Singapore

Overall, the nappies/diapers/pants category registered strong growth in 2023 in both current retail value and retail volume. While the majority of the category growth can be attributed to price hikes due to the increase in raw material pricing and…

Owing to a sharp decline in travel due to the pandemic, retail volume and current value sales of luggage in Singapore fell drastically in 2020, by nearly 50%. This was against the backdrop of more than an 85% decline in the number of outbound…

Foodservice volume sales of butter and spreads are expected to continue to grow moderately in Singapore in 2024, driven by the domestic growth momentum for dining out. Butter is commonly used as an ingredient in the preparation of numerous dishes…

In-car entertainment in Singapore is expected to remain one of the smallest categories within consumer electronics in 2024, and also maintain its long-standing declining trend in retail volume terms. This is mainly because more people are using…

Other pet food is set to maintain slow and steady retail volume and current value growth rates in Singapore in 2024, with increases across all categories. In a densely populated city-state such as Singapore, where space is limited, small mammals and…

E-commerce in Singapore experienced a marginal decline in value sales in 2023 due to the normalisation of shopping habits. This was expected, given the sharp growth recorded by the channel during the pandemic, when consumers had limited alternatives…

On 30 December 2022, the Singapore government imposed colour-coded mandatory nutritional labelling for packaged beverages. The Nutri-Grade scheme dictates that Nutri-Grade beverages considered Grade C or D (indicating higher than 5g of sugar and/or…

In Singapore, computers and peripherals is expected to continue to experience retail volume decline in 2024, although at a slower rate than in the previous year. This fall in sales can partly be attributed to the surge in spending on computers and…

Street stalls/kiosks in Singapore are expected to be affected by the local government’s increasing focus on health and wellness. Singapore has been exploring potential regulatory measures aimed at lowering the sodium content in food since September…

Despite recording a marginal decline in 2023 as demand started to stabilise following the surge during the pandemic and subsequent seclusion, value sales of homewares and home furnishing stores in Singapore remained above 2019 levels. Retail giant…