Bosnia and Herzegovina

Retailing in Bosnia and Herzegovina remained affected by the political and economic situation in the country. Bosnia and Herzegovina ended 2021 in its biggest crisis since the Balkan Wars, 2022 is awaited with great uncertainty. Bosnia and…

Polish was one of the few home care products that did not benefit from the pandemic, as consumer prioritised cleaning and disinfecting in the light of COVID-19, rather than polishing. In addition, with much less socialising in homes happening in…

Tea culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina is somewhat underdeveloped meaning unlike coffee, tea performed negatively in response to the pandemic. As a result, volume sales of tea declined in 2020 overall. With more time being spent at home due to…

Prior to the pandemic, both liquid and powder concentrates were seeing declining volume sales. In 2021, powder concentrates continued to see value growth. With employees working from home during most of 2021 and children receiving online classes,…

The pandemic has been a boon for wipes. With the pandemic still lingering in 2021, there was still strong demand for wipes. In addition, with society opening up and many workers returning to offices, consumers were leading busy lives once again and…

Globally, COVID-19 spurred a surge in sales of disinfection products and in particular bleach, as it was deemed one of the most effective to kill the virus. The same was true in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it registered healthy current value growth in…

Given its longstanding presence, juice is a highly saturated product area. As such, it failed to grow in 2021, achieving limited retail current value and volume growth. Toward the end of the review period juice, much like carbonates, was facing…

Dishwashing benefitted from the lockdowns in 2020, with healthy value growth, as more dishes were washed due to people being obliged to spend significant amounts of time at home. In 2021, with society gradually opening up, value growth registered a…

In 2021, coffee performed slightly better than in 2020, recording positive growth in retail current value terms mainly due to rising unit prices and changing preferences among local consumers. Instant coffee mixes recorded highest retail volume and…

In 2021, retail current value and volume sales of carbonates portrayed a decline. With the exception of tonic water/other bitters and lemonade/lime, all other carbonates product areas witnessed a moderate decline due to continued influence of the…

In 2021, on-trade volumes sales partially recovered after the steep decline observed in 2020. Prior to the pandemic, energy drinks were a popular choice in bars, clubs and restaurants as they are commonly mixed with spirits, especially amongst…

Though volume sales of retail adult incontinence increased in 2021, the growth was low. Although society opened up in 2021, older people, which are the main consumers of adult incontinence products, still spent significant amounts of time at home, as…

Sanitary protection registered a marginal increase in volume sales in 2021. As with the pandemic still lingering, society was still not operating normally, and women spent more time at home than normal. They consequently used sanitary protection…

Home insecticides registered lower current value growth than in 2020, as with people out and about more in 2021, there was less need for home insecticides. However, home insecticides were largely unaffected by COVID-19, as it is mainly a seasonal,…

In 2021, growth was much more moderate in terms of current value and volume growth. With society gradually opening up in 2021, after the 2020 lockdowns, people were out and about more and there was less demand for home care products and there was…

Overall, current value growth was slightly higher than in 2020, but was lower than before the onset of the pandemic, as consumers’ pockets were squeezed due to the financial fallout of COVID-19.

In 2021, retail tissue declined negligibly in volume terms, mainly due to the decline in volume demand for toilet paper. This was due to less toilet paper being used in 2021, as people left the home more often. Nonetheless, retail tissue managed to…

Following the stagnation in 2020, hot drinks sales saw minimal retail current value growth in 2021, while still stagnating in retail volume terms. Consumers were generally cautious spending on less essential food and beverages, which negatively…

In 2021, sports drinks continued to perform poorly with current value and volume sales seeing a decline. The main reason for this has been COVID-19 related restrictions and the reduced number of visits to gyms and sports facilities. As most consumers…

In 2021, off-trade volume sales continued to benefit from the pandemic, as many consumers continued to work from home, which supported retail sales of RTD tea. The current value and volume growth rates observed in 2021 are somewhat lower than those…