AUSTRIA

Supported by more casual dress codes and the spread of sport as a status symbol, sportswear in Western Europe is seeing significant value growth, despite fierce price competition. Rising per capita spending on versatile trainers and leggings is ...

The Austrian economy will cool slightly in 2019. Domestic demand will support the economy, with higher government spending and moderate growth in private expenditure and fixed investment. The potential fallout from Brexit is a source of uncertainty; ...

The Eurozone outlook has deteriorated significantly since the end of 2018. Real GDP growth forecasts have been downgraded to 0.9-1.5% in 2019 and 0.9-1.9% in 2020, compared to 1.8% in 2018. The Eurozone slowdown started in mid-2018, mainly in the ...

Global GDP growth slowed down in 2018 to 3.7%. The weak growth momentum will carry on to 2019. In 2019-2020, annual global output expansion is forecast to decline to 3.3-3.4%. Global financial conditions have improved since the end of 2018 after big ...

Cafés/bars is characterised by rather low fluctuation in terms of outlet numbers compared with some other consumer foodservice channels. Several hundreds of cafés/bars both open and close each year; thus, leaving the total number of outlets fairly ...

As consumer foodservice in Austria is rather saturated, little fluctuation in the value shares of consumer foodservice types by location is expected. The general trend, however, is a shift towards more retail and travel locations, as opposed to ...

Full-service restaurants continued to post stable growth in 2018, yet with no significant leaps. After some turbulent years and new regulations on tax reporting, many smaller players had to close in order to avoid debt and bankruptcy. The stable ...

Limited-service restaurants saw growth in terms of value sales, transactions and outlet numbers in 2018, and is expected to continue to see a steady positive performance by all measures in the forecast period. The expected growth rates are higher ...

Consumer foodservice experienced steady growth in Austria in 2018, and the forecast remains largely positive. However, different consumer foodservice channels are showing different growth patterns and have different prospects. The positive consumer ...

The overall forecast for self-service cafeterias remains positive, due to the stable development of some of its major players and no remarkable turbulence in the review period. A notable exception is, however, the chain Rosenberger, which announced ...

Compared with the review period, street stalls/kiosks is expected to see slower current value growth in the forecast period. On the one hand, the performance will be supported by the continued demand for quick meals, and on-the-go food will become ...

In 2018, AFH tissue and hygiene recorded further growth in volume and current value terms. The main reason, besides continued positive economic development in Austria, was the ongoing growth in travel, tourism and gastronomy. In particular, AFH ...

The Austrian birth rate grew only marginally in 2018, balancing the minor decline from 2017. Yet, volume and current value sales of nappies/diapers/pants continued to see reasonable growth. As many Austrian consumers value convenience and want ...

Tissue and hygiene in Austria recorded another successful year in terms of volume and current value growth in 2018. Despite increasing maturity and saturation and a still rather traditional approach to many factors affecting the usage of tissue and ...

In 2018, the number of consumers in Austria aged 65+ continued growing, to reach nearly a fifth of the overall population. According to the Austrian Continence Society, Medizinische Kontinenzgesellschaft Österreich, one in three people aged 80+ is ...

Retail tissue in Austria is rather mature, with the majority of households using at least one or two tissue products on a daily basis; most private households use toilet paper on a regular basis, which leaves little room for volume growth. ...

Consumers aged 65+ accounted for almost a fifth of the Austrian population in 2018, following a path of continuous growth. As with progressing age the risk of moderate to severe incontinence grows, it is reasonable that the demand for incontinence ...

Sanitary protection in Austria recorded further current value and volume growth in 2018, despite an already fairly high level of maturity and saturation. The main reasons for the positive performance were the well-targeted positioning of products and...

Lifestyles in Austria tend to be increasingly busy and hectic. With men and women usually both working and sharing child and home care responsibilities, there is often little time to spend on leisure activities or for their personal pleasure. Thus, ...

Better for you beverages off-trade sales witnessed unusually strong growth in 2018, driven by a surge in demand for reduced sugar RTD tea. As consumers are becoming more health conscious, the shift towards reduced sugar varieties is breathing new ...