Canada

Wound care is projected to post by far its fastest retail volume growth rate of the review period in 2023, as well as its highest retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth since 2020. The category performance has benefited from the lifting of…

Meal replacement is set to see a much bigger drop in retail volume sales in 2023, compared with the strong decreases recorded over 2020-2022. Meal replacement struggles to gain traction as above-average inflation rates and rising prices force…

Retail volume sales are expected to decline across single vitamins over 2023; at a faster rate than in 2022 as unit prices rise amid an inflationary climate. Even vitamin C, which maintained at least a slight increase in retail volume growth in 2022,…

Sports nutrition suffered from the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada in 2020. Access to key distribution formats for sports nutrition products, such as gym/fitness centres and specialist retailers, was heavily affected as…

Sleep aids is projected to post fast retail volume growth over 2023. The category saw spikes in demand in 2020 and 2021 as the stress and anxiety of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic increased the incidence of sleep disorders or complaints. While…

Paediatric cough/cold remedies is projected to deliver further strong retail volume and value (constant 2023 prices) growth in 2023. The growth in demand for these products is informed by the supply shortages of paediatric cold and flu remedies in…

NRT smoking cessation aids is projected to see positive retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth over 2023. While retail volume sales are set to decline, partly due to maturity in 2023, following the registering of significant growth earlier in the…

Most herbal/traditional categories are expected to see decreases in retail volume sales over 2023, although this comes on the back of strong growth in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis earlier in the review period. In 2023, the market…

Eye care is projected to post positive retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth in 2023. While moderate, growth is expected to be higher than in the previous years of the review period, partly due to strong unit price increases. Meanwhile, in…

Canadian consumers have resumed pre-pandemic lifestyles, with COVID-19 restrictions lifted fully in mid-2022. The return to hectic, out-of-home lifestyles fosters unhealthy diets and irregular eating habits and increases sales for digestive remedies,…

Having witnessed spikes in retail volume sales due to heightened awareness of the importance of health with the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, dietary supplements continues to stabilise in 2023. Probiotics supplements are set to…

Dermatologicals is projected to continue to see positive, if slow, retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth in 2023. However, after posting robust retail volume gains in 2021 and 2022, most categories are projected to see declines in retail volume…

Cough and cold remedies/products are expected to enjoy demand in 2023. However, the shortages of cough and cold medicines, which provided a consistent disruption in 2022, lingered in 2023. Against this background, manufacturers have struggled to keep…

In 2023, still relatively high inflation continues to impact prices of essentials, such as groceries, as well as consumer health products, including OTC remedies, vitamins and dietary supplements and sports nutrition. However, consumer demand remains…

Systematic analgesics is expected to register positive retail value (constant 2023 prices) growth over 2023, after a spike in 2022 driven by very strong demand for paediatric analgesics, as well as fast demand for adult pain relief, as respiratory…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

This briefing examines how the healthcare and social services industry is performing globally and in the largest countries in terms of healthcare and social services output. The report also provides data for production, market size, imports, exports,…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…