Away-From-Home Tissue and Hygiene

The easing of COVID-19 related restrictions as the threat from the disease was perceived to be less severe led to an upturn in the performance of away-from-home (AFH) tissue and hygiene in 2021. The COVID-19 crisis led to a marked decline in sales of…

With society gradually opening up in 2021, away-from-home tissue and hygiene registered a healthy increase in current value sales, after a severe decline in 2020. In particular, the opening of hotels and restaurants and schools and many people also…

India faced a devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2021, which led to a significant increase in hospital admissions. Although the virus impacts people of all age groups, older people are more susceptible to severe…

The horeca channel is the dominant contributor to away-from-home tissue sales in the Egyptian market. In 2021, the revival of activity in the horeca channel helped to drive recovery in AFH tissue sales as consumers resumed more normal lifestyles and…

The easing of COVID-19 related restrictions in 2021 resulted in slow growth in away-from-home tissue products in the Colombian market. Growth was constrained by social unrest and protests in the first half of the year, which made people more cautious…

With society gradually opening up in 2021, away-from-home tissue and hygiene registered a healthy increase in constant value sales, after a severe decline in 2020. In particular, the opening of hotels and restaurants and schools and many people also…

In 2020, the lockdown period negatively impacted the consumer foodservice industry, with lockdown reducing the operations of outlets to only takeaway during the most restrictive periods. With tourism, eating out, and other outside activities coming…

After registering a steep decline in value and volume sales in 2020 due to strict lockdown measures and home seclusion, away-from home tissue and hygiene value sales saw strong growth during 2021. As COVID-19 related restrictions were eased, hotels,…

Away-from-home tissue and hygiene was the worst affected category within tissue and hygiene as COVID-19 led to decreasing demand for consumer foodservice and a lack of tourism in the country. With many restaurants being closed and offering only…

The COVID-19 outbreak had a negative impact on away-from-home tissue, with quarantine rules in the country closing down travel, tourism, public institutions, businesses and horeca establishments. Due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions, many…

The emergence of the pandemic in Hong Kong had a significant impact on demand for away-from-home tissue in 2020, with all products in the category, with the exception of AFH wipers through hospitals/healthcare, recording drastic declines. This was…

After several years of slow but steady current value growth, AFH tissue and hygiene turned to a notable decline in 2020 which will continue, albeit at a slower rate in 2021. The closure of businesses, schools, and foodservice outlets during the first…

In 2021, all AFH tissue categories rebounded from slumps in volume and current value sales in 2020, caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on the business/industry, horeca and public channels. However, the residual threat of COVID-19 saw a…

Away-from-home tissue suffered massive loss of sales in 2020, as the South African government implemented strict lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. As a result, restaurants were forced to close their doors for over a month, while…

At the start of the pandemic, hospitalizations of adults for health problems that were not strictly necessary tended to fall in number, and non-emergency surgeries and treatments were postponed. Similar patterns of behaviour were seen in nursing…

With society gradually opening up in 2021, away-from-home tissue and hygiene registered a healthy double-digit increase in current value growth, after the mute performance in 2020. In particular, the opening of hotels and restaurants and schools and…

In 2021, AFH tissue volume sales recovered partially from 2020, a year with multiple lockdown periods. However, in this year AFH tissue did not perform strongly enough to offset the decline in volume sales seen in 2020. With a lockdown at the…

The closure of Taiwan’s borders in April 2020 because of the presence of the COVID-19 virus in the region had a hugely negative impact on tourism in the country. AFH sales have also been hit by consumer concerns with regard to public gatherings, in…

Following steep declines in 2020, all AFH tissue categories saw volume and current value sales return to growth in 2021 as the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the easing of public health restrictions enabled Swedes to begin resuming their normal…

With society gradually opening up in 2021, away-from-home tissue and hygiene registered an increase in current value sales, after a severe decline in 2020. In particular, the opening of hotels and restaurants and schools and many people also…