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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...
The trend towards natural ingredients goes hand-in-hand with the increased interest Portuguese consumers are showing in organic and plant-based products. This trend is also having an impact on consumer health as there are growing concerns about the…
Herbal/traditional products is expected to see healthy current value growth in 2023, stemming from increased consumer interest in natural ingredients, as well as manufacturer activity. It is noteworthy that, while vitamins and dietary supplements and…
While digitalisation was already gaining momentum in Spain over the review period, the emergence of the pandemic and subsequent home seclusion, resulting in prolonged time spent at home working remotely and online studying, increased time spent in…
Eye discomfort, including dry and itchy eyes and eye fatigue is becoming increasingly commonplace amongst the Portuguese population. Many companies are still allowing employees to continue to work from home, when it is possible, at least for part of…
Eye care sales are set to rise in 2023. The increasing use of digital screens for both work and leisure, with smartphones becoming ever more central to virtually every area of consumers’ lifestyles, is driving up the prevalence of a variety of eye…
Digestive remedies is experiencing a mixed performance in 2023, following an upturn in demand for some products the previous year in line with greater mobility outside of the home as pandemic-related restrictions eased. IBS treatments, antacids,…
Sales of digestive remedies are set to record significant positive volume and value growth in 2023. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring the health emergency to be over in May 2023 life in Portugal has returned to relative normality,…
The digestive remedies category is set to achieve a solid growth rate in 2023. Several areas are seeing a positive performance, with some being driven by the increase in travel since the ending of COVID-19 related restrictions, while others have been…
While value growth of dietary supplements is slowing as economic pressures hinder more frequent purchases by consumers, the category remains a more dynamic performer than vitamins in 2023. Although health and wellness have become the primary concern…
After a sharp spike in growth in retail volume terms in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19, sales of dietary supplements with an immune system positioning continued to normalise in 2023. Ginseng, for instance, looks set to register a significant…