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Overall, consumer health in Portugal is set to record strong growth in retail volume and current value terms in 2023. Demand has remained robust, as local consumers remain health-conscious and are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about the…
Retail volume sales of some consumer health products in 2023 are declining following a surge in demand the previous year when pandemic-related restrictions in April 2022 resulted in Spaniards returning to some extent to their pre-pandemic lives. This…
Cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) sales are expected to be slightly down in 2023. This is partly a result of the very strong performance seen in the previous year, as the lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions led to greater social contact and…
During the winters 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, the circulation of cough, cold and flu viruses was limited by the restrictions implemented to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Winter 2022/2023 was the first one with no restrictions in place at all and this…
After the surge in sales that cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies experienced in 2022, demand is waning in 2023, with the category recording more subdued growth rates. Traditionally, sales of cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies in…
Healthy growth in dermatologicals is stemming from launches of value-added products. There was a pause on most new product development activity during the COVID-19 crisis, but with the end of the pandemic, products that had been held back have been…
Dermatologicals is set to register positive growth in current value and retail volume terms in 2023. With the WHO declaring the pandemic to be over in May 2023, there has been an increase in socialisation and physical contact between people which has…
After recording strong growth in 2022, sales of many dermatologicals in 2023 are weakening. Declining disposable incomes due to elevated inflation and higher interest rates are eroding the interest of Spaniards in spending on perceived non-essential…
Dietary supplements is set to see sales rise in current value terms while falling at constant 2023 prices in 2023. Rising unit prices due to inflation are a key factor in the current value growth. Moreover, there have been plenty of new product…
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…