Consumer Appliances

As was the case in 2020, there was a significant divergence in the performance of major appliances and small appliances during 2021. During 2020, retail current value sales of major appliances declined, while the rate of growth in retail current…

Following a decline at the height of the pandemic in 2020, demand for consumer appliances improved in 2021, as the economy began to recover from a disastrous year of turmoil. The resumption of sales of non-essential products, combined with the…

Consumer appliances witnessed a mixed performance in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19, with some products seeing stronger retail volume growth while others saw heavy declines. Products which improved the home environment and hygiene, or which…

Consumer appliances in Taiwan posted slightly slower retail volume and value growth in 2021 compared to 2020. This slight downturn in performance was caused by the first major COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan which started in May 2021 and which led to…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has remained a constant factor and influence on the performance of consumer appliances during 2021. Restrictions have remained in place, leading consumers to continue to work at home, thereby increasing the demand…

COVID-19 remains a threat to the health of the nation with the government being forced into action as a result of a rise in cases at the beginning of 2021 with a series of Movement Control Orders (MCO) being introduced. These MCOs included the…

The overall trend in 2021 is that while volume growth is expected to be positive, it is down from the bumper volume sales in 2020. With people confined to home for much of 2020, they were prepared to invest any excess money in upgrading consumer…

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic remained vivid in 2021, especially in the first quarter of the year as consumers’ lifestyles, including working, eating, and leisure time habits continued to be affected. As consumers continued to spend a…

The rapid spread of COVID-19 continued to dampen Turkey’s economic prospects for 2021. Overall demand for consumer appliances was negatively affected by the store closures, lockdowns and decreasing disposable income due to job losses and economic…

While consumer appliances in Norway is set to record an increase in total volume sales in 2021, growth is expected to be relatively modest and down substantially on that recorded the previous year. This is largely explained by the fact that several…

Consumer appliances are expected to register an improved performance in 2021, compared with 2020, as lockdowns stifled economic activity and consumer appliance registered a severe slump in volume sales, especially among the bigger ticket items. In…

After declines for the majority of consumer appliances categories in 2020, there is now market stabilisation. COVID-19 has continued to play a significant role in people´s lives in Spain. The country endured temporary regional lockdowns in the spring…

During 2020, retail current value sales of consumer appliances exhibited their highest rate of growth in well over a decade, with the pandemic the main driver of this. Growth in retail current value sales was almost as strong in 2021. However, the…

The Indian economy was recovering well after the 2020 lockdown, with key players reporting Q4 of 2020 and Q1 of 2021 as their best quarters in decades. However, it faced a roadblock again in the first half of 2021 due to a second wave of COVID-19.…

Restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19 were still in place in Hungary in the first half of 2021, as the disease continued to spread. Consumers continued to spend considerably more time at home than prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, with many…

COVID-19 has had a contradictory impact on consumer appliances in Israel over the last couple of years. Although the pandemic resulted in higher rates of unemployment, movement restrictions led consumers to spend less money on clothes, vacations,…

Indonesia’s economy was on the path to recovery in the first half of 2021. With more COVID-19 vaccines being distributed, consumer confidence was recovering gradually. Recovery started in the last half of 2020, and the first half of 2021 therefore…

The rate of growth in retail constant value sales of consumer appliances continued to accelerate during 2021, as COVID-19 restrictions were significantly eased. The consumer appliances market took a hit during the first half of 2020, especially…

Despite 2020 recording extremely strong growth rates for consumer appliances, 2021 is set to be another positive year for the market, with overall retail volume and value growth rates predicted to be higher than 2019 levels. The second and third…

Almost two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, home seclusion habits continue to play a role in consumers’ purchasing behaviour. While spending more time at home, many people are increasingly aware about which appliances…