Beauty and Personal Care

Oral care remains in good overall shape, with demand stable due to necessity, and few fluctuations caused by the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main impact from the pandemic era was challenging access to dentists, thus inspiring consumers to be…

Men’s grooming saw high single-digit current value growth in 2022 with sales expanding to beyond pre-pandemic levels. The easing of COVID-19 related restrictions, such as the removal of the obligation to wear face masks in shops in May, in most…

Whilst men’s grooming showed positive value growth in 2022, volume sales remained in sluggish negative figures – albeit having improved since the category took a notable hit during the era of the pandemic, when many male consumers became lazy…

Mass beauty and personal care enjoyed mid-single digit growth in 2022, a stronger performance than in the previous year. Sales had already returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, faster than premium products (which only reached 2019 levels in 2022)…

Mass beauty and personal care fared quite well in 2022, thanks to an upwards trend due to the post-pandemic recovery period, alongside inflationary pressures supporting value growth. Positive sales factors include the heat wave in France in 2022,…

Hair care saw low single-digit growth in 2022, which was the result of the positive performance of all categories with the exception of colourants. Most categories also saw value growth boosted by unit price increases, which were the result of higher…

Hair care saw recovered sales in 2022 compared to 2021, with value stronger than volume due to inflationary pressures driving up unit prices. Furthermore, higher-end subcategories, such as the best-performing salon professional hair care, are driving…

Fragrances continued to show a dynamic performance in Italy in 2022 after having already returned to pre-pandemic levels in the previous year. The category continued to grow thanks to Italian consumers feeling keener to socialise as the immediate…

Fragrances saw excellent value growth in 2022, with volume notably slower and expected to continue to decline. This positive performance is very much driven by sales of premium fragrances, with mass fragrances remaining in a slump in both value and…

Demand for depilatories was boosted by the end of the health emergency linked to COVID-19 in Italy at the end of March 2022, which led to the further easing of restrictions from May (such as the lifting of the obligation to wear face masks) and…

Depilatories saw small positive volume growth in 2022, in addition to stronger value growth driven by inflation. These sales are attributed to the post-pandemic catch-up effect, in addition to a hot summer in France in 2022 compared to the gloomier…

In 2022, deodorants were buoyant in Italy, showing high single-digit growth in current value terms. Consumer demand was boosted by the high temperatures recorded in the country and the end of the state of emergency linked to COVID-19, which led…

Deodorants saw a positive year in 2022, with good sales in both value and volume terms. Indeed, the summer of 2022 was hot in France, which led to heightened demand in addition to value being pushed up by inflationary pressures. This positive growth…

In 2022, colour cosmetics continued to recover thanks to the further easing of COVID-19 related restrictions, such as the lifting of the obligation to wear face masks in shops, which occurred in May 2022 in Italy (and in the summer for offices, and…

Colour cosmetics is seeing a post-pandemic catch-up effect, following the slump in sales observed during the era of the COVID-19 lockdowns, movement restrictions, and mask-wearing. Indeed, in 2022, colour cosmetics saw small positive volume growth,…

Beauty and personal care in Italy saw mid-single-digit growth in current value terms in 2022. It was an important year for Italy, with the situation shifting significantly in terms of the easing of restrictions linked to COVID-19. March saw the end…

2022 saw an upward trend in value sales in beauty and personal care, resulting from both the post-pandemic catch-up phenomenon and the inflationary situation in France (and globally), pushing up costs and prices and therefore supporting value growth.…

Bath and shower remained flat in value terms in 2022, suffering from the shrinking demand for liquid soap and hand sanitisers, which are, however, maintaining a level of sales well above that seen prior to the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Hand…

Bath and shower managed to keep its head above water in 2022, following the pandemic-era boost in sales and the subsequent drop. Whilst demand is relatively stable overall, there are great disparities within the category. Solid soaps and liquid…

Baby and child-specific products continued to see value sales rise in 2022 as the further improvement of the pandemic situation helped in the recovery of volumes. Value sales growth was also linked to unit price increases, the result of rising retail…