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Vitamins And Dietary Supplements in Greece

Greece

Euromonitor International's Vitamins And Dietary Supplements in Greece market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

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Tables: 31  |  Publication date: Jul 2006
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Product coverage

Child-specific vitamins and dietary supplements; Dietary supplements; Tonics and bottled nutritive drinks; Vitamins

Table of contents

OTC HEALTHCARE IN GREECE : MARKET INSIGHT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

OTC Registration and Classification

Advertising

Packaging and Labelling

Distribution

De-listing or De-reimbursement

Traditional Remedies

Homeopathy

Generics

Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services

Table 1 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services 2000-2005

Life Expectancy

Table 2 Life Expectancy at Birth 2000-2005

OTC HEALTHCARE SALES

Market Performance

Table 3 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: Value 2000-2005

Table 4 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: % Value Growth 2000-2005

Switches

Table 5 OTC Healthcare Switches 2004-2005

Competitive Environment

Table 6 OTC Healthcare Company Shares by Retail Value 2001-2005

Table 7 OTC Healthcare Brand Shares by Retail Value 2002-2005

Retail Distribution

Table 8 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Distribution Format: % Analysis 2000/2005

Table 9 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector and Distribution Format: % Analysis 2005

Retailer Activity and Private Label Trends

Table 10 Penetration of Private Label by Sector 2001-2005

Forecast Market Performance

Table 11 Forecast Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: Value 2005-2010

Table 12 Forecast Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: % Value Growth 2005-2010

DEFINITIONS

LOCAL COMPANY PROFILES - GREECE

GEROLYMATOS SA - OTC HEALTHCARE - GREECE

COMPANY BACKGROUND

RECENT NEWS

Summary 1 Summary - Gerolymatos SA: Operational Indicators 2004

PRODUCTION CAPACITY

Summary 2 Summary - Gerolymatos SA: Production Statistics 2005

LOBELIN-PHARMACARE SA - OTC HEALTHCARE - GREECE

COMPANY BACKGROUND

RECENT NEWS

PRODUCTION CAPACITY

OLVOS SCIENCE - OTC HEALTHCARE - GREECE

COMPANY BACKGROUND

RECENT NEWS

Summary 3 Summary - OLVOS SA: Operational Indicators 2002

PRODUCTION CAPACITY

VIANEX SA - OTC HEALTHCARE - GREECE

COMPANY BACKGROUND

RECENT NEWS

Summary 4 Summary - Vianex SA: Operational Indicators 2004

PRODUCTION CAPACITY

Summary 5 Summary - Vianex SA: Production Statistics 2005

VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IN GREECE

SECTOR PERFORMANCE

2005 headlines

Stable and modest performance for vitamins and dietary supplements as maturity hinders more dynamic development

The negative impact of the 2004 Olympic Games doping scandals negatively affected 2005 sales

Similar performance for all subsectors with dietary supplements and tonics and bottled nutritive drinks being marginally faster growing

Child-specific vitamins and dietary supplements remain stagnant as paediatricians do not recommend them

Self-medicatation is common amongst Greeks

Ageing population favours sales

Licencing tricks and options

Pharmacies offer companies a huge distribution channel

Highly fragmented vitamins and dietary supplements with international companies having an important presence

Forecast performance

Table 13 Sales of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements by Subsector: Value 2000-2005

Table 14 Sales of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements by Subsector: % Value Growth 2000-2005

Table 15 Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Company Shares by Retail Value 2001-2005

Table 16 Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Brand Shares by Retail Value 2002-2005

Summary 6 Summary - Vitamins and Dietary Supplements: New Product Launches 2004-2005

Table 17 Forecast Sales of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements by Subsector: Value 2005-2010

Table 18 Forecast Sales of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements by Subsector: % Value Growth 2005-2010

VITAMINS PERFORMANCE

Stagnancy in a mature subsector

Multivitamins remain dominant

Occasional intake of single vitamins

Vitamin C performs best as consumers are more familiar with its benefits

Gerolymatos SA leads

Table 19 Sales of Vitamins by Type: Value 2000-2005

Table 20 Sales of Vitamins by Type: % Value Growth 2000-2005

Table 21 Vitamins Brand Shares by Retail Value 2002-2005

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS PERFORMANCE

Similar performance in 2005 for dietary supplements due to maturity

Mineral supplements remain the largest sub-subsector

Developing smaller sub-subsectors are the best performers, favoured by increasing information on their benefits

Other dietary supplements grow further as the combined benefits they offer attract more consumers

Products which target specific nutritional needs and medical conditions lead

Table 22 Sales of Dietary Supplements by Type: Value 2000-2005

Table 23 Sales of Dietary Supplements by Type: % Value Growth 2000-2005

Table 24 Dietary Supplements Brand Shares by Retail Value 2002-2005

Table 25 Dietary Supplements by Positioning: % Retail Value Analysis 2005

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