Australia

The economy will improve in 2020. Growth will be supported by stronger domestic demand. Fixed investment should recover slightly, as housing and mining investments improve, buoyed by looser monetary conditions, better business sentiment and growth in...

Although freestanding cookers continued to grow in 2019, built-in products were the main driver of volume sales in large cooking appliances and continued to dominate overall volume sales in the category. Built-in hobs, ovens and built-in cooker hoods...

Retail volume sales of dishwashers in Australia continued to grow in 2019. The category was positively stimulated by falling unit prices as manufacturers competed with lower price points. Furthermore, Chinese companies and discounters such as Aldi ...

Air purifiers was again one of the best performers in air treatment products in 2019. Increasing awareness of indoor air pollution continued to be a leading growth driver for air purifiers. The health benefits that an air purifier provide to a ...

Multi-door refrigeration appliances are gaining in popularity among Australian consumers, a trend that is expected to continue over the forecast period. This is being helped by leading players launching new models. This has included multiple ...

The consumer appliances market in Australia continued to record healthy growth in retail volume terms in 2019. However, volume sales increased at a slightly slower rate than a year earlier in 2019. This was put down to economic factors, such as the ...

Hair care appliances registered another year of healthy retail volume and current value growth in 2019. Innovation, strong consumer sentiment and growing disposable incomes have been contributing to this growth. New product launches also boosted ...

Australians appreciate convenience and consumers do not want to spend too much time chopping up food items. Multifunctional food processors are also useful in building up the confidence of consumers with limited cooking skills and for combining ...

Improvements in energy efficiency and capacity have boosted demand for automatic dryers. Declining or stagnating unit prices, especially for condenser dryers, have continued to serve as an incentive for consumers to replace their old automatic ...

The consumer trend towards convenient models with multifunctional capabilities is very much present in vacuum cleaners and is driving a continuous change in consumer preferences between different vacuum cleaner formats. Stick and robotic models were ...

As they had done a year earlier, sales of microwaves continued to decline in both volume and value terms in 2019, with these declines expected to continue over the forecast period. Microwaves has reached saturation, with freestanding models in what ...

Light fryers continue to benefit from the health and wellness trend as well as the improved flavour that these products can offer. Taking these factors into consideration, consumers are more likely to try this product. Trade sources suggest that this...

Packaged food sales continued to increase in 2019, with value growth in current terms not much higher than volume growth. However, some categories performed better than others, with specific factors determining the extent to which demand is ...

Convenience remains a central theme in staple categories. As consumer lives continue to get busier, they are seeking simple and healthy options. Instant noodles remains a popular option, especially for millennials who are key drivers of convenience ...

Products within the dinner mixes category, often referred to as meal kits, have gradually become mainstream since their launch in 2012 in Australia, riding on the demand for convenience from time-poor consumers and a desire to reduce food wastage. ...

In 2019, other dairy products experienced sound growth in retail value terms, following on from the previous year. Growth mainly came from cream and condensed milk, with cream outperforming all the other categories. As cream is a staple ingredient in...

At present, the increasing visibility of other competing sauces like pesto, passatas and purées is pushing pasta sauces towards the back of consumers’ minds. Despite the high household penetration rate of pasta sauces, deep discounting and limited ...

In 2019, baby food experienced strong double-digit value growth despite growth being slightly lower than in the previous year. Pockets of strong growth continued to be apparent across health and wellness categories, particularly organic baby food. ...

In 2019, yoghurt and sour milk products experienced healthy value growth. Organic sour milk products experienced the highest value growth, albeit from a low base, with Babushkas Kefir capturing the largest share of value sales. Plain yoghurt also ...

In 2019, breakfast cereal experienced relatively conservative volume and steady value growth. Pockets of the strongest value growth came from health and wellness cereals, which includes free from gluten and organic ranges. Muesli and granola was the ...