Spain

The global recession of 2020 was milder than expected with global real GDP in 2020 contracting by 3.6%. The global economic outlook has substantially improved since the end of 2020. Global real GDP growth in 2021 is expected to be 5.3%. The global ...

Spain stood among the top 30 countries in key business and competitiveness indexes in 2020, thanks to excellent trade conditions and advanced transport and ICT infrastructure, with a high rank in the Network Readiness Index. Yet starting a business ...

Full-service restaurants felt a considerable negative impact from COVID-19 and measures introduced to limit the spread of the disease, including a two-month lockdown in the spring of 2020 and a partial lockdown in the autumn. Even when open, ...

Spain experienced two months of lockdown during spring 2020 as the government attempted to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a marked reduction in travelling in the country. Indeed, restrictions on international travel and consumer ...

The consumer foodservice market in Spain was hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis in the country. Indeed, consumer foodservice was amongst the sectors of the Spanish economy to see the most pronounced negative effects of COVID-19 and measures introduced ...

Amongst consumer foodservice categories, limited-service restaurants proved relatively resilient in the face of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis. The category benefited from its already significant focus on takeaway and delivery ...

Street stalls/kiosks saw the most marked decline in value sales in the Spanish consumer foodservice market in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The majority of street stalls/kiosks outlets are food trucks, which do not have a permanent ...

Cafés/bars was hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. The category saw outlets closed during the initial two-month lockdown in May-March 2020, while new lockdown restrictions were imposed in some parts of Spain in October-November as a serious second wave ...

Self-service cafeterias experienced a marked decline in sales in 2020. This came as a result of the fact that the COVID-19 crisis significantly impacted key locations for self-service cafeterias, most prominently in the retail and travel ...

In 2020, disinfection and sanitation were prioritised by consumers over any other features offered by home care products. Spaniards strongly focused on surface, dishes and laundry cleaning given the potential for the transmission of COVID-19 through ...

Following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Spain, consumers paid special attention to disinfection when washing clothes, both during the national lockdown and after restrictions were eased. To cater to this, specific products and additives were ...

A number of products offering air purification and sanitation properties appeared in the market during the pandemic, following consumers’ strong efforts to ensure their homes were regularly disinfected. Fragrances that evoke freshness and cleanness ...

National lockdown restrictions that lasted as long as three months in Spain made it impossible for the usual fumigation works to be carried out in preparation for summer. As a result, in some areas of the country, tiger mosquitos and other biting ...

In Spain, the huge efforts to maintain and improve household hygiene since the arrival of COVID-19 have benefited bleach more than any other home care product. The surge in demand for it emptied retail aisles of in the first week of the pandemic, ...

Deemed non-essential items on Spanish shopping lists, polishes recorded a steeper decline in 2020 as a result of the health crisis. Consumers’ focus was very much on sanitising and cleaning household surfaces to try to limit the spread of COVID-19. ...

In 2020, the advent of COVID-19 positively affected sales of toilet care in Spain as consumers urgently sought to disinfect and clean their homes. Toilet care products with bleach received more demand for the sanitation properties, and this led to ...

During the pandemic, Spanish consumers have been paying extra attention to disinfection when cleaning surfaces in the home, including in areas where it was previously less of a focus, eg handles, doors, keys and taps. This has very much favoured home...

In Spain, the much greater time spent at home during lockdown, the fewer opportunities to eat out and vigilance over disinfection and hygiene helped dishwashing products to a much better volume and value sales performance in 2020....

Spain’s national lockdown in 2020 began from 15 March, with easing of the restrictions not starting until 4 May. Moreover, the liberating of conditions took longer in some regions than others. During this period a large number of store-based sales ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent closure of indoor gyms and sports centres resulted in a strong decline for sportswear in 2020. From the start of national lockdown in mid-March, Spaniards had to wait until early May before the government ...