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...
In 2023, the number of leisure outbound trips is projected to exceed the 2019 pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19) level. Fuelled by still high pent-up demand, there have been high numbers of bookings for May and summer holidays, with land, rail and air travel…
Two groups are contributing the most to growth of inbound travel to the UK in 2023. Visitors from the US continue to rise strongly in numbers in 2023, following considerable traffic the previous year. While they were early to take advantage of the…
In 2023, travel in Turkey is projected to register strong growth in terms of number of visitors and value sales. The waning of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a positive effect on tourism. Inbound tourism flows are registering…
Demand for vacuum cleaners declined for the second year in a row in Austria in 2023, following a peak during the outbreak of COVID-19. Due to consumer spending on their homes being particularly high during COVID-19, demand naturally fell in the…
In 2023, the vacuum cleaners category is still normalising after the boom in volume sales seen at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been less immediate need for households to purchase vacuum cleaners. Demand has also been constrained by…
Following a sales slump in 2022, standard vacuum cleaners continued to struggle with a decrease in volumes in 2023. This resulted largely from the fact that 2020 and 2021 had been good years for the category. The era of the pandemic led to consumers…
In 2023, vacuum cleaners in Germany was seeing rising demand for robotic and smart models. As households increasingly integrate smart home ecosystems, these cutting-edge, autonomous cleaning devices have become integral to the modern German…
Cylinder vacuum cleaners remained the largest category in terms of retail volume and value in 2023, regardless of the strong growth in more innovative areas. Penetration is not decreasing as many consumers are not replacing cylinder models with other…
Due to higher energy prices, rising inflation, and a sharp rise in the cost of living Italian consumers have been looking at minimising their expenditure in many ways. This more conservative approach to spending has had a negative impact on overall…
There was a slight retail volume decrease for vacuum cleaners in 2023, a contrast to the stronger volume decreases seen in small appliances as a whole. Vacuum cleaners benefited from its wide variety of offerings, with different formats being…