Beauty and Personal Care

Following two consecutive years of sluggish sales due to pandemic-related restrictions, reduced purchasing power, and limited tourism and outdoor activities, sun protection in Brazil delivered a surprisingly good performance in 2022. Sales surged,…

Skin care in Brazil experienced double-digit growth in retail current value terms in 2022, and continued to be the eighth largest global market in the category. An interesting highlight is the body care category, which accounted for 57% of overall…

Social and environmental concerns have grown due to COVID-19 and unstable sociopolitical repercussions in the region. Both lifestyles and purchase decisions have aligned towards taking action to preserve the environment. With consumers and…

According to the current value of Brazilian GDP in dollars, Brazil ranks 12th amongst the world’s largest economies, almost on a par with Iran, which ranks 11th and has benefited from rises in oil prices. The fact that the Brazilian market holds…

Brazil is the fourth-largest global market in terms of current value sales of oral care products, surpassing several countries with a higher population density, such as India and Indonesia. This not only demonstrates the significance of organic…

Men’s fragrances continued to dominate men’s grooming in 2022, as the most popular product type, deemed essential by many male consumers. In 2020, there was a notable increase in retail volume demand for men’s fragrances, and although there was a…

While premium beauty and personal care products continued to show a robust performance in 2022, there was also healthy growth in sales of mass products in 2022, driven by Brazilian consumers’ increasing attentiveness towards health and skin care.…

The year 2021 was marked by the polarisation of consumption in beauty and personal care. The best results were at the price extremes, but were also concentrated in some categories, with the preference for hygiene products over beauty items. In 2022,…

As the end of 2021 approaches, almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence and rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant has increased uncertainty and weakened the momentum of the global recovery. This series of quarterly reports…

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…