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Total confectionery packaging volumes saw a second year of decline in Germany in 2023, due to declines for chocolate and sugar confectionery, as more consumers looked to limit their sugar intake. Flexible plastic remained the predominant pack type in…
Flexible packaging dominates confectionery in Italy, offering numerous advantages, such as easier handling and consumption for consumers, and savings on transportation and storage for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. The most popular…
After seeing two years of negligible decline in packaging volumes during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, mainly driven by falling sales of gum, volumes returned to growth in 2022, regaining all the lost ground. However, while chocolate confectionery…
Total confectionery packaging volumes saw a marginal decline in 2022. Although chocolate confectionery and gum saw increases in their packaging volumes in this year, the decline witnessed in sugar confectionery was enough to drive the overall…
Total confectionery packaging volumes in Switzerland saw a marginal decline in 2023. Countlines, which is one of the largest categories in chocolate confectionery in terms of packaging volumes, saw a similar slight decline in 2023. Flexible plastic…
Total confectionery packaging volumes continued to fall in the Netherlands in 2023, with declines for chocolate confectionery and gum, and a rise for sugar confectionery. Although rises in consumer prices resulted in an increase in value sales of…
Although it remains a much smaller pack type in unit volume terms, flexible paper continues to take share from the dominant packaging format of flexible plastic in countlines, as consumers increasingly opt for sustainable packaging options. This…
Total confectionery packaging volumes in Turkey continued to see a slow and stable rise in 2023. Chocolate confectionery continued to account for by far the most significant packaging volumes. Within chocolate confectionery, folding cartons witnessed…
In 2023, demand for consumer appliances declined for the third consecutive year in Austria. Retail volume sales were still noticeably impacted by the increase in purchases during COVID-19, when consumers invested more in consumer appliances due to…
Danish economic conditions have softened in 2023 with the rate of inflation easing and retail prices moderating in most categories. Excess levels of stock have encouraged retailers to pursue price cutting strategies in a bid to stimulate demand,…