Azerbaijan

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Though current value growth was lower than for other tissue and hygiene products in 2020, current value growth was double that of 2020. However, there was disparity across different product areas. General purpose wipes registered the highest current ...

In spite of high price rises, retail adult incontinence registered healthy growth in terms of volume sales. With a sharp focus on elderly care in 2020, due to COVID-19, consumer’s awareness of retail adult incontinence products increased and value ...

COVID-19 had no discernible effect on sanitary protection, as it is an essential product. There was a healthy increase in current value, but part of that growth was driven by inflation. Volume growth was up slightly. However, there was a change in ...

Overall, COVID-19 was disastrous for sales of away-from-home tissue and hygiene, with away-from-home tissue registering current value decline of nearly a half and represented a major turnaround from the healthy current value growth in 2019. The only ...

2020 was a particularly difficult year in Azerbaijan. The country had to contend with COVID-19 and the decline in the economy and this was further exacerbated by low oil prices in the oil-rich country, as of result of weak global demand. This ...

COVID-19 had no significant effect on nappies/diapers/pants, as it is an essential product. There was a healthy increase in current value, but part of that growth was driven by high inflation. Volume growth was up slightly. There was stockpiling ...

Overall, retail tissue benefitted from COVID-19, with healthy volume and current value growth. As happened globally, there was stockpiling of toilet paper early in lockdown and with people spending large amounts of time at home, usage was high ...

Small appliance categories saw varying performances in Asia Pacific in 2020 due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Air treatment products saw a steep decline, for example, but vacuum cleaners recorded a much-improved performance. The former was hit by retail...

Major appliances recorded declining sales in Asia Pacific in 2020 as a result of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the measures taken to contain its spread. However, some products were still seeing positive growth rates, with dishwashers, automatic dryers ...

COVID-190 has had a more limited impact on retailing than might be expected in Azerbaijan, despite the closure of non-essential retail outlets at the beginning of the lockdown, and the subsequent mixture of restrictions and controls imposed on the ...

Sales via traditional grocery retailers are set to see slightly stronger growth in 2020 than in 2019, although by no means exceptionally higher than peak growth over the review period. Like modern grocery retailing, these outlets have benefited from ...

Direct selling has been hit hard by COVID-19, largely thanks to the tight restrictions placed on travel, social distancing and social gathering over the year that have made the sales model inoperable for many direct selling agents. There has been ...

Sales via apparel and footwear specialist retailers are set to be hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, largely as a result of the government’s attempt to manage the virus and the closure of most non-essential retail outlets. This includes apparel and ...

COVID-19 has had minimal impact on modern grocery retailers in Azerbaijan in 2020, largely because the channel remained large unaffected by the country-wide shutdown of much of the retail sector over the year. Social distancing measures and consumer ...

Sales via health and beauty specialist retailers were comparatively unaffected by the pandemic in Azerbaijan, although they saw a boost in value sales as a result of rising consumer health concerns. Chemists/pharmacies and drugstores/parapharmacies ...

E-commerce is set to see exceptional growth in 2020, although not drastically out of line with that seen over the review period. The main driver of sales over the review period has been the extreme immaturity of the channel, which remains highly ...

Sales via mobile e-commerce are set to generate exponential growth in 2020, largely thanks to the extreme immaturity of the channel and the rise in smartphone penetration across the country. Like e-commerce in general the category has benefited from ...

Understanding the structure, health and potential risks of an economy are important for decision-making within an existing operating environment as well as for expansion strategies. Real GDP growth, inflation and exchange rate fluctuations will ...

Current value sales of bleach grew strongly in 2020, as consumers spent more time at home, and paid more attention to sanitising surfaces....