Spain

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…

While demand for hosiery improved in 2021 following drastic declines the previous year due to home seclusion as a result of the pandemic, Spanish authorities still had to take measures to try to control the further spread of COVID-19 due to the…

Having declined during 2020 due to a combination of the economic shock of the pandemic and the disruption to everyday life it engendered, retailing current value sales rebounded only partially in 2021, with demand continuing to shift from physical…

In contrast to most other modern grocery formats, hypermarkets performed poorly during 2020, with no more than marginal growth in retail current value sales. While the rate of growth in retail current value sales accelerated in 2021, it remained…

During the review period prior to the onset of the pandemic, the retail current value sales of homeshopping were declining steadily, with the growing popularity of e-commerce the main driver of this. During 2020, homeshopping benefitted from pandemic…

Following the increased demand seen in 2020, the home care industry in Spain recorded a slightly negative performance in 2021, albeit with sales remaining above pre-pandemic levels. Many of the products in home care were positioned as essential for…

In Spain, the much greater time spent at home during lockdowns and the limited opportunities to eat out as well as the increased attention paid to disinfection and hygiene helped dishwashing products to turn in much better volume and value sales…

Nuts saw double-digit growth in the retail channel in 2020 in both volume and value terms, mainly due to the switch in consumption from the foodservice and institutional channels to retail due to COVID-19, as well as stockpiling for fear of…

Consumers in Spain are increasingly focused on the naturalness of food and sustainability issues. This is seeing greater consumer awareness of the potential benefits of consuming organic beverages. As a result, the category continued to perform well…

There was a slight spike in volume growth of wipes in 2020, with cleanliness to the fore, particularly with convenient options like wipes, although current value growth was negatively impacted by falling unit prices. While volume growth was then…

Having plunged by almost a fifth during 2020, vending retail current value sales recovered only marginally in 2021, as restrictions on movement were relaxed and local consumers spent less time at home and consumer foodservice outlets operated…

Selling everything from apparel and footwear to food, homewares, toys and books, El Corte Inglés (‘the English cut’ – it was originally a tailor’s shop whose origins stretch back to the 19th century) is the only notable department store chain in…

Having surged during 2021 as lockdown restrictions and a fear of contagion led many local consumers to do their grocery shopping closer to home, the retail current value sales of convenience stores saw a modest decline during 2021 but remained well…

Pulses are a very accessible and traditional ingredient for home cooking. Beans, chickpeas and lentils are the stars of many Spanish specialities, such as Caldo, Fabada Asturiana and Gaspacho Manchego. These are family dishes which are traditionally…

During 2020, retail demand for depilatories was given a modest boost by the pandemic, with the positive effect of the closure of beauty salons for an extended period outweighing the combined effect of the economic shock of the pandemic and the fact…

Due to home seclusion and enforced store closures of apparel and footwear specialist retailers as part of restrictions introduced to control the spread of COVID-19 in 2020, demand for footwear in Spain dramatically declined, and despite the notable…

Having come close to double-digit growth during 2020, the rate of growth in retail current value sales of discounters slowed significantly during 2021 but remained relatively buoyant. In 2020, discounters benefited from the COVID-19 lockdown due in…