Spain

RTD tea continues to perform strongly in Spain, despite the challenging operating environment that has impacted soft drinks more broadly in 2022. Both on-trade and off-trade channels are experiencing demand across carbonated RTD tea and kombucha,…

Demand for juice through off-trade continues to decline in 2022, largely following review period trends in Spain. The channel only witnessed a marginal improvement in 2020 due to home seclusion and the closure of on-trade establishments. Juice…

Carbonates in Spain is experiencing a mixed performance in 2022, in addition to a contrast between sales via off- trade and on-trade locations. There has been a long-term trend for declining volume sales of carbonates in Spain. In 2022, this decline…

Demand for sleep aids surged during 2020 and 2021 due in large part to disruption and stress arising from the pandemic, and retail constant value sales (2022 prices) continued to expand in 2022—albeit at a much more modest rate than in the previous…

Having plunged by almost two thirds during 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of travel rebounded at an accelerated pace during 2022 but remained well below their pre-pandemic level. This recovery is being…

Headphones were by far the top performer in consumer electronics during 2022, with retail constant value sales (2022 prices) surging by almost a fifth. Increased smartphone use is the main driver of demand growth for headphones: A growing number of…

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…

Having been given a significant boost by pandemic during 2020 and (to a lesser extent) 2021, retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of savoury snacks will decline for the first time in a decade during 2022 – albeit marginally. However, volume…

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…

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…