Spain

There was a rebound in both total current value and volume sales of spirits in 2021, thanks mainly to significant year-on-year growth in on-trade sales in Spain, as consumers returned to bars and restaurants in 2021, especially during the summer…

Retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of snacks will decline for the first time in a decade during 2022. However, retail volume sales will continue to rise, as unit price growth will not keep pace with the accelerating rate of inflation. In a…

2021 saw some rebound in both total volume and current value sales of beer in Spain. This was aided by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in the country, which brought about a significant recovery in the on-trade channel, especially during the…

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was highly detrimental to sales of sunglasses with the overall category seeing sales declines of more than a third in 2020. This is because consumers were required to stay at home in lockdown, reducing the need to…

In 2021 home care sales slowed after experiencing above average growth in 2020 due to the onset of COVID-19. Despite the popularity of traditional alternatives and high poverty levels in the country, population growth, retailing development and…

Having fallen in 2020 due in large part to disruption arising from the pandemic, home improvement retail constant value sales (2021 prices) rebounded strongly during 2021. Home improvement recorded the weakest performance within home and garden in…

With economic conditions improving and the launch of a new generation of consoles (Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox Series S and X and particularly Sony’s PlayStation 5), the rate of growth in retail constant value sales of video games accelerated during 2021.…

Retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of pet care continued to expand at a robust rate during 2022, supported by a rising pet population and a greater propensity among owners to feed their pets prepared food. The pet humanisation trend is well…

During 2020, the pandemic had a small positive effect on retail constant value sales of hair care (2021 prices), with the negative effect of the economic shock of the pandemic and more time spent at home slightly outweighed by the positive impact of…

Having plunged by more than a quarter during 2020, there was no more than a partial recovery in retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of colour cosmetics during 2021. Demand for colour cosmetics was hit particularly hard by COVID-19 restrictions…

While demand for jeans notably improved in 2021 compared to the previous year when home seclusion and various restrictions in place, in addition to increasing price sensitivity, led to double-digit declines, Spanish authorities still needed to…

The substantial unit price growth for citrus fruits (in particular, for lemon and limes, and oranges, tangerines and mandarins) during 2020 was partially reversed in 2021, although prices remained above the pre-pandemic level. Lemons saw the…

Retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of cigarettes declined during 2021, but there was a moderate rebound in retail volume sales, which had contracted sharply in 2020 due to pandemic restrictions. Nonetheless, retail volume sales remained well…

Retail constant value sales of sugar confectionery will decline at an accelerating pace during 2022. However, retail volume sales will exhibit marginal growth. Medicated confectionery, which saw double-digit growth in retail constant value sales…

2021 brought about growth in RTDs in Spain, with total current value and volume sales recovering to near the pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019. This was prompted by the rebound in on-trade sales, whilst off-trade sales also remained strong, albeit…

Retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of cat food continued to exhibit robust growth during 2022, amid a steady rise in both the country’s feline population and the proportion of owners feeding their cats prepared food. Mid-priced offerings…

Having declined significantly during 2020, skin care retail constant value sales (2021 prices) rebounded only partially in 2021. During 2020, facial care and skin care sets/kits performed particularly poorly, with demand for the latter undermined by…

Having declined at a double-digit rate in 2020, retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of fragrances recovered strongly during 2021 but remained slightly below their pre-pandemic peak. During 2020, local consumers spent much more time at home…

Retail constant value sales of deodorants continued to decline during 2021, albeit at a somewhat more modest rate than in the previous year. During 2020, demand was undermined by the fact that local consumers were spending much more time at home,…

Spain continued to suffer from the effects of the pandemic in 2021, due to the emergence of one of the worst fifth waves in the EU. As a result, returning to some level of normality, including the office, moved forward at a slower pace than expected…