as hand wash detergent and bar soap registered retail volume growth due to their essential…
Laundry care in North Macedonia saw double-digit current value growth in 2023, thanks to rising unit prices against a background of high inflation. Overall volume sales within laundry care, however, were largely stagnant in 2023, with diminished…
The persistent high inflationary conditions of 2023 dampened consumer purchasing power, and demand for laundry care products fell for the third consecutive year. This was in marked contrast to 2020, when laundry care products saw positive growth in…
Laundry detergents in Pakistan continued to growing healthily in 2023, reflecting the importance of these products across socioeconomic classes. Despite economic challenges like high inflation and increased manufacturing costs leading to price hikes,…
Laundry detergents had mixed fortunes in 2023 as Peru faced several challenges. The social conflicts that began at the end of 2022 following the dismissal of former president Pedro Castillo produced numerous production stoppages, which had a negative…
Due to increased prices and rising inflation, retail value growth saw a high increase in 2023, recording double-digit growth. Retail volume growth continued to be positive on the landscape, driven by detergent tablets and dryer sheets, although price…
In 2023, laundry care current value growth was driven largely by price increases. Laundry detergents saw above average price rises, not only due to upward price movements, but also to a decline in visible promotional activity, which was less frequent…
In 2023, laundry care registered a modest overall decline in retail volume terms, although some categories, such as tablet detergents and liquid detergents, spot and stain removers and "other" laundry aids saw increases. The decline in the largest…
Despite a further drop in value sales in 2023, in line with a weakening average unit price, laundry care remained the largest category in home care in Saudi Arabia. Within laundry care, laundry detergents remained the dominant category with powder…