Sun Care

Like in many areas of beauty and personal care in the Philippines, there remained a long-standing trend towards sun care products with skin whitening properties. While consumers typically use SPF50 sun protection to help maintain a fair complexion, ...

German consumers are ready to spend more on sun protection products, with premium sun protection seeing the highest current value growth within sun care in 2018. Germans are also interested in using products with higher SPFs. One of the reasons is ...

Mary Kay Inc is focused on improving its struggling performance in China, capitalising on growth of colour cosmetics in North America and Latin America, and rebranding to attract younger audiences. The best opportunities are in Latin America, helping...

Sun care is expected to see strong growth over the forecast period in current value terms. Increasing consumer awareness of the potential damage of sun exposure will help growth to remain positive over the forecast period. More products with added ...

Awareness of the importance of sun protection when spending time in the sun increased strongly in the review period, which had a positive impact on the performance of the category during 2018. The need for (and therefore the demand for) sun ...

Sun care witnessed growth in both value and volume terms in 2018. Adult sun care dominates, with sun protection as the biggest unit driver of growth. This is to be expected with Egypt’s very hot weather in summer and the sun shining throughout the ...

Sun care looks set to perform well over the forecast period, with robust growth in total volume and current value sales projected. While this is partly because economic conditions in Uzbekistan are expected to improve, the positive development of the...

Sun care saw stable growth over the review period, thanks to the fact that sun protection received increased attention in Hungary. Sun care products are becoming even more sophisticated, and they are available in various product formats, such as ...

Sun care is unique in beauty and personal care, as it is highly seasonal and dependent on the weather. Long, sunny summers lasting from June to early September lead to relatively stable sales, and Slovenia has a moderate climate. However, sun care ...

In line with global health concerns about the effects of long exposure to sunlight, adult sun care is expected to witness growth in the forecast period. Due to the fact that sun protection products remain largely unaffordable for many consumers for ...

Sun protection and sun safety for children are growing topics in the region, and awareness is increasing that products need “broad spectrum protection” to block out both UVA and UVB rays. Parents are told that sun protection should be reapplied every...

Sun care registered steady current value growth in 2018, with the same growth rate as seen the previous year. This was partly because many sun care brands revised their packaging types and sizes and reviewed the placement of their products towards ...

Sales of sun care in 2017 were saved by a warm and sunny autumn, which resulted in strong performance. However, the strong growth of 2017 was surpassed by even more dynamic growth in 2018. The spring and summer of 2018 was unusually long and warm, ...

Sun care in Pakistan is growing at a considerable pace given increasing awareness about the product and the evolution of consumer preferences that allow for increased spending on beauty and personal care. However, the category remains limited to ...

Summer 2018 in Latvia was unusually long and hot, which led to most people spending more time outside basking in the sunshine than they would ordinarily have the opportunity to. With many Latvian people quite pale and unaccustomed to having spending ...

As major global manufacturers and local distributors looked to expand the sales potential of their main value proposals, their investment in development of new sun protection products remained relatively low in 2018. Instead, there was further ...

Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of potential sun damage in Uruguay. Traditionally Uruguayans used to go to the beach or spend all day under the sun without any protection. However, their consciousness of the need to protect skin from the ...

In 2018, sun care grew in Azerbaijan in both volume and current value terms, indicating an improved economic situation and growing consumer disposable incomes. Additionally, an increased tourist inflow to Azerbaijan as a result of state actions, ...

Despite the gradual evolution of the concept of beauty, the desire to achieve fair skin remains universally popular in Taiwan. In line with this popular trend is the rising awareness that exposure to UV rays causes wrinkles and premature ageing. As a...

In 2018, sun care greatly benefitted from a particularly warm summer season that allowed the category to achieve rather strong performance during the peak months of June-August. The category also benefitted significantly from consumers’ increased ...