Israel

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Growth for retail adult incontinence was solid in 2020, similar to levels seen in 2019 for both value and volume growth. Retail adult incontinence saw an immediate spike in consumption early in lockdown, especially as most consumers of these products...

Sales of Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence products grew by 5% in 2020, with COVID-19 having little impact on growth, with this figure aligning to results seen in 2019. As such, the outbreak of the virus did not adapt consumers habits surrounding ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 led to increased value growth in tissue and hygiene, compared to 2019. A full lockdown was first in place in Israel from 7 April, and included the closure of all shopping centres, with only essential stores such as ...

Sanitary protection grew by 4% in 2020, however, this was due to existing trends in the landscape, with the outbreak of the virus having little impact on sales. Although stockpiling was seen in some categories at the beginning of the pandemic, this ...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, away-from-home tissue recorded a significant decline in growth, with lockdown periods and ongoing closures impacting demand. Throughout 2020, most people found themselves spending a high amount of time within ...

Wipes recorded a strong uplift in value growth in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. ...

Retail tissue recorded positive growth of 6% in 2020, with many categories seeing an uplift in sales due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Stockpiling was seen for some products early in the outbreak, and this boosted growth levels for Q1 and Q2. This was...

Nappies/diapers/pants recorded a 4% value growth in 2020, aligning to results seen the previous year. The outbreak of COVID-19 led to the initial stockpiling of the product, with some consumers keen to have a supply of the essential product within ...

There were no self-service cafeterias operating in Israel at the end of the review period...

The COVID-19 situation had a devastating impact on the entire Israeli consumer foodservice industry during 2020, with drastic changes seen in all channels, categories and locations across the industry. The main factor influencing the consumer ...

2020 was a challenging year for the Israeli consumer foodservice industry as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hit sales hard across all channels, categories and locations. The channels that experienced the worst impact were full-service ...

Israel is one of the only countries in the world that went into a full quarantine lockdown twice during 2020 in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus at the peak of the pandemic. This means that all the country’s cafés/bars were required to ...

Limited-service restaurants suffered a severe blow over the course of 2020 as the COVID-19 crisis exerted a highly negative influence on the entire channel. One of the factors that worked against limited-service restaurants during the year was that ...

Street stalls/kiosks faced a bleak year during 2020 as the entire channel was deprived of a significant proportion of its consumer base. This was primarily due to the strict approach taken to the principles of home seclusion and social distancing ...

Israel was one of the only countries in the world that took the step of instigating two full quarantine lockdowns during 2020 in an effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This meant that the country’s full-service restaurants were unable to...

With the COVID-19 pandemic came new health recommendations such as social distancing. Subsequently, many Israeli consumers preferred to not interact directly with direct sales agents and rather bought well-known brands that hardly needs touching ...

There were no warehouse clubs operating in Israel at the end of the review period, and there are currently no expectations of any entering the market over the forecast period...

Convenience stores saw an increase in value share in 2020 and growth was higher as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this channel generally targets on-the-go shoppers many consumers used it to stock up on food products following the ...

Lockdowns, social distancing measures, and fears of contracting COVID-19 forced many individuals to stay at home during 2020. As a result, the convenience of e-commerce became especially attractive to an increasing number of Israeli consumers during ...