Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Australia. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
Inflationary pressures have been dampening volume growth within soft drinks, as the higher cost of living for consumers is tightening their discretionary spending. The surge in unit prices across most soft drinks categories has been impacting…
In 2023, Australia has witnessed a gradual return to normalcy, as the nation has emerged from the pandemic’s grip. Australia’s recovery from COVID-19 started at a slower pace compared with many other countries due to prolonged restrictions, with…
Soft drinks manufacturers have grappled with increasing costs and production hurdles, stemming from soaring energy prices, supply chain bottlenecks, elevated transportation expenses, and surging prices for primary packaging materials, such as corn…
Soft drinks manufacturers have been contending with rising input costs and challenges to production caused by escalating energy costs, supply chain blockages, increased transportation costs, and surging prices for primary packaging materials.…
Inflation and supply chain issues have impacted categories across the soft drinks industry post-pandemic. The scarcity and soaring costs of primary and secondary packaging materials, such as glass, recycled plastic, and aluminium, have also impacted…
Growth in off-trade and on-trade value sales of energy drinks is set to remain robust throughout 2023, largely driven by broader inflationary pressures causing increases in unit prices across the category. Energy drinks emerged as one of the…
Despite the stabilisation of decline for a couple of years during the pandemic, concentrates in Australia has experienced a long-term gradual decline in off-trade RTD volume consumption, which is set to recommence in 2023, as the main demographic…
Sugar reduction remains a key strategy in carbonates, as most Australians are growing more health-conscious. The Health Star rating review has benefited sales of reduced sugar carbonates, as the rating system prioritises low sugar levels. Reduced…
Producers of bottled water are contending with higher input costs and supply chain complexities across multiple fronts. Increasing energy prices and transportation costs, supply chain logjams and inflated prices for primary packaging materials have…
Asian speciality drinks, the availability of which was once confined to smaller Asian grocers, have now expanded their presence to the shelves of mainstream grocery retailers in Australia. Historically, this category enjoyed a steady consumer base in…