Beauty and Personal Care

In keeping with developments across beauty and personal care in Algeria, skin care saw overall volume and current value growth rates slow in 2023 as inflationary pressures continued to drive up unit prices and take a toll on disposable incomes.…

Premium beauty and personal care in Vietnam saw current value growth driven by several factors in 2023. Rising income levels and an ageing population has meant that more Vietnamese consumers are now earmarking a greater proportion of their budgets…

Premium beauty and personal care products in the Philippines continued to see solid growth in current value terms in 2023. This was due in a large part to the return of consumers to their physical workplaces and an increase in social engagements,…

Premium beauty and personal care in the Netherlands saw strong retail current value growth in 2023. This was the first year with no Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on the opening hours of beauty and personal care retailers since the outbreak of…

Premium beauty and personal care continued to see strong current value growth in the Czech Republic in 2023, moving even further beyond pre-pandemic levels. Rising average unit prices were key to growth during the year, driven by the high rate of…

Premium skin and sun care in Slovakia recorded strong growth in 2023 despite challenging inflation. Over the review period, premium skin care has established a solid position among Slovak consumers. There has been a gradual increase in premium brands…

The polarisation trends seen over the review period continued to be seen on Portugal's premium beauty and personal care landscape in 2023. Despite inflationary pressures from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and eroded disposable incomes, premium…

Premium beauty and personal care in Norway experienced a resurgence in 2023, following a slowdown in 2022. Premiumisation remains the defining trend within Norwegian beauty and personal care. Consumers increasingly seek products formulated with…

Premium beauty and personal care saw dynamic growth in current value terms in 2023 despite the challenging economic environment and soaring inflation. Consumers of premium beauty personal care products were more accepting of price increases due to a…

Despite price hikes and falling purchasing power amidst persistently high inflation, overall demand for premium beauty and personal care products in Algeria remained reasonably robust in 2023. This resilience was partly explained by the fact that the…

Oral care in Vietnam posted steady growth in 2023, continuing a trend that persisted throughout the review period. Growth has been spurred by rising hygiene-consciousness and improved oral care knowledge among local consumers, prompting those in…

Demand for oral care in the Philippines continued to grow in 2023, alongside the return of consumers to their physical workplaces and an increase in social engagements. As such, there was more of an incentive to invest in a wider variety of more…

Overall, oral care in the Netherlands saw a minor decline in retail volume sales in 2023, while retail current value sales grew strongly. As was the case in many categories of beauty and personal care, the growth in retail value sales was mainly…

Oral care saw current value growth in the Czech Republic in 2023. Toothpaste was amongst the few personal care categories that did not see a strong shift towards the cheaper alternatives provided by private labels at the end of the review period. The…

Tooth whiteners outpaced growth in Slovakia’s oral care category, in both retail volume and current value terms. Despite the rising prices seen in 2023, consumers did not lose interest in home whitening kits and whitening strips. The reason behind…

In Portugal, oral care continued to be considered an essential category in 2023, with brushing teeth being part of the daily basic hygiene routine. Toothpaste and manual toothbrushes, in particular, are very mature categories with very high…

In 2023, oral care is a well-established product area in Norway with limited room for volume growth, particularly in core categories like manual toothbrushes and toothpaste. Additionally, intense price competition, especially from low-cost stores…

Oral care in Hungary is witnessing a surge in demand for therapeutic toothpaste, particularly in the realm of implant-friendly, gum-protecting and sensitivity-relieving variants. This increase in demand can be attributed to the ageing population and…

Total volume and current value growth rates for oral care in 2023 were down slightly on 2022. This was partly the result of increasing maturity, but mainly attributable to more cautious attitudes to spending among Algerians as high inflation…

As Vietnamese men's incomes rise and living standards improve, they are showing a growing preference for products designed specifically for them. The population imbalance has also led to a rise in demand for men's products, given that Vietnam is home…