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Read the latest insight and see full market statistics for the US and Canada, for a comprehensive understanding of shifting consumer preferences and how industries are expected to develop in two of the most affluent, innovative and highest demand cou...
Maintaining the trend from 2022, sleep aids is expected to continue to face decline in retail current value and volume terms in 2023, further offsetting the strong growth surge seen in the category during the peak pandemic years of 2020 and 2021,…
Small cooking appliances experienced a decline in volume terms for the second consecutive year in Canada in 2023. This follows a period of high growth in 2021, indicating a market normalisation. Various factors contributed to this decline, including…
Volume sales of small cooking appliances are set to return to slight growth in 2023, after seeing a decline in 2022, as sales have been normalising following the exceptional demand seen in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic. Retail volume sales, and…
Small local grocers were becoming more popular in Canada in 2023, as they offered convenience, variety, and fresh products to urban consumers leading ever more hectic lifestyles. Small format stores allow retailers to adapt to changing consumer…
Small local grocers experienced positive growth in current value terms in the US in 2023, although it was one of the lower growth channels within grocery retailers, and decline continued in value terms at constant 2023 prices. Small local grocers in…
From 2023, vape stores in Quebec are unable to sell flavoured products. They can only sell tobacco or flavourless e-vapour sticks. Volume sales of E-vapour products have declined by up to 70% in this region following the introduction of these…
Smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco in the US saw dynamic current value growth in 2023. There was a clear winner in this year, as nicotine pouches outperformed the rest of the category by a wide margin, and made a big splash in…
While overall inflation in Canada has eased somewhat in 2024, food inflation remains high, impacting snacks as a product area as a whole. Sugar confectionery, gum, and sweet biscuits have been among the hardest hit areas. Additionally, historically…
Entering 2023, consumers continued to face a tense economic environment, causing constrictions in discretionary spending. Notably, consumers are bracing themselves against the constant threat of recession. As the US Federal Reserve has continued to…