Australasia

Wound care in New Zealand is expected to register increases in retail volume and current value terms in 2024, continuing the trend from the previous couple of years. Both gauze, tape and other wound care and sticking plasters/adhesive bandages are…

Weight management and wellbeing is set to see growth in current value terms in New Zealand in 2024, although this will mainly be due to price rises, as retail volume sales are expected to struggle to achieve growth in most categories. As in 2023, the…

The New Zealand market continues to feel the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, with consumer confidence in spending on non-discretionary categories remaining low. Vitamins is therefore expected to experience another year of weak retail…

Sports nutrition is set to maintain solid retail volume and current value growth rates in New Zealand in 2024. However, with a slowing of price increases as inflationary pressures and cost increases ease, value growth is set to see a considerable…

Retail sales of sleep aids are expected to register growth in both retail volume and current value terms in New Zealand in 2024. Many consumers struggle to achieve the recommended seven to eight hours sleep each night, and hence look for ways to…

In 2024, retail volume performances in paediatric consumer health in New Zealand are expected to vary across categories, with decline for paediatric analgesics and paediatric dermatologicals, for instance, but growth for nappy (diaper) rash…

Although NRT smoking cessation aids in New Zealand is expected to see low retail current value growth in 2024, retail volume sales are expected to decline for another year. While volume sales are being limited by falling smoking prevalence and the…

The health and wellness trend continues to fuel demand for herbal/traditional products, with the category set to see solid retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. However, in addition to retail volume growth, some of this value growth is…

Eye care is expected to maintain solid retail volume and current value growth rates in New Zealand in 2024, with standard eye care set to see particularly strong increases. Value growth is expected to be stronger than volume, due to higher costs for…

Digestive remedies is expected to maintain retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. There is much room for improvement in the dietary habits of some of the New Zealand population, and this has also been exacerbated by the cost of living…

In 2024, dietary supplements in New Zealand is set to exhibit steady retail current value growth, with volume sales also increasing across most categories. An increasing number of consumers are moving away from dietary supplements that target only…

Dermatologicals is set to maintain retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. With higher costs being passed on to consumers, value growth within the category has been strongly influenced by unit price increases, with the rate of value…

Cough, cold and allergy remedies in New Zealand is set to see slow retail current value growth in 2024. During the period 2020-2021, there were movement restrictions and reduced levels of social interaction due to the government response to the…

Retail current value growth within consumer health in New Zealand in 2024 has been strongly influenced by unit price growth, which is attributable to the broader inflationary pressures affecting New Zealand in the years since COVID-19 first hit the…

Analgesics is set to see slow retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. During the period 2020-2021, the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic included movement restrictions and reduced levels of social interaction, which meant…

Technological advances in 2024 will continue to reshape consumer behaviour. This annual report explores the top five digital shopper trends that will redefine commerce the most in the year ahead. Some of the trends included in this report’s edition…

With lockdowns being in the past, Australians have finally been able to return to their usual lifestyles. With physical activities such as sports returning to full capacity, the demand for wound care products has picked up over the last two years.…

As more consumers become concerned with their health and diet, the demand for weight loss products has increased in Australia. The weight management and wellbeing category is mostly made up of meal replacement products, which are typically powdered…

A heavy reliance on imported ingredients and overseas manufacturing continues to impact input costs for vitamins in Australia, with rising freight costs, rising ingredients prices, and delivery delays pushing up the average unit price for the…

Protein/energy bars has been performing well, and is set to grow at almost the same rate as sports protein powder in 2023, accounting for between and quarter and third of value sales within overall sports nutrition in Australia. More companies are…