Australia

Australian total consumer disposable income is expected to more than double by 2040, facilitated by a vibrant labour market and stable economic performance. Purchasing power will be concentrated in present-day millennials’ hands, yet seniors will be ...

Like all other travel categories, car rental is expected to see a significant current value decline in Australia in 2020, although the number of cars is expected to remain stable. With the closure of borders to non-citizens from March, most bookings ...

Due to the closure of borders to non-residents in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19, airlines is expected to suffer an exceptionally strong sales decline in 2020. Most planes were grounded for the first half of the year, and with ...

From the middle of March 2020, all arrivals of non-residents to Australia were stopped. The only flights in and out were for the repatriation of citizens. The closure of the country’s borders was still in place at the time of writing this report, and...

Lodging is expected to see an exceptionally strong current value decline in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions are having a strong negative impact on sales. The Australian borders were closed to all but returning citizens from March 2020 in an attempt to...

Due to the restrictions imposed to try and control the spread of COVID-19, online travel sales to residents and the sales of travel intermediaries are expected to decline strongly in current value terms in 2020. The government closed the country’s ...

In 2020, a significant decline is expected in tourism flows in Australia, with falling numbers of arrivals, departures and domestic trips. In a bid to control the spread of COVID-19, Australia introduced a ban on the arrival of all non-citizens or ...

Considering the health focus of wearable electronics, consumers appear to be increasingly interested in such devices in order to support their health. After the lockdown in the first and second quarter of 2020, Australians have been focusing on ...

Imaging devices has been experiencing continued decline in 2020, with this further accelerated by the COVID-19 lockdown and travel bans. The volume and value sales of digital cameras have been badly hit by the travel restrictions in place to contain ...

Overall portable players have been experiencing some impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. E-readers volume sales have continued dropping in 2020, while wireless speakers have been experiencing a slight boost during the pandemic. As Australians were in ...

An increase in demand for televisions was visible throughout the first two quarters of 2020 as Australia went into lockdown. Consumers were looking into enhancing the cinematic and gaming experience and therefore upgrading to either larger or ...

Australia went into lockdown in March 2020, with consumer electronics being among the first industries to be impacted. Due to earlier lockdowns in China, Australia was faced with significant disruptions in the supply chain, affecting stock levels ...

Due to the impact of COVID-19, mobile phone shipments were declining in Australia in 2020, especially in the first and second quarters of the year. Low consumer confidence and declining income per household have been affecting replacement cycles, ...

In-car entertainment has continued to record declining sales in volume and value terms in 2020, with more of the same expected over the forecast period. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has not been significantly impacting sales in the category, ...

With businesses and schools shutting in mid-March 2020 in Australia when the country was placed into lockdown, this saw consumers working and studying from home for the next few months. This resulted in an increase in retail volume sales of products ...

Despite the three-month COVID-19 national lockdown in Australia, this had a marginal impact on home audio and cinema in volume and value sales in 2020, with many of the category’s products already recording strong year-on-year declines. However, the ...

Dermatologicals is only expected to see a marginally higher current value growth rate in 2020 than was seen in the previous year. Demand for dermatologicals such as topical germicidals/antiseptics, topical allergy remedies/antihistamines and topical ...

Eye care is expected to see slightly higher current value growth in 2020 than in 2019, due to lockdowns implemented to try and halt the spread of COVID-19. Greater numbers of people are suffering from eye problems due to the increase in the amount of...

Consumer health is expected to see slightly higher current value growth in 2020 than was seen the previous year. One of the factors dictating growth in this year is expected to be COVID-19. As news about the virus emerged in the country, consumers ...

NRT smoking cessation aids is expected to see slightly higher current value growth in 2020 than seen in the previous year. Demand for NRT smoking cessation aids increased significantly during panic-buying in Australia when the COVID-19 virus emerged ...