Chile

The rate of growth in retail current value sales of savoury snacks will accelerate modestly during 2021, with tortilla chips remaining the top performer. Despite the pandemic, retail current value sales of savoury snacks grew during 2020, as ...

The rate of growth in retail current value sales of chocolate confectionery will accelerate modestly during 2020. An anticipated post-pandemic economic rebound will play a key role in this, in addition to the fact that consumers will be spending less...

Having plunged by one third during 2020, 2021 will see a significant rebound in retail current value sales of gum in Chile. During 2020, restrictions on movement introduced in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 had a significant negative effect...

The rate of growth in retail current value sales of sweet biscuits, snacks and fruit snacks will accelerate sharply during 2020 to reach its highest level in five years. The easing of restrictions on movement will be the main driver of this, as this ...

Having declined during 2020, retail current value sales of ice cream and frozen desserts will rebound strongly during 2021. With COVID-19 restrictions likely to be eased, there will be a significant increase in both impulse purchasing and on-the-go ...

Having declined by more than one fifth during 2020, as lockdown restrictions led to a decline in impulse purchasing (as many consumers shopped less frequently) and on-the-go consumption, retail current value sales of sugar confectionery will rebound ...

Smoking tobacco continued to attract cigarette smokers in 2020 who were searching for cheaper and allegedly less harmful products, in that some consumers deem smoking tobacco to be more natural and less processed compared to manufactured cigarettes, ...

Current value sales of tobacco received a boost in 2020, due to price rises across the market and increased demand for the dominant category of cigarettes. Despite a gradual ongoing decline in smoking prevalence amongst the adult population in Chile,...

Months of strict quarantine and movement restrictions implemented by the Chilean government which aimed to control the spread of COVID-19, saw a greater shift towards smoking within the home environment in 2020. While lockdown restrictions arising ...

E-vapour products, dominated by the more established open vaping systems which incorporates the use of e-liquids, recorded further impressive current value growth in 2020, as a continuation of a noticeable trend towards the end of the review period. ...

Chilean retailers saw e-commerce as one of the only ways to stay afloat in 2020. Brands, large and small, quickly made immense efforts not only to be present via this channel, but also to provide their customers with the best possible experience. ...

The COVID-19 sanitary crisis, and the consequent closure of schools and offices, drove individuals to home internet connections, highlighting the actual speeds offered by internet providers and the lower quality presented by some of them in terms of ...

Innovation has become one of the key words within retailing, with companies from all categories and channels looking to offer the best and latest in the business to their clients. Intelligent assistants, interactive stores and displays, omnichannel ...

The restrictive measures implemented by the Chilean government to curb the spread of COVID-19 hit spirits sales hard, with the closure for months on end of on-trade channel outlets such as bars and restaurants dragging the overall category results ...

Confinement measures implemented by the Chilean government to curb COVID-19 infections hit the alcoholic drinks market hard in Chile, bringing to a halt the positive annual growth rates seen in the all the earlier years of the review period. ...

Still very niche in Chile, with limited penetration in the on-trade channel and a lack of varieties in the off-trade channel, cider/perry was impacted by the closure of bars and restaurants in 2020, recording a negative performance for the year. With...

Having already been impacted since October 2019 by the social unrest in the country, which left 33% of Chilean supermarkets looted or destroyed, according to the Chilean Supermarkets Association, Chilean wine sales were then further hit in 2020 by ...

The restrictions implemented in Chile as part of the strategy to curb COVID-19 infections, strongly impacted beer sales in the country, resulting in a strong on-trade decline, and falling sales overall. Despite the increasing consumption registered ...

Impacted since October 2019 by the social unrest, which left 33% of Chilean supermarkets looted or destroyed, according to the Chilean Supermarkets Association, sales of Chilean RTDs decreased in 2020. They were also adversely affected by the ...

Although per household gross income in Chile remains among the highest in Latin America, the COVID-19 pandemic and demographic crisis are set to hamper household income growth over the medium term. The country is anticipated to remain one of the most...