Beauty and Personal Care

The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to high inflation. As a result, while deodorants registered a healthy increase in current value sales in 2022, constant value sales saw no growth. That being said,…

Colour cosmetic registered the best performance among beauty and personal care products in 2022. In spite of high inflation, caused by an energy crisis stemming from the war in Ukraine, colour cosmetics registered both healthy constant value and…

The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to high inflation and dampening volume sales somewhat. That being said, the appreciation of the Dominican peso against the US dollar tempered inflation slightly,…

The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to high inflation and dampening volume sales. As a result, while bath and shower registered a healthy increase in current value sales in 2022, constant value sales…

The war in Ukraine had a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to high inflation and dampening volume sales somewhat. As a result, while baby and child-specific products registered a healthy increase in current value sales in…

Sun care in Chile continued to experience a strong performance in 2022, with the category recording double-digit volume and value growth for a third consecutive year. In fact, sun care sales have doubled compared to pre-pandemic levels. One of the…

After a year of historic growth for Chilean skin care in 2021, driven by dynamic consumer demand, the category witnessed a significant slowdown in 2022. This moderation in growth was primarily due to inflationary pressures, forcing consumers to…

Premium beauty and personal care experienced healthy current value growth in 2022, despite the challenging economic situation in Chile. However, the growth rate was lower compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, its positive performance can be…

Oral care faced significant challenges in 2022, with demand declining across much of the category. Manual toothbrushes and mouthwashes/dental rinses experienced the sharpest volume declines, and the causes behind these trends are multifaceted.…

Men's grooming continued to experience steady and robust growth in 2022. While growth rates were slower than the previous year, they still outperformed the category average of the review period, indicating that men's grooming has become a popular and…

Mass beauty and personal care recorded flat value growth in 2022, driven mainly by mass sun protection and mass deodorants. Categories such as mass hair care and mass skin care showed positive results but well below the growth rates observed during…

Hair care in Chile experienced double-digit growth rates in 2021, driven mainly by government aid that generated significant liquidity in the local market. However, the economic crisis and inflationary pressures hit many categories of beauty and…

Fragrances, which recorded double-digit growth rates in 2021, witnessed a shift in momentum in 2022, with more moderate value growth and declining volume sales. This was driven by the mass segment, as increasingly price-sensitive consumers were…

Demand for depilatories in Chile notably dropped in 2022 compared to the previous year’s dynamic performance, taking volume sales below pre-pandemic levels. On the other hand, value sales only recorded a marginal decline to remain considerably higher…

Despite the economic downturn that impacted several categories of beauty and personal care in 2022, deodorants in Chile showed some resilience, although value sales continued to be mainly driven by inflation and rising unit prices. Nevertheless, in…

Changes in consumer habits in Chile were reflected in the performance of colour cosmetics in 2022, a category which experienced significant declines compared to the previous year, when both retail volume and value sales recorded double-digit growth.…

Chile experienced a remarkable year for consumer goods in 2021, not only within beauty and personal care, but in retail as a whole, registering unprecedented growth rates. The availability of high liquidity, due to permission to make a number of 10%…

Although historically a stable category with positive growth rates, which even reached double digits in 2020, Chilean bath and shower faced challenges in 2022. Inflation reached historic levels, forcing many Chileans to prioritise their consumption…

Baby and child-specific products experienced moderate current value growth in 2022 compared to 2021. However, this growth was primarily driven by baby and child-specific sun care, while baby and child-specific hair care, skin care, and toiletries…

After the sharp decline seen during the pandemic, sun care made a strong recovery in 2022, with retail volume sales nearing pre-pandemic levels. As cases of COVID-19 decreased in 2022, travel restrictions on mobility were also relaxed. Domestic…