Western Europe

In home video, volume sales of televisions are in decline due to the maturity of this category in Greece. With high TV penetration in the country, sales growth is now largely driven by rising demand for premium TVs featuring larger screens and…

Home video is stabilising in volume sales in 2024, following the steeper slump seen in 2023. However, the category continues to face some challenges. TVs tend to have longer lifecycles than many other electronics (eg computers and smartphones), thus…

In 2023, HDPE bottles overtook other plastic jars to become the leading pack type for shoe polish in Turkey, with further share gains expected in unit volume terms over the forecast period. HDPE bottles are seen as providing greater convenience for…

The HDPE bottle continued to be the most-used pack type in the UK’s home care market in 2023. This was because HDPE bottles have a versatile range of applications across the home care industry, serving as an ideal packaging material for various…

In Sweden, household awareness of sustainability is very prominent, and industry players looking to address these sustainability concerns are driving innovation in laundry care packaging. Players are increasingly focusing on providing eco-friendly…

While folding cartons remain the leading pack type in the category, blister and strip packs continued to gain unit volume share in insecticide baits in 2023. Blister and strip packs offer a more user-friendly experience, allowing for precise dosage…

In 2024, the negative trend in volume sales of home audio and cinema products in Turkey continues, reflecting a persistent decline observed in previous years. Hi-fi systems and digital media player docks face diminishing popularity, increasingly…

Home audio is expected to register a fall in volume sales in the Netherlands in 2024. There is a general reluctance among consumers to spend on high-cost consumer electronics such as home cinema and speaker systems. In addition, there is a shift away…

In 2024, volume sales in home audio and cinema in Sweden are experiencing a decline, primarily attributed to the high maturity of the technology. Many of these products are entering the decline stage of their development cycle as they age. This trend…

Home audio and cinema in Norway is expected to register volume decline. This represents a continuation of the downward trend established over the review period. This shift is due to household preferences moving away from home audio and cinema towards…

Home audio and cinema in Greece continues to witness sales decline in 2024, in retail volume and current value terms. The decline is affecting all categories and all price points, with even premium models that are normally more resilient due to their…

Home audio and cinema is seeing a marginal decline in volume sales in 2024, heralding an improvement upon the past three years. In a cross-category trend, many consumers invested strongly in their in-home entertainment systems during the era of the…

In 2024, headphones in Turkey sees a remarkable double-digit increase in volume sales, reaching 11 million units. This represents a significant improvement over the single-digit growth observed in the previous year. This surge is partly due to the…

Headphones in the Netherlands is expected to register moderate volume growth. This growth is expected to be driven by TWS earbuds and in particular premium TWS earbuds. It is still an immature segment, with relatively low penetration and consumers…

In 2024, retail volume sales of headphones in Sweden experienced a slight decrease. This decline follows the significant spikes in demand seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the overall decrease, the demand for headphones remains…

There is expected to be an overall volume decline in headphones sales in 2024, with wireless earphones in particular performing badly, with volume sales expected to halve. It is also expected to be negative for TWS earbuds, with a fall in volume…

In Greece, the best performing headphones are TWS earbuds. Both mass and premium products are prominent within headphones, although mass TWS earbuds enjoy higher volume sales given the shorter lifespan of economy products. TWS earbuds is seeing a…

Headphones falls into a slightly steeper volume slump in France 2024, with value sales also failing to achieve positive figures (albeit close, as the sub-decimal decline is minimal). Ongoing economic uncertainties typically affect volume growth due…

In 2024, dog food in Austria continued its robust expansion, building on the momentum of the previous year with moderate growth in volume terms and an even more pronounced increase in current retail value. This dynamism can be attributed to a…

In 2024, consumer electronics in Turkey is projected to experience a lower volume growth compared to the review period CAGR. This anticipated slowdown follows a period of robust positive growth. In 2023, consumers pre-emptively purchased electronics…