Beauty and Personal Care

Overall, performance was moderate for fragrances in Bolivia in 2023, with constant value sales increasing slightly and volume sales also registering a moderate increase. However, with prices continuing to increase, especially for imports, due to a…

Fragrances emerged as the driving force behind the growth of the beauty and personal care industry in 2022, a year marked by the resurgence of demand for discretionary products, increases in prices, and the return of socialisation. With double-digit…

Fragrances in Chile saw a second consecutive year of healthy current value growth – higher than the pre-pandemic level of growth. Nevertheless, the category was unable to match the results seen in 2021, when current value sales grew by almost 40% due…

Despite the high cost of living, fragrances continued to perform well, with the category proving its resilience in Colombia in 2023. Premium fragrances outperformed the mass segment due to price rises, which have clearly had an impact on value…

The premium segment continued to outperform its mass counterpart in volume and current value growth terms in fragrances in Costa Rica in 2023. While this was mainly because sales in the former were increasing from a much lower base, premium brands…

In the years prior to the pandemic, consumers were keen to migrate towards premium fragrances in the Dominican Republic. However, with the economic effects suffered by low- and middle-income Dominicans during the pandemic and the subsequent…

During 2023, the majority of sales recorded in fragrances were accounted for by direct selling, the distribution channel which was the most negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Faced with challenges arising from the clash between the need…

Volume and current value sales slowed for fragrances in Guatemala in 2023. Fragrances saw a dramatic drop in demand at the start of the pandemic in 2020 but begin to rise again in 2021. However, the high inflation of 2022 and 2023, with retail price…

Having seen a dramatic decline in sales in 2020, fragrances saw a significant recovery during 2021, albeit volume sales remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Along with colour cosmetics, fragrances was one of the categories most negatively…

Premium fragrances led fragrances sales in Peru in 2023. Premium fragrances achieved healthy value and volume sales, albeit at lower growth rates than seen over the past couple of years, as the category normalised after the pandemic era slump. While…

Fragrances continued to record positive volume growth in 2023 as the return to pre-pandemic lifestyles meant that there was more need for local people to wear fragrances amidst a return to working and socialising outside of the home on a daily basis.…

As of May 2020, Euromonitor International has further downgraded the baseline global real GDP growth forecast for 2020 to a range of -4.0% to -1.5. Advanced economies are expected to be the hardest hit in this recession, with their economic activity…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. In 2023, global inflation is expected to ease from its peak in 2022, but remaining significantly above-trend. Geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market are…

The report examines inflation level and drivers globally and in the key countries. Global inflation is forecast to accelerate due to higher energy and commodity prices, disruptions in supply chains and weaker business confidence. Impact varies…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…

The global outlook has improved as of Q1 2021, thanks to vaccination progress in many developed countries. Nevertheless, the recovery prospects remain distant for most economies in the face of the spread of new, more infectious variants of the virus.…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession in nearly a century. Businesses are operating in a world of anxieties and uncertainties, not knowing what will be the new normal or when output and consumer spending…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession since World War II. In Q4 2020, the end of the pandemic started as countries began administering effective vaccines among the population; however, vaccine distribution…