Laundry Care

Laundry care witnessed relatively modest growth in 2023, attributed to the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a rise in the cost of raw materials. However, sales are picking up compared to recent years and the leading players in the…

Demand for laundry care products continued to fall in Italy in 2023, as consumers maintained the less rigorous washing and sanitation regimes practised pre-pandemic. Reduced anxiety over catching the virus, along with rising electricity costs and…

Laundry care saw growth in retail current value terms in 2023. However, retail volume sales fell by an even larger amount than the drop seen in 2022. What pushed up value sales was price increases. Japan saw three decades with little growth in the…

Laundry care maintained retail volume and current value growth in 2023. Although other types of laundry detergents saw stronger increases in this year, powder detergents continued to account for the highest sales. Powder is a popular format of…

In 2023, laundry care saw a return to growth in volume terms, and higher growth in current value terms. Sales were boosted by the return of pre-pandemic lifestyles. This led to an increase in the frequency of washing clothes, as consumers paid more…

Despite a further drop in value sales in 2023, in line with a weakening average unit price, laundry care remained the largest category in home care in Saudi Arabia. Within laundry care, laundry detergents remained the dominant category with powder…

As inflation continued to impact Singapore's economy in 2023, resulting in rising prices of many goods and services, local consumers started to carefully consider their purchasing decisions. Laundry care sales, encompassing popular products such as…

Laundry care witnessed a stronger performance in retail volume and current value growth in 2023. Many products experienced price increases due to inflation, whilst the heightened levels of hygiene post-pandemic further accelerated the release of…

Laundry care saw a negligible retail volume decline in 2023, although growth continued in current value terms due to slight price rises and premiumisation. Liquid detergents saw healthy double-digit current value and volume growth in 2023, whilst…

Retail value sales recorded double-digit growth in 2023, driven by rising price points in line with inflation. However, while value sales were strong, retail volume sales struggled, leading to an overall volume decline in laundry care. Declines were…

Laundry care remained by far the largest home care category in value terms in 2023, accounting for more than a 63% share of overall sales. It also saw dynamic growth in both retail volume and current value terms in 2023, with growth across all…

Laundry care in the United Arab Emirates continued to experience substantial growth in 2023, primarily attributed to rising consumer awareness of the wide variety of products available. Key category players, such as Binzagr Lever Ltd (Unilever…

Laundry care experienced growth in both retail volume and current value terms in the UK in 2023. Greater demand was driven by greater mobility, as consumers have returned to their normal lives. Alongside consumers needing to wash their clothes more…

With inflation still being high, especially earlier in the year, laundry only registered muted constant value growth, with volume sales falling, as continuing rising prices led consumers to cut back. Consumers in particular cut back on the…

Laundry care continues to grow in both value and volume terms in 2023, with rising prices, especially in powdered detergents, benefiting value brands, including Chinese brands, Todo Brillo from the local company Industrias Luri, and Uno from Unilever…

Laundry care witnessed double-digit current value growth in 2023 amid rising prices and high levels of inflation. Consumers are feeling the financial pressure and continue to reign in consumption of laundry care. Outdated products, such as bar…

In 2023, retail value growth was higher than retail volume growth, driven by increased price points. Rising prices created price-conscious consumers who engaged in value-seeking practices. This included strategic buying during sales, relying more…

Laundry care registered healthy current and constant value growth in 2023, though volume growth was much more muted. Powder detergent continued to be the most popular format, followed by liquid detergent. Liquid detergent, however, registered the…

Value sales of laundry care recorded a strong double-digit increase in 2023 as soaring inflation pushed up average unit prices. Volume sales, meanwhile, were dampened as a result of increasing price sensitivity among Croatian consumers, and…

In 2023, the Dominican Republic continued to witness increases in retail prices of laundry care products. Although these price rises were less acute than the previous year, consumers still looked for cheaper options. Dominicans, especially in…