Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, sp...
Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
Overall, fragrances recorded mid-single digit retail current value sales growth in 2022. This performance was supported by a marginal recovery in the demand for premium fragrances, as a result of a return to more regular usage and purchasing…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) measures saw lockdowns, remote working and restrictions on socialising. This resulted in many consumers spending long periods at home and less time in the office or on social or leisure activities during the pandemic. As a…
Retail volume and current value sales of deodorants suffered during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to the shift to home office and generally spending more time at home in accordance with lockdowns. As COVID-19 regulations were relaxed as the…
Colour cosmetics registered a dynamic performance in 2022. Colour cosmetics posted weak performances due to low consumer demand in 2020 and 2021, largely determined by the exigencies of Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdowns. Consumers spent more time at…
Overall, beauty and personal care continued to recover from the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Beauty and personal care was shaped by the return of the demand for most types of beauty and personal care, in particular for products that…
Overall, in 2022, bath and shower saw a drop in retail volume sales and slow growth in retail current value sales, underpinned by higher prices. However, performances varied strongly from category to category. Having seen exponential growth in 2020,…
In 2022, baby and child-specific products registered modest retail volume growth and a strong increase in retail current value sales. Higher prices in line with high inflation in the country pushed retail value sales at the end of the review period.…
In Norway, general merchandise stores only includes variety stores, as there are no department stores in the country. In 2020, the channel saw exceptional current value growth as consumers looked for items such as cleaning products when the pandemic…
Store cards have been non-existent in the Netherlands since 2015. Since then, no new players have launched store cards and there have been no new attempts to introduce store cards by any of the former players. There is little sign that any meaningful…
The presence of store cards remained negligible in Greece during 2022. No major interest in launching products in this category of the financial cards has been shown by any of the country’s financial cards issuers. In particular, the unfavourable…
During 2022, all breakfast cereals categories benefited from new products being launched. Consumers have become much more sensitive to the health and wellness trend since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the return to pre-pandemic daily…
Asian speciality drinks remains a niche category with very limited sales in the Dutch market. With little investment in innovation and marketing, the category remains reliant on a small base of specific consumer groups and has experienced a…
Gibraltar’s cooperation in tax matters has made the territory more transparent. Issues over the state’s sovereignty remain unresolved, which is a source of instability. Strength in financial services and the online gaming sector could support…
Sales of Asian speciality drinks have not yet fully recovered from the sharp decline in off-trade volume terms that was seen in 2020 and during the first half of 2021 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic made it difficult…
Overall sauces, dressings and condiments packaging recorded a surge in its unit volume growth in 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers across the country shifted to working and studying remotely, with extensive lockdown periods…
While dinner mixes was already the most dynamic category in ready meals packaging prior to the pandemic, it received a major spike in its demand in 2020, as the COVID-19 restrictions boosted demand for these products. With consumers in home seclusion…
The increasing emphasis on eating healthy foods has been boosting the consumption of salad in recent years in Turkey, with the COVID-19 pandemic, as a major health crisis, only serving to further drive this trend among local consumers. Consequently,…
As consumers had been spending more time at home during the pandemic, but were wearying of preparing their own meals or were still working, even if from home, and had less time for meal preparation, they were increasingly opting for frozen ready…
Sauces, dressings and condiments recorded strong sales growth in Switzerland during 2020 as the unprecedented situation that unfolded over the course of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic discouraged consumers from going out. This led to a huge…
The positive growth registered in ready meals packaging during 2020 can be attributed mainly to the spike seen in demand for ready meals within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the requirement for all consumer foodservice outlets…