France

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

In 2022, the overall market for tobacco displayed its strongest value decline over the last decade. 2021 was the calm before the coming tempest, and 2022 witnessed a combination of negative factors. Firstly, borders were totally open which enabled a…

2022 was a good year for the smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco category. Most traditional tobacco smokers (cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos and fine cut tobacco) knew that the taxation was temporally frozen during the pandemic…

Sales of cigars, cigarillos and smoking tobacco, which was previously one of the most spared categories during the COVID-19 years, collapsed in 2022. This occurred because smoking tobacco had enjoyed a still low level of taxation, and thus a high…

Sales of cigarettes displayed a marked decline in current value terms in 2022, even stronger than the fall that the category had already experienced in 2021. Both 2021 and 2022 were more challenging than 2020 for cigarettes, due to the more limited…

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries. Global inflation is reaching a peak, although geopolitical risks and uncertainty in the energy market remain key risks. The impact varies between countries, with…