In 2030, the population of Bosnia-Herzegovina will reach 3.3 million, a decrease of 6.0% from 2015. The shrinking population between 2015 and 2030 can be explained by negative net migration, an increasing number of deaths, a fall in the number of ...

During 2016, most of growth in beer was generated in small developing niche categories such as domestic premium lager, dark beer and even craft beer. The first craft beer brands are appearing in the country, adding to the already wide range and ...

Total volume sales of cider/perry continued to decline in Bosnia-Herzegovina during 2016, although this sales decline was largely due to the unfavourable weather seen during summer, which had a negative effect on sales of all alcoholic drinks ...

Sales of RTDs/high-strength premixes remained borderline negligible in Bosnia-Herzegovina during 2016. Although the range of these products is quite wide and although their availability remains satisfactory, there are numerous alternatives available,...

On-trade sales clearly drove growth in spirits during 2016, while consumers continue to strongly prefer traditionally distilled spirits for consumption at home. The penetration of home-distilled spirits, specifically rakija, is also very high in the ...

The availability and variety of wine improved significantly in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the review period. These factors contributed to the strong increase seen in demand in the category towards the end of the review period, although growth in the ...

The performance of alcoholic drinks in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2016 was one of the best of the review period. The main contributors to the category’s solid performance in 2016 were the improvements seen in the economic environment, consistent ...

The economy will improve modestly in 2017. Gains in private consumption are the main driver. Public investment should also rise now that the government has secured new lending from international sources. The tourist sector is small but receipts are ...

While overall growth of baby and child-specific products was solid at 3% in current value terms in 2016, it could have been even better if the cold summer weather had not negatively affected demand for sun care products, particularly as consumers ...

Traditionally, bar soap was the dominant format within bath and shower, and was used for a wide range of purposes. Over the course of 2007-2016, the range of different bath and shower products exploded, taking consumers’ attention away from bar soap,...

Make-up tutorials are taking over social media and amassing followers in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The potential to leverage on this popularity is high and still largely unexploited by key players within colour cosmetics in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Instagram, ...

The performance of deodorants was negatively affected by improvements in the economic environment towards the end of the review period, which enabled consumers to look at more-expensive alternatives, particularly within fragrances. In 2016, ...

Cold summer weather negatively affected several beauty and personal care categories during 2016, including depilatories. Sales of depilatories are highly affected by the types of clothes consumers wear. During hot weather, consumers tend to visit ...

While the overall value performance of fragrances in 2016 was largely in line with average growth posted over the review period, premium products recorded the strongest growth of the review period in 2016, signalling that more consumers were able to ...

Hair care is one of the most-mature categories within beauty and personal care, but there are still dynamic niche areas that promise strong growth potential, primarily salon hair care. During the review period, there was soaring growth in ...

During 2016, there was a boom in the popularity of beards in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Naturally, this opened up room for the penetration of beard care products, but more importantly, it had a negative effect on sales of shaving products, which are the ...

Oral care is increasingly losing shelf space through grocery retailers and migrating to health and beauty specialists, namely drugstores and pharmacies. Shelf space in large grocery retail chains is becoming increasingly expensive, and oral care ...

In 2016, beauty and personal care in Bosnia-Herzegovina recorded its third consecutive year of growth. While most growth during the review period was in fact generated by improvements in supply, improvements in the retailing of beauty and personal ...

Skin care keeps popping up as one of categories within beauty and personal care with the greatest growth potential. Still, skin care tends to be expensive, especially quality upgrades and novelties that are most interesting to consumers. Improving ...

Sun care sales are naturally very sensitive to weather trends. The summer in 2016 was colder than average and significantly cooler than the summer of 2015, which was one of the hottest on record in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In such a context, it was no ...