Home Care

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…

With consumers spending more time at home during the COVID-19 crisis, demand for air care increased. People looked to improve the ambience of their home, removing bad smells and replacing them with ones that could enhance the home environment and…

Bleach continued to suffer from a bad image at the end of the review period. The product is seen as aggressive, potentially harmful to health and wellbeing, bad for the environment, and possibly damaging to many surfaces in the home. Bleach exists in…

Dishwashing experienced stagnation in 2023. Convenience continued to be a major influence on demand within the dishwashing category, with products offering the capacity to reduce the amount of time and effort spent on dishwashing tasks appealing to…

The home care market in Switzerland saw volume sales decline in 2023, though it saw current value growth, driven largely by rising prices. Demand was dampened by the general impact of high rates of inflation on consumers' purchasing power, as well as…

Home insecticides are highly seasonal products in Switzerland with sales peaking around the spring and summer months. This is when the country typically experiences warmer and more humid weather, which is generally when the insect population…

Liquid tablet detergents posted the strongest performance in laundry care in 2023 due to the high level of convenience offered by the category, as well as many other advantages, including the fact that these products do not take up much storage…

Polishes continued to experience a decline in volume sales in 2023, maintaining a trend that persisted throughout the review period. The category has been hit hard by changing lifestyles and fashions in clothing and interior design. It has also…

Surface care posted a positive performance in 2023 driven by the convenience trend and sustained high levels of hygiene consciousness following the COVID-19 crisis. Moreover, despite the return to more normal social and economic activity in the wake…

Convenience remained a priority for Swiss consumers in the toilet care category at the end of the review period. With hectic lifestyles and longer working hours, consumers have increasingly looked for products that minimise the amount of time and…