Spain

Overall demand for wound care in Spain remains stable and supported by the largest category of sticking plasters/adhesive bandages as consumers have now generally returned to pre-pandemic normality outside of the home. Stable but undynamic retail…

Although the Spanish economy is showing some positive signs compared to the pandemic years, its pace of growth is not as fast as expected, mainly dragged down by global challenges, the energy crisis, elevated inflation and growing interest rates. All…

While growth rates for vitamins in Spain are starting to stabilise following a surge in 2020 in response to COVID-19 that saw consumers looking to strengthen their immune systems, overall demand for both multivitamins and single vitamins remains…

While elevated inflation and rising interest rates are negatively impacting many Spaniards’ disposable incomes in 2023, thereby influencing their purchasing decisions, demand for sports nutrition continues to rise. Heavily impacted by the pandemic,…

Despite a marginal drop in retail volume sales in 2023, overall demand for sleep aids remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels in Spain. According to the latest information published by Sociedad Española de Neurología (National Neurology…

Spain’s birth rate continues to fall, thereby reducing the target audience of paediatric consumer health and compounding declining growth rates in 2023. As there are no national policies to support a rise in the country’s birth rate, this trend is…

Retail demand for NRT smoking cessation aids continues to fall in Spain, in line with the further decline in smoking prevalence among the adult population in the country, thereby shrinking the target audience of these products. The ongoing drop in…

Spaniards’ disposable incomes remain under strain as a result of elevated inflation rates and high interest rates in the country. Therefore, they are looking for ways to save money, with many herbal/traditional products addressing this need, as they…

While digitalisation was already gaining momentum in Spain over the review period, the emergence of the pandemic and subsequent home seclusion, resulting in prolonged time spent at home working remotely and online studying, increased time spent in…

Digestive remedies is experiencing a mixed performance in 2023, following an upturn in demand for some products the previous year in line with greater mobility outside of the home as pandemic-related restrictions eased. IBS treatments, antacids,…