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Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Singapore. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
The use of natural ingredients in air care is gaining substantial appeal among consumers in Singapore. This growing trend reflects a shift towards more sustainable and environmentally-friendly choices, aligning with the increasing awareness and…
While overall retail volume growth of air treatment products has slowed in 2023 compared to 2022, growth rates remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels for the second consecutive year since all COVID-19 restrictions were removed. Even…
As it worked to recover from the pandemic's effects, the aviation sector generally confronted substantial problems in terms of staffing and fleet capacity. First of all, staffing became one of the biggest challenges for its recovery. Airlines lost a…
Growth in on-trade consumption of alcoholic drinks remained strong in 2022, as following the relaxation of restrictions in 2021, restrictions on dine-in were fully removed in Singapore in 2022. From 29 March 2022, the 22.30hrs cut-off for the sale…
Sales in foodservice establishments were severely affected in 2020 by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions introduced to try and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The implementation of Singapore’s “Circuit Breaker” measures…
Due to the high rates of vaccination amongst Singaporeans, systemic analgesics were purchased in high quantities in 2022 to fulfil the demand to self-medicate amidst post-vaccination symptoms and common cold symptoms from later variants of the…
Demand for apparel accessories saw strong growth in the past few years. In 2020, this was mainly driven by other apparel accessories. This category includes products such as face masks, which were largely in demand due to government regulations and…
2023 has seen life return to normal in Singapore, with consumers resuming all their pre-pandemic activities. The return to normalcy is set to help drive retail volume and current value sales of apparel and footwear in this year, with consumers…
Apparel and footwear specialists in Singapore continued to record robust growth in 2023. This was largely driven by the full-scale resumption of social activities and international travel. 2023 witnessed a full year of the effects and benefits of…
Albeit recording slower growth compared to the previous year, appliances and electronics specialists in Singapore experienced another positive performance in 2023. In February 2022, the local government announced that the prevailing rate of Goods and…
Asian speciality drinks in Singapore is set to see on-trade volume growth in 2023, whereas off-trade volume sales are expected to see a moderate decline. In Singapore, Asian speciality drinks are more commonly consumed in on-trade premises, such as…
The recovery of the tourism industry and the thriving food and beverage (F&B) sector in Singapore are catalysts for the sustained growth across Away-From-Home (AFH) tissue categories. As both domestic and international tourism gradually rebound, and…
Baby and child-specific products in Singapore continued to grow at a stable rate in current value terms in 2023, regardless of the declining birth rate in the country. One of the reasons for this is that there have been an increasing number of brands…
Milk formula in Singapore is set to see a continued decline in retail volume sales in 2023, impacted by the resumption of travel across the Singapore-Malaysia land borders. From 1 May 2022, cross-border public bus services (SBS Transit Ltd, SMRT…
The decline in baby food packaging in Singapore in 2022 was attributed to changing consumer preferences and feeding practices. Singaporean parents are increasingly opting for homemade and organic baby food options, driven by concerns for their…
Owing to a sharp decline in travel due to the pandemic, retail volume and current value sales of luggage in Singapore fell drastically in 2020, by nearly 50%. This was against the backdrop of more than an 85% decline in the number of outbound…
While retail volume sales of baked goods only recorded marginal growth in 2023, the category experienced strong retail current value growth, mainly due to unit price increases. The average unit price of baked goods continued to grow steadily in 2023…
The bath and shower category has been seeing its current value growth rates stabilise after the high increase seen in 2020 due to the pandemic. The current value growth rate in bath and shower slowed again in Singapore in 2023, as normalcy fully…
In Singapore, beauty and personal care maintained solid current value growth in 2023, with robust increases across all categories except depilatories, which has been witnessing a consistent slow decline over the past few years. This downturn can be…
For beauty and personal care packaging, HDPE bottles continued to be the leading pack type in Singapore in unit volume terms in 2022. HDPE is known for its excellent durability and strength, which ensures that the contents are safeguarded from…