ALGERIA

Health and beauty specialist retailers suffered a significant drop in current value growth in 2020, with value growth only slightly higher than in 2019. With high inflation, due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, consumers experienced a decline in ...

E-commerce registered a huge boost in 2020, with consumers opting to shop online in order to avoid exposure to COVID-19. While value sales are still relatively low, current value growth grew by more than a half in 2020. There was a high level of ...

COVID-19 put an abrupt end to the healthy value growth that apparel and footwear specialists had registered over the review period. Outlets were closed for several months in 2020 and as a result apparel and footwear specialists registered a ...

Mobile e-commerce registered the biggest boost of all retailing in 2020, with value sales nearly tripling. However, it has to be said that this was from a very low base. Also, in what was a significant development in mobile e-commerce in Algeria, in ...

Current value sales increased in 2020, in spite of lower disposable incomes due to the economic fallout of COVID-19. However, consumers were more price sensitive and switched to lower quality, cheaper brands. There was also supply issues throughout ...

The Algerian economy was hit by a double whammy in 2020 – COVID-19 and plummeting oil prices. Algeria is highly dependent on oil exports and this led to a devaluation of the dinar and a general increase in inflation. This in turn led to lower ...

Mixed retailers were the worst performing type pf retailer in 2020, with value sales declining by nearly a quarter. Two main factors contributed to the dramatic value decline. Firstly, the outlets were closed for several months of the year. Secondly ...

Modern grocery retailers registered healthy current value growth, though it was lower than in 2019. Growth was dampened somewhat by lower disposable incomes, due to the heavy economic toll of COVID-19, including higher inflation. However, it was one ...

Direct selling is not a significant form of retailing in Algeria and with people’s movement restricted for most of 2020, direct selling was not permitted. As a result, current value sales fell by a fifth. Also, most products sold through direct ...

Value growth of toilet care was slightly lower in 2020 than in 2019. With consumers being increasingly price sensitive due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, consumers switched to cheaper brands or switched to bleach, which is significantly ...

Bleach benefitted significantly from COVID-19 and the need to disinfect all surface areas with a stringent disinfectant. It registered double-digit value growth, the highest among all home care product areas, and also registered a much higher growth ...

Air care was one of the worst performers among home care products in 2020, with reduced volume sales in comparison with 2019. It is also the smallest product area among home care, with little consumer interest. There are only two product areas that ...

Home care has been responding exceptionally well to the newly arisen circumstances, benefitting from the central role it plays in mitigating the risk of infection of COVID-19 and consumers have responded by developing more hygiene-centric lifestyles....

In terms of current value growth, performance was similar to 2019. However, performance was not uniform across product areas. Furniture polish, which is by far the largest product area, registered double-digit value growth, as consumers tried to keep...

Home insecticides was the worst performer in home care in 2020, with lower current value and volume growth, compared with 2019. With consumers being increasingly price sensitive due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, consumers prioritised cleaning ...

Dishwashing was unaffected by COVID-19, with similar value growth to 2019. There were supply issues throughout the year, as COVID-19 measures made it difficult to transport goods around the country and also affected staffing levels, with restrictions...

Surface care registered healthy value growth in 2020, on a par with growth in 2019. However, there was a higher growth in volume of products sold, with consumers shunning more sophisticated surface care products such as bathroom cleaners, descalers, ...

The Algerian economy was hit by a double whammy in 2020 – COVID-19 and plummeting oil prices. This has led to a devaluation of the dinar and a general increase in inflation, which has led to lower disposable incomes. In spite of lower incomes, ...

Off-trade volume and current value sales benefitted from COVID-19, with growth in both indicators up slightly from 2019, as people consumed more carbonates at home. On the other hand, on-trade value suffered double-digit decline, as foodservice ...

Off-trade concentrates benefitted from COVID-19, with both current value and volume growth up slightly from 2019. While on-trade concentrates suffered double-digit value decline, only a small proportion of value sales are sold through foodservice ...