Home Laundry

Home laundry appliances is another category which benefited from the home-improvements trend during the era of the pandemic lockdowns, as consumers sought to make their home environments as comfortable and convenient as possible. As such, investments…

Home laundry appliances experienced a slowing of demand in 2022, with the category recording low single-digit retail volume growth. Its more subdued performance was linked to previous investment in these big-ticket items and limited availability due…

In 2021, home laundry appliances saw strong retail volume growth, but in 2022 sales are expected to level off, with the category seeing a static performance. After consumers purchased new or upgraded laundry appliances earlier in the pandemic, they…

One of the most notable trends in home laundry appliances in Japan has been the increase in automatic washer dryers. The reason behind this is that front-loading types of machine, usually called drum types in this country, are gaining popularity…

After a challenging year in 2020 due to the outbreak of the pandemic, demand for automatic washer dryers surged in 2021, driven by an upturn in residential apartment sales and the resumption of renovation projects during the year. This dynamic growth…

There continues to be high demand in South Africa for home laundry appliances that offer convenience and automation for time-constrained consumers. In addition, demand for automatic models is increasing as stay-at-home customs continue to impact most…

Semi-automatic washing machines was the most popular format of home laundry appliances in the Philippines at the end of the review period, driven by its significantly lower price points and the fact that the user can manually fill these with water…

After seeing a notable decline in 2020, and only slow growth in 2021, home laundry appliances is set to see a strong recovery in 2022, rebounding to above the 2019 pre-pandemic level of sales. This is due to pent-up demand, improving consumer…

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 energy prices have been soaring across Europe and including in Sweden. This added weight to growing concerns about conserving energy, with it no longer just hurting the environment but also people’s…

Sales remain in declines in home laundry appliances in 2022. As seen in cross-category trends, consumers in Vietnam are being reserved about making large ticket purchases, thus affecting large appliances. This conservative trend continues at this…

Amidst hikes in energy prices putting huge pressure upon disposable incomes, consumers are increasingly making an effort to reduce their spending on energy. Home laundry appliances is being notably affected as it has a greater impact on energy…

Innovation is driving competition in home laundry appliances, as players vie to attract consumers’ attention during the period of normalisation. For example, Grundig (Arçelik AS) was nominated for the innovation grand prize at the 2022 Paris Fair and…

Home laundry appliances continued to see stable growth in retail volume terms in 2022. This was in part due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with many consumers continuing to spend at least part of their week working from home, while…

The strong performance that home laundry appliances continues to record in 2022 can be attributed at least partially to the stronger focus on personal hygiene that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. With many people concerned about the potential for…

Having seen consistent growth in recent years, the mature home laundry category is expected to register declining volume sales in 2022. Dryers and washer dryers continue to be affected by seasonality and weather conditions. Prior to 2022, growth was…

The laundromat industry has been mushrooming in many cities in Indonesia throughout the review period, as consumers can have their clothes washed and dried at very affordable prices. This trend served as a threat to the performance of home laundry…

Home laundry appliances in Germany has continued to be impacted by production disruptions in 2022. This, combined with continued strong inflation in the country, has led average unit prices to increase, which is expected to lead to volume decline but…

Home laundry appliances is set to post a decrease in overall retail volume sales in 2022, mainly driven by the underperformance of automatic washing machines. As pandemic-related restrictions on mobility and economic activities have continued to…

Despite the impact of Argentina’s deep and seemingly intractable economic crisis, volume sales of automatic washing machines continued to climb over the course of 2022 after the category generated phenomenal growth in volume sales during 2021. This…

While volume sales of home laundry appliances increased over the course of 2022, sales growth was far slower than what was registered during 2020 and 2021, when the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic encourage consumers to invest in new major appliances…