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Health and beauty specialists in Finland is the second biggest non-grocery channel in Finland and is a category of growing importance. One of the main reasons for this growth is that pharmacy products are mostly essential. A high share of overall…
Health and beauty specialists continued to see some benefit from consumers’ return to retail shopping in Denmark in 2023. However, although the Danish economy as a whole was performing relatively well in 2023 with falling unemployment and inflation,…
Health and beauty specialists in Belgium continued to enjoy positive growth in current value terms in 2023. However, this driven mainly by inflationary pressures, as retailers, squeezed by rising input costs, were forced to raise their prices. Within…
Driven by significant price increases, overall health and beauty specialists saw strong growth in value sales in Austria in 2023, roughly at the same level as retail offline overall. Consumers' willingness to spend in this category has generally…
Headphones registered slower volume growth in 2023 as the sharp rise in the cost of living led to a decline in disposable incomes. The devastating effects of the earthquake that took place in February 2023 had a noticeable impact on consumption of…
Demand for headphones in the UK continues to grow, with the category recording 10% retail volume growth in the first half of 2024. TWS earbuds remains the standout performer, with both the mass and premium segments recording dynamic growth in a…
Headphones is set to record slight growth in volume sales in 2023, with the category no longer seeing the high level of volume growth experienced during the period of the COVID-19 crisis. With the pandemic over and consumers having already invested…
When it comes to headphones there continues to be a growing shift to wireless headbands and TWS earbuds with both categories continuing to enjoy healthy growth in retail volume terms in 2023. TWS earbuds remains the largest category with consumers…
Apple’s AirPods brand continues to lead the category with it reporting strong growth in retail volume terms during 2023. Apple enjoys an important reputation among consumers for quality while its AirPods are able to seamlessly connect to the other…
Headphones registered a more stable performance in 2023, following a significant decline in volume during the previous year. Sales boomed during COVID-19, when consumers were forced to spend more time working and studying at home. With many consumers…