Consumer Appliances

In 2023, Germany was experiencing strong inflationary pressures, which was having an understandable impact on the spending habits of German consumers, particularly within the realm of large cooking appliances. The increased cost of living was…

Built-in hobs and ovens saw volume sales decline in 2023 as they continued to stabilise after the booming sales of 2021. While built-in hobs volume sales remained higher than in 2020, oven volumes fell below the level seen before the boom that…

Input costs for manufacturers of large cooking appliances remain elevated in 2023 due to stubborn inflation, putting upward pressure on retail prices. Nevertheless, the growth in price increases has moderated in 2023 relative to the previous year,…

Demand for large cooking appliances fell in 2023 for the second year in a row. However, due to the essential nature of the products included in the category and the strong dominance of replacement sales, the retail volume drop in large cooking…

Sales in home laundry appliances maintain positive volume sales in 2023, whilst value sales are supported by price hikes. Consumers have been more aware of hygiene since the era of the pandemic, thus have been paying more attention to the cleaning…

Home laundry appliances is set to see a decline in retail volume terms at the top level in 2023. This comes as a result of the expectation of volume declines across all the main categories – automatic dryers, automatic washer dryers, and automatic…

Home laundry faced a decline in retail volume sales in 2023 as price-sensitive consumers were reluctant to spend on big ticket items. Additionally, sales of home laundry appliances rose during COVID-19; meaning that the need to replace items was low…

Home laundry appliances saw a decrease in retail sales volumes in 2023, representing something of a return to normalised sales levels following the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, which brought forward volume sales in 2020 and 2021. However, the fall…

Demand for automatic dryers continued to drop sharply in 2023, with the category seeing a deeper decline in retail volume terms than the one experienced by the other categories within home laundry appliances. During the pandemic, the demand for…

After a strong period of growth, home laundry appliances are registering decline in volume terms, largely due to maturity and the high level of household penetration of automatic washing machines. The high levels of investments made in home laundry…