Home Care

Dishwashing registered robust growth in both retail volume and current value terms in 2023, as the consumer base for such products continued to widen. Factors such as the habit of cooking at home to save money and heightened hygiene concerns as a…

While home care registered moderate current value growth in 2023, constant growth was much more moderate, with volume sales actually falling. Continuing economic uncertainty as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, continuing supply chain…

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine continued to directly impact the Kazakhstan market and its development in 2023, with home care feeling the effects across all categories. International companies still suffered global shifts in supply chains…

While laundry care and bleach were larger categories, many types of specialised home care continued to emerge strongly from a relatively low base. All the main categories registered strong retail volume growth in 2023, despite economic challenges…

Demand for home care products in Vietnam continued to increase in 2023, supported by a growing middle class population, which had access to higher levels of disposable income. A heightened focus on health and hygiene, facilitated by the pandemic,…

Home insecticides performed badly in 2023, with both value and volume sales falling. Home insecticides are very dependent on the weather conditions in the country, and is, therefore, very seasonal. With the summer of 2023 not being as hot as the…

Home insecticides in Kazakhstan benefitted from 2023’s hot summer, posting continued volume sales growth throughout the year, and this is expected to also continue over the forecast period at a stable rate, along with robust value growth which was…

All categories of home insecticides continued to see strong increases in retail volume sales in 2023, although insecticide baits remained negligible. This supported retail current value growth, which was made dynamic by high inflationary pressure on…

Home insecticides exhibited healthy growth in retail volume and current value terms in 2023. Vietnam has a tropical climate, characterised by high temperatures and humidity, which can create favourable conditions for the proliferation of insects,…

With inflation still being high, especially earlier in the year, laundry only registered muted constant value growth, with volume sales falling, as continuing rising prices led consumers to cut back. Consumers in particular cut back on the…

Laundry care overall in Kazakhstan was in decline in terms of volume sales in 2023, and while current value sales were rising, the pace was slower than that recorded during the previous year, 2022. To succeed in Kazakhstan, laundry care players need…

Laundry detergents in Pakistan continued to growing healthily in 2023, reflecting the importance of these products across socioeconomic classes. Despite economic challenges like high inflation and increased manufacturing costs leading to price hikes,…

Laundry care saw further growth in both retail volume and current value terms in 2023. Two-in-one formulas, which combined the functions of both laundry detergents and fabric softeners, became increasingly popular, in keeping with a rising consumer…

Polishes were the weakest performers in home care in 2023, registering a slight fall in constant value sales, and a large decline in volume sales. Increasingly, many types of polish are being replaced by multi-purpose cleaners, with consumers…

Polishes in Kazakhstan continued to fall in 2023 in terms of volume sales growth, and while it saw positive rises in current value terms, the rate was at a more moderate pace than in the previous year of 2022. The range of category goods found on…

The strong rise in demand for polishes continued in 2023, primarily propelled by the growing middle-class consumer base in the country. The rising consumer base of middle-class households can be attributed to improving disposable incomes and…

During 2023, polishes saw an improved performance in both retail volume and current value terms. The category is dominated by shoe polishes, which benefitted from the revival of normal, pre-pandemic lifestyles, including the return of consumers to…

Surface care registered minimal volume growth in 2023. This was partly because with society fully opened up post pandemic and people out and about more, there was less cleaning. Bathroom cleaners registered the highest value growth. However,…

Surface care in Kazakhstan posted positive volume and value sales growth in 2023, largely thanks to the country’s population expanding as well as the rising flow of people fleeing the war between Ukraine and Russia and entering Kazakhstan for safety.…

In 2023, surface care witnessed strong retail volume growth, as well as very fast retail current value sales growth, albeit the latter was supported by the impact of high inflationary pressure on prices. Retail volume demand was driven by a continued…