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Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Spain. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
Sales of pulses experienced positive growth across all channels as consumers prioritised affordability. After a decline in retail volume terms in 2022 due to a general increase in food prices, the category saw a partial recovery in 2023. It is…
Chilled ready meals continued to record strong unit volume growth in its packaging in 2021. While consumers in home seclusion had been looking for easy options to cook and eat a year earlier in 2020, as consumer mobility increased in 2021, home…
2023 was another tough year for sales of major appliances in Spain, including refrigeration appliances. Despite overall sales of refrigeration appliances reporting a decline in retail volume sales in 2023, freestanding fridge freezers was an…
Retail adult incontinence remained one of the more resilient categories in tissue and hygiene in 2023 with it recording growth both in current value terms but also retail volume terms. This was in large part due to the essential nature of these…
After seeing dynamic double-digit growth year-on-year throughout the review period retail e-commerce saw a slowdown in 2023 in current value terms, with consumer electronics e-commerce even posting a decline in sales. Elevated inflation, rising…
Retail in Spain continued to be impacted by high inflation in 2023, with high energy and fuel prices putting pressure on operators and leading to rising prices for the consumer. The Spanish government tried to mitigate the increase in prices by…
Despite challenging economic conditions, limited purchasing power, and elevated inflation, retail tissue showed resilience with it recording double-digit growth in current value terms for the second consecutive year in 2023. However, it is important…
After sales were negatively impacted by inflation in 2022, sales of rice, pasta, and noodles have shown more resilience in terms of volume consumption in 2023. Pasta and rice are included in the basic basket of goods in Spain and continue to be…
Plenty of examples of new product development appeared in Spain in RTD coffee at the end of the review period. This wide product innovation sought to attract new consumers to the category, for instance by offering different flavour combinations.…
A great deal of positivity surrounds the RTD tea category in Spain, and it is set to see another year of off-trade and on-trade volume and value growth in 2023. An indication of this positivity came in 2023 with the launch of Fuze Tea by Cía…
Sales of RTDs saw healthy growth in total volume terms in 2023 with these products starting to gain a stronger foothold in the Spanish market. Spanish consumers are increasingly looking for convenience, affordability, and constant innovation, and…
For nearly 40 years. the Spanish Public Health system has included adult incontinence protection in the list of Rx/reimbursement medical products. These products can be purchased through e-commerce and in health and beauty specialists with the…
Sales of cooking ingredients and condiments are declining in retail volume terms in 2023 due to several factors. First, with the pandemic over and consumers returning to busy lifestyles away from the home they have less time and desire to cook dishes…
Sauces, dips and condiments packaging volumes returned to slight growth in 2022, stabilising after a couple of years of pandemic-related disruption. Increases were seen for most categories and pack types. In 2022, PET bottles gained pack type share…
Cooking ingredients was continuing to register above-average growth in 2021, as the home-cooking trend remained in place and consumers continued to experiment with a plethora of dishes, although growth slowed compared to the previous year, with a…
Savoury snacks has seen healthy volume growth in 2024, with the difference between value and volume growth diminishing after two years of high inflation. An increase in socialising and a rise in inbound and domestic tourism is contributing positively…
The self-service cafeterias model in Spain is closely linked to high transit locations, such as airports, railway stations and bus stations. In this regard, both inbound and domestic tourism play an important role in the growth of the category, and…
Sales of skin care in Spain recorded healthy value and volume growth in 2023, despite the depressed economic climate leading to consumer price-sensitivity. Conversely, many people see investing in skin care as a form of “affordable indulgence”,…
Despite a marginal drop in retail volume sales in 2023, overall demand for sleep aids remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels in Spain. According to the latest information published by Sociedad Española de Neurología (National Neurology…
Coffee machines is the largest category in small cooking appliances but it continued to see declining sales in retail volume terms in 2023. While retail volume sales continued to decline in 2023 sales saw strong growth in current value terms. This…