Oral Care Adds More Bite: Growth Through Increased Penetration and Diversity
Strategy Briefing
About This Report
Jul 2013The oral care market continues to show promise, with different key drivers in developed and developing markets. Growing affluence in developing economies allows consumers to make oral care a necessity, meanwhile developed markets are seeing increasingly sophisticated oral hygiene routines for health, cosmetic and financial reasons. To serve both, manufacturers are delivering greater product functionality and added value, along with product segmentation at both budget and premium price points.
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Oral Care Adds More Bite: Growth Through Increased Penetration and Diversity
Good growth as consumers invest in oral care
The oral care market once again grew faster than the beauty and personal care market overall in 2012, seeing values rise by 6%, with growth in all regions, albeit to varying degrees.
Developing markets lead global growth
Latin America and Asia Pacific delivered the best value growth over the review period with higher levels of penetration amongst low income consumers being an important driver, as oral health education gains ground.
Western markets lead innovation
Toothpaste still dominates
Toothpaste makes up the largest share of the oral care market and it is also one of the fastest growing categories, as continued product segmentation occurs.
Demand for added functionality across oral care
Although basic toothpastes remain popular, there is growing demand for pastes with added functionality , the number of types of which continues to rise as brand owners seek to make toothpaste multifunctional at the expense of one dimensional products such as mouth fresheners.
Power brushes give a boost to mature markets
In mature markets, products which perform better and might prevent costly dental visits are popular, with higher disposable incomes facilitating the purchase of premium products, such as electric toothbrushes, which are a growing market.
Manual brushes benefit from technology
Power brushes are largely out of reach financially in developing markets, but there has been a strong response to the technological advances made in manual brushes, keeping this category buoyant in key markets such as Brazil.
What this report includes
- Top-level strategic analysis of how major consumer trends will influence global markets
- Consumer insight
- Impact across all relevant consumer markets
- Unique graphics and case studies
- Key market snapshots
- Accompanying presentation to synthesise main findings
Why buy this report
- Identify factors driving change now and in the future
- Understand motivation
- Forward-looking outlook
- Briefings and presentation should provoke lively discussion at senior level
- Take a step back from micro trends
- Get up to date estimates and comment
Introduction
Scope
Key findings
Oral Care Overview
Oral care market brightens up again
Toothpaste still manages to find new opportunities to shine
Asia Pacific widens the gap from Western Europe
Big store retailing takes volume share
Category Analysis
Traditional toothbrushes and paste dominate
Toothpaste drives oral care category
Developing world outpaces mature Western markets
Traditional is no longer enough for some
New formats help drive growth
Electric toothbrushes largely confined to developed countries
Mouthwashes the fastest growing oral category
Regional Analysis
Regional growth rates divided
BRIC countries the major drivers of value growth
Turkey joins UK and Germany as a growth leader
Mouthwashes and power brushes punching above their weight
Better oral hygiene habits make UK best hope for Western Europe
Eastern Europe remains largely unsophisticated
Increasing sophistication to drive Russian growth
Canada underpins North American growth
US drives strong prospects for e lectric toothbrushes in NA
India and China lead Asia Pacific growth
India grows twice as fast as the regional average
Toothpaste diversity drives growth right across Asia
Brazil leads Latin America’s growth
Brazil responds to strong marketing
Good prospects for growing penetration in Middle East and Africa
Competitive and Innovation Landscape
Colgate Palmolive continues to lead the world in oral care
Colgate is number one brand everywhere except North America
Regional brands show most dynamic growth
Private label challenges the global brands in certain markets
Toothpaste is no longer just toothpaste
Popular trends show up in toothpaste marketing
What is the next big thing in oral care?
Oral care gets technical and more professional
Manual brush developments get technical too
Recommendations and Opportunities
Toothpaste offers the biggest value opportunity
Latin America offers fastest growing markets
Brazil, India and China offer major growth opportunities
Difference in growth factors between markets
Report Definitions
Data parameters and report definitions
Category definitions Part A
Category definitions Part B
Category definitions Part C
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