Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Israel. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
Sales of imaging devices in Israel have continued to fall sharply in 2023, with the digital cameras and digital camcorders categories both poised to register double-digit declines in volume terms. Demand for these product types has been shrinking for…
As was the case for most areas of consumer appliances, microwaves saw prices rise in 2022 and 2023. As well as the inflationary pressures faced by most categories, the increase in prices seen in microwaves was partly driven by the introduction of…
Rising awareness of healthier ingredients and overall health and wellbeing continued to influence consumers’ purchasing decisions in 2022. In particular, there were an increasing number of players highlighting locally produced snacks that utilise…
The ultra-Orthodox community expressed annoyance with the tax placed on sweetened soft drinks on 1 January 2022. With a tax on plasticware also in place, this community believed that these measures were weighted against lower socioeconomic groups,…
In 2023, the Israeli supermarket chain, Shufersal, launched its own line of RTD coffee. The private label coffee contains fresh milk, like Tnuva’s launch of Ice Coffee in a cup, and the retailer advertises that it uses 100% Arabica beans. Shufersal…
The tax on all sweetened beverages was removed at the end of March 2023, with the Ministry of Health requiring retailers to lower prices within three days of the tax being removed. The removal of the tax led to the lowering of prices in the…
In 2023, prices have continued to rise in the packaged food and beverages market, and this has impacted coffee as well. This has largely been due to the high rate of inflation, with rising costs of transportation, energy and raw materials, and…
In 2022, Israel’s hosiery sales were boosted by a protracted winter, which ended much later than usual, and retail stores adapting to the weather and continuing to push their winter products with bigger discounts. On the other hand, 2023 saw…
Seasonal sales in 2023, were impacted by unfavourable weather conditions, leading to limited and delayed consumer purchases of apparel accessories. 2023 saw unfavourable weather, with an extremely hot winter 2022/2023 leading consumers to delay…
In early 2023, the Israeli government is set to mandate Discount Bank to divest its credit card business, Visa Cal, aiming to enhance competition within the credit card market. This move will introduce a new player to the credit market, fostering a…