Homewares

Value sales of beverageware declined in 2022 following double-digit growth the previous year, primarily because most local consumers had already purchased such products in 2021 during home seclusion as a result of the pandemic. In addition, in 2022,…

After a spike in demand for most homewares categories in 2020, when the pandemic first hit the country, and a dip in sales a year later, 2022 saw sales rise again as consumers stocked up on eating and cooking products. During the pandemic, Germans…

When compared to the pre-pandemic period, the demand for homewares in Italy declined during the COVID-19 crisis. This could be attributed to two main reasons. Firstly, as people were conscious about cleanliness during the pandemic, they chose to use…

Skyrocketing energy prices across the globe have had a considerable impact on the production of homewares which heavily rely on glass. The production of glass is an energy-intensive process and thus, in the face of rising prices, production was no…

As local consumers started to spend greater time outside of the home in 2022 as pandemic-related restrictions gradually eased, they were also eating and cooking less frequently for themselves. This was the primary cause for the marginal decline in…