Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers

Chemists/pharmacies and drugstores/parapharmacies saw growth in outlet numbers accelerate significantly during the latter part of the review period as multiple large chains pursued aggressive expansion strategies in Ecuador. The most dynamic players…

Due to pandemic, consumers are increasingly following global trends and focusing more on their health and self-care. Thus, consumers have been visiting health-focused specialists to acquire preventative, immunity-boosting products (such as vitamins)…

Health related retail value sales continued its healthy growth trajectory in 2021, with optical goods stores and beauty specialist retailers also managing to register retail value sales growth. Vitamins and dietary supplements specialist retailers…

In 2020, beauty specialist retailers had already experienced a considerable decline due to COVID-19. Sales then also took a major hit in 2021 during the local COVID-19 outbreak in mid-2021, with retail value sales plunging as consumers had fewer…

Health and beauty specialist retailers suffered a significant drop in current value growth in 2020. With high inflation, due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, consumers experienced a decline in purchasing power and were increasingly price…

To enhance the shopping experience, mass health and beauty specialist retailers started to offer shade matching for multiple cosmetics in the last decade. Base facial make-up involves concealer, foundation, and powder. Applying these products is a…

Over 2020, only drugstores/parapharmacies registered positive retail current value growth. Other health and beauty specialist retailers suffered more from reduced demand during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, when only stores offering essential…

Health and beauty specialist retailers was negatively affected by the pandemic, with current value declines in both 2020 and 2021. Despite the lack of official restrictions in the country, consumers tried to avoid social contact and therefore…

Value sales via health and beauty specialist retailers continued to be dominated by chemists/ pharmacies. These stores showed some resilience following the emergence of the pandemic, recording positive value growth compared to the declines recorded…

Physical health and beauty specialist retailers witnessed a partial recovery in sales in 2021, with all channels witnessing some growth, although the extent of this growth varied greatly. Therefore, it is important to contextualise this increase.…

The performance achieved by health and beauty specialist retailers in 2020 differed between the categories depending on the level of affectation from COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of their physical stores and capacities allowed. It was…

Beauty products in Indonesia are quite diverse, ranging from traditional products to those targeted at certain groups, such as Muslim women. With Muslims representing around 85% of the Indonesian population, a significant number of women only…

Health and beauty specialist retailers witnessed mixed performances across the different channels in 2020 with COVID-19 having a big impact on consumers’ purchasing behaviour. With consumers spending considerable amounts of time at home, including…

The gradual resumption of most social situations over the course of 2021 supported improving sales through health and beauty specialist retailers in Chile. Beauty specialist retailers witnessed the return of consumers to categories beyond skin and…

The retail current value sales of health and beauty specialist retailers declined marginally during 2020 but rebounded in 2021. Chemists/pharmacies actually benefitted from the emergence of COVID-19 and related lockdown measures in 2020. They were…

Drugstores/parapharmacies was one of the few channels allowed to remain open since the start of the pandemic, as it was deemed to be an essential business. For most consumers, they were a short escapist tour – and bigger chains invested in such an…

Health and beauty specialists registered higher value growth in 2021 than 2020, as the economy recovered and along with it, consumer purchasing power. There continued to be strong demand for products such as vitamins and supplement to boost immune…

In 2021, there was an increase in the current value sales of health and beauty specialist retailers. Value sales of beauty retailers recovered, as outlets reopened after several months of mandated closure in the previous year. Pharmacies, too,…

Retailers of health products remained in the focus of shoppers in 2021, as their product assortments and services are highly critical for consumer healthcare and for general wellbeing. Even after maintaining growth during the first year of the…

Health concerns, self-care reasons and the reduced need for beauty products were the main factors impacting the performance of health and beauty specialist retailers during the pandemic in Azerbaijan. Despite a high proportion of low-income…