ALGERIA

Cigars were negatively impacted by COVID-19 and continued their downward trend, as consumers shunned cigars for the most part, due to their high retail price. In addition, as cigars are imported, they were even more expensive in 2020, due to further ...

Despite COVID-19, there was no major impact on cigarettes, with volume growth up a few percentage points, in line with growth over the review period. Current value growth was higher as increasing taxes reflected in higher retail prices. There was ...

Smokeless tobacco is a lot more significant in terms of value sales than e-vaping products and it registered positive current value and volume growth. Loose US-style moist snuff, which is called chemma locally, is the main type of smoking tobacco ...

The Algerian economy was already in a fragile position and was then hit by a double whammy in 2020 – COVID-19 and plummeting oil prices. Algeria is highly dependent on oil exports and with prices falling, this led to a devaluation of the dinar and a ...

Sales of RTDs/high-strength premixes remained negligible in Algeria in 2019 and are expected to remain negligible throughout the forecast period....

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, spirits will see volume decline in 2020 overall. The main reason for this has been due to the ongoing economic slowdown, deepened further by the COVID-19 impact, which is affecting living standards and disposable...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on beer in 2020 due to the worsening Algerian economy. As many Algerians have seen their incomes reduced and others have lost their jobs, declining disposable incomes are leading to less spending in ...

Algeria, already fragile economically and politically, has now been facing a new crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the lockdown implemented by the government in order to contain the virus spread, has negatively been affecting both the offer and...

Wine will respond negatively to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 overall as volume sales decline notably. The main reasons for this have been due to lockdown, the closure of the on-trade, and declining purchasing powers. Hence, wine has been suffering ...

Sales of cider/perry remained negligible in Algeria in 2019 and are expected to remain negligible throughout the forecast period....

Household numbers and incomes are set to rise moderately in Algeria over 2021-2040. Westernisation of the country is changing the family structure and Algerians often choose to postpone marriage and children. Algeria’s households are also ...

After seeing solid growth in most of the review period, fragrances turned to slow current value decline in 2020, along with an even stronger retail volume decline. Economic conditions in the country were already poor. However, the emergence of ...

After seeing solid growth during most of the review period, men’s grooming saw a notable retail volume decline in 2020, with a slightly slower rate of current value decline due to price rises. The change in 2020 was due to worsening economic hardship...

In 2020, bath and shower saw a better performance than in the previous year in both retail volume and current value terms. It also saw a better performance than all other beauty and personal care categories. The arrival of COVID-19 led to a strong ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to severe economic hardship in Algeria in 2020. Worsening economic conditions and increasing uncertainty were driven by the crash in international oil prices and volatility of the local currency. This resulted in declining ...

In 2020, depilatories saw retail volume and current value declines, after seeing growth in the rest of the review period. One impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was that Algerians consumed fewer cosmetic products, including depilatories, which are ...

After seeing solid retail volume and current value growth during most of the review period, colour cosmetics turned to double-digit declines in 2020. This category has been one of the beauty and personal care categories hardest-hit by COVID-19. The ...

After seeing slow but steady retail volume growth and even stronger current value growth during most of the review period, in 2020 sun care turned to double-digit decline by both measures. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown period and the closure of ...

After many years of solid retail volume and current value growth, in 2020 skin care turned to slight volume decline and slow current value growth. The emergence of COVID-19 in the country led to lockdown and home seclusion, which negatively affected ...

After seeing a dynamic although slowing current value growth rate during most of the review period, premium beauty and personal care turned to decline in 2020. Premium beauty and personal care suffered significantly from the COVID-19 pandemic in this...