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.
In late 2022, prices increased by 10-15%. Distributors placed big orders ahead of these price increases. Moreover, consumer demand fell significantly, leading to a surplus of inventory in 2023. Consumers were reluctant to invest in big ticket items…
In January 2023, Israel saw a surge in housing supply with 53,000 unsold homes. Nonetheless, the slowing down of the housing market led to depressed demand for large cooking appliances at the beginning of 2023. Moreover, this trend continued as the…
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…
Because of the volatile political situation and challenging economic environment, consumers’ reduced spending power was strongly focused on essential items in 2023. If they did choose to spend money on non-essentials, however, they tended to do so on…
Prices increased by 10-15% for most brands in late 2022. In anticipation of this, in the first and second quarters of 2022, distributors placed large orders ahead of the price increases. At the same time, consumer demand slumped, which meant a…
Despite the much lower average unit price of such products and their popularity in Israeli cuisine, slow cookers are seeing demand wane as consumers shift towards multi-cookers, which offer a slow cooking function together with functions such as air…
Although the average unit price of vacuum cleaners increased in 2022 and 2023 driven by the introduction of new, more sophisticated models, there was also an increase in competition that led to the availability of less expensive middle range options.…
In 2023, growth in the number of medical cannabis patients slowed significantly in Israel. In the first half of the year the number of medical patients grew by only 1,500; meanwhile, in 2021 monthly growth averaged 2,400, while in 2022 it was 1,220.…
Although Israel enjoys economic freedom, the war with Hamas is weighing on the country’s economic outlook. A resilient economy is slowing, as higher defence spending burdens state finances and business activity is interrupted by the conflict, but…
There was a price increase for raw milk in the Israeli market in 2023. After prices rose for consumers in supermarkets, suppliers also increased prices for restaurants. In May 2023, Tnuva announced a 4.6% price hike for dairy products that are not…