Consumer Appliances

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,…

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,…

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 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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

The dishwashers category witnessed a fall in volume sales in 2023 as it saw some normalisation following the spike in demand witnessed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which encouraged consumers to focus spending on their homes and increased the…

The consumer appliances market in Sweden saw volume sales fall in 2023, following higher demand during the COVID-19 crisis when consumer spending was much more focused on the domestic environment. While the decline in volume sales seen in 2023 was in…

Air treatment products stood out in the Swedish consumer appliances market in 2023 as the category registered a rise in volume sales despite a challenging economic climate, characterised by an increasing cost of living from higher interest rates and…

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.…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the most severe global recession since World War II. In Q4 2020, the end of the pandemic started as countries began administering effective vaccines among the population; however, vaccine distribution…