Country Report
Feb 2021
After seeing slow but steady retail volume and current value growth during most of the review period, gum is expected to see declines in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. The category is likely to be adversely affected by the pandemic since gum is ...
Country Report
Oct 2020
Considered non-essential, gum saw sales hit by the fact that only companies engaged in the production of essential products and services were allowed to operate during the first phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, which began on 25 March. While ...
Country Report
Oct 2020
Gum sales had already been declining in the previous two years, prior to 2020, and there will be no change to this trend in this year, although the volume decline is expected to be a little stronger in 2020. It is believed that, with gum often being ...
Country Report
Oct 2020
In 2019 and the first months of 2020, rising health awareness contributed to the growth of gum in Bulgaria. Bulgarians are becoming more conscious of oral hygiene and dental care benefits that can be obtained from regularly chewing gum, particularly ...
Country Report
Oct 2020
Gum is expected to be hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Children are the main consumer group for these products, with bubble gum considerably more popular than chewing gum and also benefiting from lower prices. However, demand among this ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Gum in the US experienced a strong decline in demand in Q2 due to the emergence of COVID-19, and the subsequent lockdown measures across different states, resulting in work from home policies and home learning in addition to reduced travel. This ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
The demand for gum was continuing to record stable, if relatively modest, growth in Austria moving into 2020. However, in spite of seeing positive annual growth rates prior to 2020, gum is becoming mature and showing signs of saturation. In terms of ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
COVID-19 negatively affected the consumption of chewing gum and bubble gum in Peru. Gum is a snack that is often consumed while out and about to combat bad breath, and diminished social interactions will cause retail value sales to decline 2020. ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Demand for gum is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers economise their purchases and prioritise essential goods in 2020. Generally, gum is used out-of-home and as a snack whilst travelling, which is much reduced, or to combat bad breath, ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
The use of gum is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers tend to economise their purchases and prioritised essential goods before the lockdown in the first half of 2020. Furthermore, gum is often used as a snack whilst travelling, which is ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
As they have in other snacks categories to a greater or lesser extent, COVID-19 lockdowns of consumer foodservice, a long period of restricted mobility and social activity outside the home have negatively impacted impulse volume sales of gum. This ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Gum tends to be an impulse purchase, with Russian consumers typically buying gum alongside other products when shopping in supermarkets, hypermarkets and independent small grocers, or picking it up for on-the-go consumption when commuting or ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of consumers wearing masks for large periods of the day has increased dramatically, thus reducing the desire to always keep one’s breath fresh. Furthermore, the need to remove a mask to chew gum is also set to ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Consumers in Kazakhstan are very loyal to leading brands Extra/Orbit (by Wrigley OOO) and Trident/Dirol (by Dirol Cadbury OOO), which have been present in the county for a long time. This steadfast loyalty is reflected in the shares of these brands, ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Gum in Portugal is expected to remain generally an impulse purchase in 2020, mainly bought at cashier areas. Manufacturers typically fight for space at cash desks within modern grocery retailers, to benefit from impulsive on-the-spot purchases. ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Lockdown measures introduced by the government in response to the emergence of COVID-19 in Ukraine resulted in declining demand for gum in Q2 2020 due to the home seclusion trend. With many local consumers remaining at home for longer periods of time...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Volume sales of gum have been hit hard by COVID-19 in 2020. These products are frequently bought as impulse purchases, and almost always consumed outside the home. As a result of quarantine, the closure of educational institutes and people working ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
The COVID-19 crisis also had a negative impact on gum sales in Singapore as many consumers were not able to commute as freely in order to visit pharmacies and purchase therapeutic chewing gum. Nevertheless, rather than the pandemic, the main factor ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
While home seclusion curtailed opportunities for purchases of impulse products like gum, the relative brevity of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown limited negative effects on sales. Indeed, retail value sales are projected to see their best growth ...
Country Report
Sep 2020
Over the review period, sales of bubble gum and chewing gum were recording continuous declines in both volume and value terms, due to increasing competition from products like standard mints and pastilles, gums, jellies and chews. Sales were also ...
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