Country Report
Feb 2021
Sports drinks remained a marginal category of soft drinks at the end of the review period. Very few people have heard of these products and there is very limited appetite for them among the population. Only hardcore bodybuilders, very committed ...
Country Report
Feb 2021
Sales of sports drinks have been negatively affected by the closure of gyms and cancellation of sporting events during South Africa’s ‘hard’ lockdown, which lasted from March until June. Many South Africans were also reluctant to return to the gym ...
Country Report
Feb 2021
Sales of sports drinks remained a negligible in Tunisia during 2020. These products are virtually unknown among the country’s population, with awareness limited to those locals who have spent time living in other countries, expatriates and immigrants...
Country Report
Feb 2021
Over the review period, excise tax of 100% and VAT of 5% were levied on sports drinks in the United Arab Emirates. The resultant price hikes caused off-trade volume sales to decline sharply. In 2020, a new excise tax of 50% on all beverages with ...
Country Report
Feb 2021
In 2020, total volume sales of sports drinks continued to grow despite a drop in on-trade sales, which are small in comparison to those in off-trade channels. Sources mentioned that through the peak of the pandemic there were decreased sales of ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Unlike within other neighbouring countries, sports drinks will not be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as both current value and volume sales grow notably. Although gyms and sports facilities were obliged to close during lockdown, this ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
The consumption of sports drinks in Ukraine in 2020 was able to withstand the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine measures. In fact, the category was able to show positive growth due to the low base from which it is growing and ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
While all gyms and fitness centres remained closed for much of 2020, consumption of sports drinks partially moved to the off-trade, as Georgians moved to exercising outdoors instead. Overall, sports drinks was still able to post current value growth,...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Off-trade volume sales of sports drinks in Israel will decrease in 2020 due to gym closures and reduced exercise opportunities due to COVID-19. Sports drinks are sold in many non-grocery retailers, such as fitness stores, gyms, and fitness centres. ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Out of all soft drinks, sports drinks was among the most negatively affected by COVID-19 in Croatia. Sports drinks felt the effects of COVID-19 early on in 2020, when in late March the country introduced lockdown measures, including the mandated ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Sports drinks was negatively impacted by the closure of sporting facilities in Estonia in 2020 and the reduction in organised sports in general during lockdown. In addition, sports drinks are not regarded as a necessary feature of sporting activity, ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Off-trade volume sales of sports drinks are set to increase in 2020, moving from 5% in 2019 to 6% in 2020....
Country Report
Jan 2021
Sports drinks registered a negative sales performance over the course of 2020 as the category struggled to cope with the impact of the COVID-19 situation. Among the main negative influences on category sales during the year was the requirement for ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Sports drinks remains a niche category in Lithuania which had nevertheless been experiencing growing demand prior to the emergence of the pandemic, due to rising health trends. Demand was driven by an increasing number of consumers exercising or ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Sports drinks will be negatively impacted by the pandemic due to lockdown restrictions seen throughout the country. The Latvian government issued all gym and sports facilities to close for some time which has resulted in declining demand for sports ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
In Austria, sports drinks remains a niche area, generally perceived as suited for specific occasions, particularly after working out at the gym, or doing outdoor exercise. As such, restrictions to outside activities during the lockdown had a negative...
Country Report
Jan 2021
In 2020, sports drinks was one of the most severely affected categories within soft drinks in terms of off-trade total volume and value sales. The decline was measured in double digits, mainly due to the fact that sports drinks are easily replaced ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
As sports drinks consumption in Canada is highly seasonal, the arrival of the pandemic in the warmer weather months, when there is the most opportunity for sports drinks, has had a large impact on the category. The cancellations of sports events, ...
Country Report
Jan 2021
Movement and trading restrictions when New Zealand was placed in lockdown from March 2020 as a result of the pandemic, resulted in limited overall demand for sports drinks, due to a lack of sporting activities and the closure of gyms. In addition, ...
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