Sun Care

Procter & Gamble holds second place in the beauty and personal care market. With a wide range of daily use products within hair care, men’s grooming, oral care and skin care, Procter & Gamble showed resilience during COVID-19, as consumers used such…

Coty is one of the top 10 beauty and personal care players, with a strong presence in colour cosmetics and fragrances, while it is expanding its reach in skin care. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a decline in sales in 2020, due to reduced spending in…

Aided by its diverse portfolio, L’Oréal remains the leading player in beauty and personal care globally. Its strong presence in China and its fast-growing dermocosmetics segment enabled the company to maintain market momentum in 2020. Going forward,…

Unilever gained share in beauty and personal care in 2020, owing to its strong offering in mass and core products. A continued focus on its Prestige division offers opportunities to grow, with premium beauty and personal care forecast to perform…

Sun care sales in 2020 dropped significantly due to travel restrictions and substantially reduced trips and holiday demand. In addition to limited demand, trading down also led to a decline in value sales: consumers attempted to reduce their spending…

Estée Lauder Cos Inc performed in line with premium beauty and personal care’s decline in 2020, but growth in skin care, rising online sales in the US and China, and above-industry performance of La Mer helped to offset some of the decline. China is…

Sun care recorded volume and value sales declines in 2020, with a 3% value decline recorded, compared to 3% growth in 2019. This was heavily due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, which called for lockdown periods, ongoing home seclusion and…

As a result of COVID-19 and the measures taken to contain it consumers found themselves stuck at home for much of the year, with travel plans put on hold. With Austria’s borders closed to non-essential travel consumers were unable to take trips to…

Retail current value sales of sun care remained insignificant at the end of the review period, with these products lacking a significant distribution presence in the country. Sales are not expected to emerge during the forecast period.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Brazilian market in March 2020, many consumers (and manufacturers) would have bet restrictions would only last for a couple of weeks. However, Brazil has witnessed one of the worst pandemic scenarios since its…

Sun care is a small category locally, and despite the hot summer months such products are not seen as a priority amongst most consumers. The arrival of COVID-19 in the country also made the use of such products even more unnecessary in 2020, as…

In 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenyan authorities introduced travel restrictions to curb the spread of the potentially deadly virus throughout the country. Although it is advised that consumers wear sun protection even when…

Sun care will respond negatively to the COVID-19 pandemic as current value sales decline in 2020 overall. This massive fall in demand comes as travel was stopped and people remained confined to their homes. Quarantine measures and limited holiday…

In 2020, sun care saw considerable declines in all areas due to enforced summer lockdown and restricted travel opportunities. Adult sun care recorded a 15% current value decline, while baby and child-specific sun care, seen as a more essential…

The travel restrictions during the pandemic have limited demand for sun care products in 2020. As Lithuania does not have a particularly warm or sunny climate, consumers tend to primarily use these products when travelling abroad. As such, positive…

Sun care will witness current value decline in 2020 overall as a direct result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As travel and tourism came to a standstill, sales of sun care have fallen rapidly. The loss of holidaymakers and weekend trippers…

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of sun protection in the population rose in Bolivia, especially in higher-income socioeconomic groups. Likewise, the growing awareness of skin cancer was also a large factor boosting the demand for sun care…

Sun care was hard hit by the fallout of COVID-19 in 2020, with volume sales declining sharply and current value growth slowing dramatically from 2019. The category saw demand plummet as Pakistanis spent much more time at home than usual due to public…

Sun care is a niche category within Nigerian beauty and personal care that performs poorly when economic conditions are weak. With an unstable economy during 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic on consumers’ disposable incomes and the fact that…

Sun care products were amongst the strongest declining categories of beauty and personal care in Slovenia in 2020, with sales being impacted by lockdowns and travel restrictions. The summer months, in particular, suffered from a severely stifled…