Wound care current value sales are anticipated to portray positive growth in 2021 overall. Convenience of use and the self-medication trend continue to have a positive impact on wound care value and volume sales. As anxieties surrounding the virus…
Weight management and wellbeing is expected to continue to portray positive growth in 2021 overall. Current value sales are anticipated to grow noticeably as a result of the health and wellness trend which gained further momentum during the COVID-19…
Vitamins largely benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic and is anticipated to continue do so in 2021 overall. Since the global health crisis began, many consumers across the globe have begun taking greater care of their health, with North Macedonia…
Sports nutrition is anticipated to portray significant growth in current value terms in 2021 overall. Despite all gyms and sports facilities being closed in the first half of the year, this has not had a negative impact on current value sales, which…
Paediatric consumer health is anticipated to portray positive growth in 2021 overall with paediatric combination products – analgesics expected to show the most dynamic growth. Since COVID-19 is known to have little to no effect on children, the…
Herbal/traditional products is anticipated to portray a similar growth rate in 2021 as seen in previous years, benefiting from the health and wellness trend. The most popular product areas within overall herbal/traditional products in North Macedonia…
Digestive remedies is anticipated to portray positive growth in 2021 overall, with current value sales increasing noticeably. In North Macedonia younger generations have made significant progress in terms of healthy living. The health and wellness…
Dietary supplements is anticipated to portray positive growth in 2021 overall. Although dietary supplements lags behind vitamins in current value sales terms, the outbreak of COVID-19 has led to further awareness of overall health, meaning some…
Current value sales of dermatologicals are predicted to rise slightly in 2021 overall, this will likely have to do with an ongoing pattern that is mirrored over the review period. A growing demand for medicated skin care products continues to boost…
Over the review period, cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies benefited from the self-medication trend in North Macedonia. Nonetheless, as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns and mandated mask wearing, most of the population was spared from…
Consumer health is anticipated to see slightly higher current value growth in 2021 than seen in 2020. One of the main reasons for this is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which continues benefit some of the product areas within consumer health. However,…
Analgesics is anticipated to continue to portray strong retail current value growth in 2021. Analgesic products are considered essential, meaning consumers have been willing to purchase them regardless of the financial complications caused by the…
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Wound care was mildly affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the economic fallout of the pandemic saw some consumers stop purchases of products perceived to be non-essential. For example, retail volume and value sales of sticking plasters/adhesive…
The category has not been strongly affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19). There is already a general consensus in the country that the share of obese/overweight people has been growing over the past decade. This trend, which is expected to continue in…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) boosted retail volume and current value growth in vitamins in 2020. Rather than regarding vitamins as non-essential products that they can cut back on during uncertain economic times, consumers kept on taking them during the…
With gyms closed and consumer movement restricted as the government and health authorities tried to stem the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) virus in the country, sports nutrition recorded declines in retail volume and current value sales in…
Paediatric cough, cold and allergy remedies is expected to see a further strong decline in retail volume and current value sales over 2021, albeit slower than in 2020. The performance of this category is a direct consequence of Coronavirus…
Within herbal/traditional products, dietary supplements, cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies and sleep aids are expected to remain the best-selling categories in 2021. These categories benefit as many consumers prefer “all natural” solutions…