Finland

Healthy growth in dermatologicals is stemming from launches of value-added products. There was a pause on most new product development activity during the COVID-19 crisis, but with the end of the pandemic, products that had been held back have been…

Cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) sales are expected to be slightly down in 2023. This is partly a result of the very strong performance seen in the previous year, as the lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions led to greater social contact and…

Consumer health in Finland is seeing moderate current value growth in 2023. On one hand, prices have increased due to inflation, but, at the same time, the poor economic outlook has made consumers cautious in their purchases. Overall, the OTC segment…

Analgesics has experienced a fluctuating performance in the last few years, as demand has been significantly impacted by the dramatic changes to consumer lifestyles resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. With the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, many…

After the exceptionally weak performances of 2020-2021, excluding certain categories connected with domestic tourism, travel has been recovering and moving towards 2019 pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels. Faster inbound and outbound tourism…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) caused dramatic decreases in travel flows to/from Finland in 2020-2021. Early 2021 was a weaker year than early 2020, which preceded the outbreak of COVID-19 and implementation of measures to stem the spread of the virus. As…

Finland was one of the countries that imposed few restrictions on lodging during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, outlets were not forced to close nor were they restricted to only hosting certain types of guests. However, there were…

COVID-19 dealt a serious blow to booking in Finland. At the height of the pandemic, outbound travel was minimal, compared to normal levels, although domestic travel became more appealing. However, increased domestic travel did not compensate for the…

Airlines suffered heavily due to COVID-19, with passenger numbers at Finnish airports in 2020 dropping to less than one quarter of the level of the previous year. The number of people decreased further in 2021, and, despite triple-digit growth in…

The Tampere in Finland report provides comprehensive city level information benchmarked against other cities in the country and region. The report includes historic data and forecasts on city population, consumer expenditure, digital penetration,…