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Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Switzerland. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
The home care market in Switzerland saw volume sales decline in 2023, though it saw current value growth, driven largely by rising prices. Demand was dampened by the general impact of high rates of inflation on consumers' purchasing power, as well as…
Dishwashing experienced stagnation in 2023. Convenience continued to be a major influence on demand within the dishwashing category, with products offering the capacity to reduce the amount of time and effort spent on dishwashing tasks appealing to…
Bleach continued to suffer from a bad image at the end of the review period. The product is seen as aggressive, potentially harmful to health and wellbeing, bad for the environment, and possibly damaging to many surfaces in the home. Bleach exists in…
With consumers spending more time at home during the COVID-19 crisis, demand for air care increased. People looked to improve the ambience of their home, removing bad smells and replacing them with ones that could enhance the home environment and…
In 2023, tea recorded slight retail volume growth, while higher prices fostered a strong increase in retail current value sales. The demand for tea remained strong in Switzerland. Tea benefits from a lot of types being in line with the key health and…
The most popular other hot drinks in Switzerland remained chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks and malt-based hot drinks. Chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks continued to account for the majority of retail value and volume sales in 2023,…
Whether coffee, tea or other hot drinks, the industry remains very popular with consumers in Switzerland. Overall, due to coffee and tea, hot drinks recorded moderate retail volume growth in 2023. While signalling a rebound from a decline in 2022,…
Coffee remained the most popular hot drinks type in Switzerland in 2023, generating the vast majority of total volume and value sales. Coffee is a traditional hot drink consumed by a large number of Swiss consumers in many households. Coffee’s…
In 2022, the Swiss packaging market saw a series of developments, shaped by evolving consumer preferences, sustainability concerns and innovations in packaging solutions.
Switzerland further benefits from a population with a high disposable income despite the Swiss economy being set to grow at a significantly below-average rate throughout 2023. Inflation is expected to be 2.3 % in 2023. The dampening effects of…
The gradual return to pre-pandemic patterns of mobility, including the recovery of gym visits, helped to sustain modest growth in off-trade volume sales of sports drinks in 2023. Growth was further supported by the continued rise in the popularity of…
The Swiss market for soft drinks saw a marked slowdown in growth in volume terms in 2023, following the buoyant performance of the previous year. The latter was driven largely by an increase in mobility and the recovery of international tourism,…
Despite the category’s maturity, RTD tea sales continued to expand in off-trade volume terms in 2023, thanks to its perception as a healthier alternative to other types of soft drinks, especially carbonates, thanks to its relatively low sugar…
RTD coffee registered positive growth in off-trade volume terms in 2023, albeit at a slower rate than the previous year. Demand was largely driven by a return to pre-pandemic patterns of mobility, which fuelled the recovery of sales through retail…
Off-trade volume sales of juice managed to register only modest growth in 2023. Consumers increasingly perceive fruit juice as having a high sugar content, which led to a decline in its popularity as a breakfast staple. The category is dominated by…
Energy drinks registered positive growth in off-trade volume terms in 2023, albeit at a slower pace than the previous year. This performance was supported by a sustained demand among remote workers, as well as the continued recovery of on-the-go…
Concentrates recorded a slowdown in growth in off-trade volume terms in 2023, as the liquid concentrates category moved towards greater maturity. During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, liquid concentrates benefited from being more frequently…
Off-trade sales of carbonates saw a slowdown in growth in volume terms in 2023, when compared to the previous year. This was largely due to the normalisation of consumer purchasing behaviour, with 2022 having seen strong growth in on-the-go…
Off-trade volume sales of bottled water saw a slowdown in growth in 2023, despite the product’s healthy image. The category continued to face ongoing challenges, not least, competition from high-quality tap water, which is predominantly sourced from…
The Swiss video game industry is expanding and evolving, boosted by technological advancements, a growing gaming audience, and the introduction of next-generation consoles such as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. These consoles provide gamers…