Mexico

After seeing solid current value growth during most of the review period, sports nutrition is expected to see a negligible decline in 2020. This is expected to be due to the temporary closure of gyms, and the negative economic impact of measures ...

In 2020, herbal/traditional products is expected to see slightly higher current value growth than in the previous year. The impact of COVID-19 on different categories within herbal/traditional products tends to be related to the overall performance ...

Like vitamins, dietary supplements is expected to see a strong increase in its current value growth rate in 2020, although not to such a dynamic extent. Similarly, the spike in the growth of dietary supplements has been associated with consumers’ ...

Although NRT smoking cessation aids is expected to maintain strong retail current value growth in 2020 overall, the rate of increase is expected to be much slower than in the previous years of the review period. The measures taken to try and control ...

In 2020, vitamins is expected to see an enormous increase in both its retail volume and current value growth rates due to COVID-19. The spike in sales of vitamins is associated with the desire to strengthen both the respiratory and immune systems to ...

Digestive remedies is expected to see slightly higher current value growth in 2020 than was seen in the previous two years. COVID-19 led to a lockdown in the country, which meant consumers had to spend much more time at home. During the lockdown ...

Weight management is expected to move from seeing solid retail current value growth in 2019 to seeing a slight decline in 2020. One of the reasons is that slimming products are not considered necessities, and when consumers have looked to cut costs ...

Paediatric consumer health is expected to see a much stronger current value growth rate in 2020 than was seen in any other year of the review period, as a result of COVID-19. Although several categories are expected to see higher growth rates, the ...

Wound care is a very mature category, and is not expected to see a significant overall impact from COVID-19 in 2020. Although retail current value growth is set to remain similar to that seen the previous year, volume sales are expected to see a ...

In 2020, dermatologicals is expected to see a strong slowdown in overall current value growth due to COVID-19. However, performances are set to vary between categories, with some seeing higher growth than usual, and some lower. For instance, growth ...

In 2020, cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies is expected to see slower current value growth than in any other year of the review period. Coughs, colds and the flu are spread by close contact with other people. With the social distancing ...

Consumer health is expected to record higher retail current value growth in 2020 than in the previous year, returning to the growth rates seen in the middle of the review period. This is due to rising interest in health, brought about by the arrival ...

Although sleep aids had already seen double-digit retail current value growth in 2018 and 2019, the rate of increase is expected to be even stronger in 2020. The consumption of sleep aids increased in the first half of the year during the COVID-19 ...

In 2020, eye care is set to see a slowdown in its current value growth rate, falling to the lowest rate of growth seen in the review period. It is also expected to see a slight retail volume decline for the first time in the review period. These ...

In 2020 overall, the growth rate of analgesics is expected to increase sharply in current value terms, due to the emergence of COVID-19 in the country. People who contract the virus tend to take analgesics to deal with the symptoms. However, such ...

Mexico’s consumer income is expected to marginally increase by 2040, affected by the pandemic and short-term economic contraction. Purchasing power will be concentrated in present-day Gen Z’s hands, yet Millennials will be the major spenders on ...

In 2020, portable players is expected to maintain a similar double-digit retail volume growth rate to that seen in the previous year, with little impact anticipated from COVID-19. Despite the economic impact of the measures taken to combat the spread...

In 2020, mobile phones is expected to record a similar solid retail volume growth rate to that seen in 2019, seeing little impact from COVID-19. Mobile phones are considered essential for daily life, and consumers have continued to replace their ...

In 2020, home audio and cinema is expected to see slightly stronger retail volume growth than in the previous few years. This is likely to be due to conflicting trends as a result of the lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Some consumers were...

As was seen during most of the review period, in-car entertainment is expected to see a further retail volume decline in 2020, and it will remain one of the smallest categories within consumer electronics. COVID-19 is not expected to have a ...