Slovenia

Wine held the largest current value in alcoholic drinks in 2019, though its growth was second to cider/perry in both on- and off-trade value terms. On-trade was wine’s most profitable channel for value sales which were supported by an increase in ...

Cider/perry was the smallest category in terms of total volume share in 2019 and held the lowest total current value share. However, it enjoyed by far and away the fastest growth in both volume and value sales in all channels, substantially outpacing...

Spirits saw slowed growth overall in 2019, with its fastest rise in on-trade value sales. Slovenia’s high taxes continued to constrain the category – the country has the highest tax rates per hectolitre of pure alcohol in the region, and it is easy ...

Beer is the most saturated and developed category in alcoholic drinks in Slovenia, and in 2019 continued to account for the highest proportion of total volume sales while it posted the slowest total and on-trade volume growth. As beer inched closer ...

Measures to contain COVID-19 are having a severe impact on alcoholic drinks in Slovenia, as on-trade sales plunge and premiumisation is brought to an abrupt halt. Channel shifts to off-trade outlets are benefiting some categories more than others, ...

After the introduction of excise tax on e-liquids in Slovenia, sales were hit hard in 2019. However, it had a limited impact on actual consumption in the country during the year. After excise tax was implemented in 2016, many companies chose to move ...

Unlike cigarettes, smoking tobacco - both pipe and fine cut tobacco - experienced sharper decline upon excise tax and price growth. This is predominantly impacting those smokers who initially switched to smoking tobacco from cigarettes, as a more ...

Cigarettes have had three consecutive years of changes, which have negatively influenced the landscape and volume growth. The excise tax was raised twice in 2017, with heightened price points set to continue into 2020. In addition, in 2018 the ...

The COVID-19 outbreak in Q1 of 2020 resulted in the Slovenian government implementing a quarantine from March 2020, with restaurants and bars closed on 16 March, and only essential stores such as pharmacies and grocery stores remaining open. From 13 ...

Slovenia’s economy will experience a steep recession in 2020. Considerable pressure will be exerted on the economy, due to the fallout from the economic and social pressures of containing the COVID-19 virus. There will be a dramatic effect on ...

Mass beauty and personal care was seen to benefit from the economic growth in Slovenia in 2019, leading to stronger consumer spending power and rising consumer confidence. In main, this was noted with consumers in the lower-income brackets, who were ...

As the economy improved in Slovenia in 2019, so consumers became more interested in cosmetics and grooming. Women are generally knowledgeable about colour cosmetics, with younger generations interested in following the latest trends. Discreet and ...

Rising disposable incomes in Slovenia in 2019, along with increased consumer confidence, were the main drivers in bath and shower in 2019. The habits of Slovenia consumers were also noted to be changing, in the sense that people were paying more ...

The rising disposable income seen in Slovenia in 2019 played a part in men’s grooming. Men in Slovenia were starting to pay more attention to their appearances, with different lifestyles and fashions emerging. In a move away from simple grooming, ...

2019 saw an upsurge of private label and beauty specialist retailers in Slovenia. The growing developments seen in value-for-money brands in skin care started to shape the Slovenian skin care segment in 2019. The increasingly accessible ...

Premium beauty and personal care entered a grace period in 2019, as the economy in Slovenia improved and consumers started to enjoy stronger spending power and greater confidence in their disposable incomes. This meant that a greater number of ...

Baby and child-specific products is both driven and hampered by birth rates in Slovenia. According to national statistics, there has been a marginal decline in the number of birth rates in Slovenia since 2013 and this has resulted in a slowdown in ...

According to research conducted by the Slovenia Ministry of Health from 2016, Slovenians generally have good oral hygiene habits. This explains why oral care was one of the better performing categories in 2019 and it also presented good opportunities...

Health and wellness trends seen in Slovenia in 2019, along with an increasing awareness of ecological issues, were cited to be drivers for deodorants. Consumers continued to look more towards products which contained natural ingredients and ...

The rising disposable income and greater consumer confidence seen in Slovenia in 2019 played a key role in the development of fragrances. However, despite this, the category remained in decline as premium fragrances were still considered too costly. ...