Consumer Appliances

Food preparation appliances experienced a strong decline in volume sales in 2023. After the COVID-19 crisis, households shifted their spending priorities away from food preparation appliances towards activities that had been largely curtailed by the…

Retail volume sales fell in 2023, with a boost in sales during COVID-19 leading to fewer buyers during the year. In addition, following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, spending has shifted toward experiences and services, with consumers…

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…

A rise in retail price levels continued into 2023, with rising costs of raw material sourcing, logistical challenges, and rising labour costs leading to spikes in retail price points. In addition, retailers were overstocked in a post-COVID-19…

Consistent with observations across consumer appliances, sales volumes for large cooking appliances fell in 2023 as they normalised in the wake of a boost in demand during the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic led to a spike in sales in 2020 and 2021,…

Retail volume growth for microwaves was positive in 2023, despite wider volume decreases for major appliances. Much of this growth was due to microwaves' positioning of being cost and energy-efficient, in addition to being convenient, multifunctional…

Retail volume sales of microwaves fell in 2023. Sales volumes have retreated to more normalised levels following the highs induced by the COVID-19 crisis, which brought an increased focus on the domestic environment and a shift towards cooking at…

A decline in retail volume sales was noted in 2023, reflecting the consumer shift in household spending priorities. Following COVID-19, many consumers shifted from spending on goods to services and experiences, including travelling and consumer…

Retail volume sales of personal care appliances fell in the Swedish market in 2023. This decrease was reflective of a broader shift in household spending priorities. During the COVID-19 crisis, household spending focused on the home. However, as the…

With a spike in retail volume sales noted during the outbreak of COVID-19, there was a retail volume decline in 2023, with consumers having a lower need to replace or buy new appliances. Additionally, rising inflation, higher cost of living, and low…

Refrigeration appliances saw volume sales fall in 2023. The COVID-19 crisis brought forward demand and generated a spike in volume sales in 2020 and 2021 as consumers focused spending on their domestic environments, cooked more and became…

Retail volume sales of small cooking appliances in Norway has registered a double-digit decline in 2023. As in other categories of consumer appliances, the COVID-19 pandemic brought forward purchases of small cooking appliances. Due to a maturity of…

In 2023, sales volumes of small cooking appliances continued to fall, having seen a strong rise in demand in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic brought forward demand for small cooking appliances with volumes and, to some extent,…

There was a slight retail volume decrease for vacuum cleaners in 2023, a contrast to the stronger volume decreases seen in small appliances as a whole. Vacuum cleaners benefited from its wide variety of offerings, with different formats being…

In common with many areas of consumer appliances, vacuum cleaners registered a fall in volume sales in 2023 having experienced a notable increase in demand during the COVID-19 crisis. With consumers spending more time at home during the pandemic,…

Portable air conditioners reported important growth both in retail volume and current value terms in 2023. These products do not require installation and can be used immediately after being bought. During 2023 the soaring demand for air conditioners…

Similar to the pattern seen in 2022, inflationary pressures and reduced purchasing power continued to take their toll on the performance of consumer appliances in Spain in 2023. Another aspect that contributed to the negative evolution of consumer…

Dishwashers saw a double-digit decline in retail volume terms in 2022, with the category continuing to decline in 2023, albeit at a slower rate. Despite inflation and the increase in the average unit price of dishwashers this was not enough to offset…

Sales of food preparation appliances reported a decline in retail volume terms in 2023 for the second year running, albeit the decline was not quite as significant with inflation stabilising to slightly more stable levels. Overall, demand for these…

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…