Home Laundry

Sales of home laundry appliances were severely affected by the impact of COVID-19 in 2020. The pandemic created logistical challenges, led to widespread store closures for several months of the year, and greatly reduced the purchasing power of most…

With the changing and diversifying lifestyles of Japanese households, the number of families with busier lifestyles has increased. This mainly applies to single households working full-time, couples in which both partners are working full-time but…

Having declined marginally during 2020, retail volume sales of home laundry appliances rebounded strongly in 2021. Canadians also shifted to lower price points during 2020 in the face of economic uncertainty, with millions of jobs lost during the…

Following a double-digit decline in retail volume sales terms for laundry appliances in 2020, the category bounced back strongly in 2021, although overall demand remained lower than pre-pandemic levels. Sales have been largely driven by economic…

Home laundry registered a severe slump in value sales in 2020, as the pandemic and the lockdowns seriously impacted the economy. With society opening up in 2021 and the economy improving as a result, home laundry is expected to register volume…

Home laundry appliances experienced a decrease in the last year. Although a slight increase in laundry habits was possible due to concerns about germs, consumers spent most of their time at home wearing a smaller collection of clothes, thus reducing…

The strong performance recorded in home laundry appliances in 2021 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 their…

Over 2021, retail volume sales of home laundry appliances are expected to grow at a similar rate to 2020. This is in large part due to the lingering impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Freestanding automatic washing machines and freestanding automatic…

Heightened awareness of the need to observe strict hygiene and cleaning routines during the COVID-19 pandemic has helped encourage many local consumers to wash clothing and bedding more regularly. This trend was supported by a directive from the…

Sales of home laundry appliances continued to benefit from the impact of COVID-19 in 2021. People spent more time at home due to COVID-19 restrictions and as such were able to carry out wash loads more frequently. With increased hygiene concerns…

Growth in overall retail volume sales of home laundry appliances in 2021 is expected to be slightly slower than that recorded in 2020. This is partly due to increasing maturity, but also reflects the fact that many consumers have recently become more…

Home laundry appliances is predicted to experience further steady demand in 2021 as Australians spend longer periods of time at home, driving up demand for larger automatic washing machines with a capacity of above 9 kg. While lingering price…

Current conditions for mortgages are favourable in Spain due to the negative interest rate, which is being maintained by the European Central Bank. The number of mortgages increased in the first months of 2021, as compared with the same period in…

In January 2021, the vaccination process for COVID-19 started in several Brazilian states, prioritising the elderly and health care professionals. As a growing number of people were vaccinated with first and second doses, many consumers were more…

Home laundry appliances in Germany in 2021 has continued to be impacted by production disruptions, in addition to seeing a downturn in demand following a spike in sales in 2020, which has also positively impacted the average unit price. The rising…

As a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, consumers spent long hours in the home, which, for some consumers, reduced the need to wash clothes as often as they worked remotely and socialised and exercised outside the home less. Consequently,…

Improved hygiene awareness due to the pandemic boosted sales of home laundry appliances embedded with disinfection functionalities in 2021. In particular, the robust growth of automatic dryers persisted throughout 2021, partly thanks to the…

Home laundry appliances registered healthy volume growth in 2020, as with people confined to home, they were prepared to spend any excess money on home laundry appliances. Though the economy has hit hard by the pandemic, many people also managed to…

In most affluent Indonesian households, it is a common practice for a maid to wash the family’s clothes by hand each morning. This hindered sales growth in the past, as consumers still thought that hand washing cleaned the clothes better and did not…

COVID-19 had a significant impact on sales of home laundry appliances in Italy in 2020. The closure of specialist retailers, foodservice and social/leisure venues, along with a switch to remote working and distance learning and restrictions on sport…