Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Italy. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
Sports drinks is suffering from cross-category factors which are placing downwards pressure on soft drinks sales overall, leading to a strong off-trade volume slump. To start with, sports drinks is a non-essential category, with products…
Inflationary pressures leading to price rises are placing downwards pressure on off-trade volume sales of soft drinks in Italy. Additionally, the poor weather in 2023, especially compared to the heatwaves in 2022, has further suppressed potential…
Despite showing competition to concentrates, RTD tea is also facing competition from other soft drinks categories, notably energy drinks for example. Added to which, RTD tea has seen steep price increases, thus placing further downwards pressure on…
RTD coffee is suffering from inflationary pressures in light of rising unit prices, as it is perceived as a rather exotic and niche product in the context of the strong coffee culture in Italy. Indeed, the traditional coffee culture in Italy has…
Juice is also seeing an off-trade volume slump in 2023, with a better performance witnessed in on-trade channels. Juice is a very mature category in Italy, which adds another challenging factor to other obstacles affecting the sales of juice (and…
Energy drinks is the big winner in 2023, with healthy off-trade volume sales – despite the inflationary pressures which are causing downwards dynamics across much of soft drinks as a whole. This positive performance is being driven by several…
Liquid concentrates manages to perform slightly better than powder concentrates, albeit off-trade volume sales remain in a slight decline, with on-trade performing better thanks to the revival of foodservice. Overall, liquid concentrates have a…
Off-trade volume sales of carbonates have fallen into a slump in 2023, due to three main factors. Inflationary pressures, with the associated price hikes and consumer price sensitivity, is one major factor. Within this context many consumers are…
Even bottled water sales are falling into a slump in off-trade volume terms in 2023, although this is expected to be remedied over the coming years as the category inches its way back into small, expected, positive growth. The same cross-category…
This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…