Air Treatment Products

Cooling, including air conditioners, air coolers, and cooling fans, witnessed a notable slowdown in retail volume growth in 2022, due to the impact of La Niña on the east coast of Australia, which traditionally is a major market for these products.…

Some categories in air treatment products experienced a major impact from COVID-19 and its aftermath. Simply in terms of growth, air purifiers and humidifiers saw significant double-digit retail volume increases in 2020. In 2021, air purifiers turned…

Air treatment products is the other category in consumer appliances which saw positive volume growth in 2022 (in addition to personal care appliances and at the same rate). Whilst growth is, indeed, slower than seen during the pandemic lockdowns,…

Overall air treatment products is set to maintain slow retail volume growth in 2022. Due to climate change, summer 2022 was the third warmest summer on record for the country, which is expected to drive solid growth for the largest category, cooling.…

Demand for air purifiers in the Philippines was heightened by the emergence of the pandemic, with increasing hygiene awareness amongst local consumers driving up demand for these air treatment products. Despite the extremely high cost of air…

Demand for air treatment products in South Africa continued to increase in 2022, driven by the desire for cleaner or improved air quality. As many consumers continued to work remotely and spend most of their time at home, they increasingly focused on…

Air treatment products such as air conditioners followed the upward trend of consumer appliances in Hong Kong in 2022. While a boost to B2B sales of air conditioners was noted when the Hong Kong government built isolation centres to prevent the…

Towards the end of 2021 and part of 2022 the supply air treatment products was impacted by a lack of semiconductors, which had a particularly big impact on split air conditioners. However, the Mexican government worked with other countries like the…

There was a correlation between the cost of electricity and split air conditioner retail volume sales in Norway. Households perceive split air conditioners as a cost-efficient format to cool and heat their homes. Thus, there was a strong boost to…

2022 saw air treatment products continue to record positive volume growth as demand continued to rise in the dominant category of cooling fans. Consumer interest in cooling fans generally increased significantly over the course of the review period…

In recent years, the weather in Singapore has grown increasingly erratic, with local temperatures reaching a record high of 36.8 degrees Celsius in April 2022, just 0.2 degrees shy of the highest temperature ever recorded in the country. This has led…

Retail volume sales of air treatment products continued to expand at a robust pace during 2022, albeit with a slight slowdown from the previous year. Demand during 2022 was supported by an unusually long and hot summer that spurred sales of air…

In 2022, air treatment products is expected to see retail volume growth for the first time since 2019. In 2020 and 2021, during the summer season – the key sales period – India faced lockdowns and devasting waves of COVID-19 infection which hampered…

Growth in total volume sales of air treatment products in 2022 is set to exceed that recorded in 2021. This is mainly due to increased demand in the dominant category of split air conditioners, with more Hungarians acquiring these appliances for the…

The exigencies of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic stimulated very strong overall retail volume growth in air treatment products in 2020 and 2021. The dynamism in the category was most visible in air purifiers, although dehumidifiers and…

Sales in air treatment products very much depend on the climatic conditions in Turkey, typically peaking during the summer months since Turkey is a hot country. As such, depressed sales in 2022 are attributed to the fact that the summer weather…

Prior to mid-May 2022, energy incentives launched by the Taiwanese government and the extension of the exemption period for its Commodity Tax until June 2023 contributed to more dynamic growth in air treatment products in Taiwan. However, following…

In 2022, air treatment products is expected to suffer a single-digit drop in retail volume sales, due to the COVID-19 outbreaks and fierce competition against the fresh air ventilation system. The fresh air system assembles functions including air…

Demand for air treatment products rocketed during the pandemic as consumers took measures to improve the comfort and hygiene of their homes. Air purifiers was the main beneficiary of this demand as consumers became more conscious of the threat posed…

Cooling appliances continue to dominate sales of air treatment products in Indonesia in 2022. Given Indonesia's tropical climate, cooling appliances are considered a necessity in the majority of households. Cooling fans continue to account for the…