Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, sp...
Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
Vitamin sales patterns are returning back to normality in 2023, following the surge in demand at the height of the pandemic period, although high inflation remain an issue. The COVID-19 pandemic encouraged consumers to take better care of their…
Vitamin C and vitamin D have posted dramatic increases in sales since the onset of the pandemic. Consequently, in 2022, sales already started to show signs of decline due to maturity. Vitamin D, which is the largest category, witnessed losses in 2022…
Demand for vitamins in France continues to rise. With increasing awareness around health and nutrition and the dangers of overexposure to the sun, vitamin D is witnessing stronger growth among the French population. Vitamin D is perceived as…
Vitamins received a significant boost from the pandemic as consumers sought to boost their immune systems and protect themselves from COVID-19. Now that concerns around the virus have abated, there is less demand for vitamins, and volume growth is…
The sales highs of the pandemic are over in vitamins with sales set to decline in current value and retail volume terms in 2023. The category posted an astonishing breakthrough during the hardest moments of the pandemic – from March 2020 to mid-2021…
Over 2023, sports nutrition is expected to continue to recover from the steep retail volume sales declines recorded in 2020 in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The exception, protein/energy bars, posted only a marginal-to-slight…
Unlike most other consumer health categories, demand for sports nutrition was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with sales declines registered during 2020 and into 2021 as social distancing regulations meant that all sports clubs, fitness…
Sports nutrition looks set to see double-digit growth in current value terms in 2023 for the second year running with sales having already exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels. The category had already seen a full recovery in 2022 in Italy after the decline…
The year 2023 is shaping up to be another strong year for sports nutrition in Ireland. Daily routines are back to normal following the removal of all pandemic-related restrictions, with consumers back into gyms and other sporting venues, driving the…
Alongside the re-opening of gyms and the increase in the number of people engaging in sporting activities since the pandemic being growth drivers for sports nutrition, the category also appears to be appealing to a different consumer group. Consumers…
Some trends given impetus during the pandemic remain relevant in France. As health and wellness trends continue to rise among the French population, sports, active lifestyles and the importance of daily movement continue to gain traction. The…
Sports nutrition continues to see strong current value growth in 2023. In addition to the war in Ukraine driving up energy costs and therefore average retail prices, many Danes are avid gym goers – a key channel for sports nutrition products – but…
Sports nutrition remains one of the most dynamic areas of consumer health in Belgium in 2023 with it seeing double-digit growth in current value terms. Although this dynamism is partly due to inflation, volume sales are also witnessing an appreciable…
Sleep aids is projected to register only a slight increase in retail volume sales over 2023, despite the further recovery of travel and reports highlighting the heightened levels of stress and anxiety in Dutch society following the Coronavirus…
Sleep aids continued to register positive growth in volume sales in 2023 as the stress that increasing numbers of local consumers now face in their lives continued to take its toll on the nation’s sleep patterns. High stress levels are primarily the…
Sales of sleep aids continue to decline in 2023 in current value and retail volume terms, following the trend observed in the previous year. Sales of sleep aids soared in 2020 and 2021 following the outbreak of COVID-19 with the pandemic resulting in…
General anxiety related to economic uncertainty, the high cost of living and the war in Ukraine is improving the popularity of sleep aids in 2023. Many consumers are also back to hectic everyday lifestyles, with commuting, longer working hours and a…
The key growth driver in sleep aids in terms of ingredients is melatonin. The variety and availability of products based on melatonin increased dramatically at the end of the review period. The launch of Procter & Gamble’s ZzzQuil Nature made a…
Demand for sleep aids remains high in 2023. Since the pandemic, an increase in sleep issues due to anxiety, depression, and stress, has spread among a large proportion of the French population. According to Euromonitor International’s Voice of the…
Sleep aids is expected to register moderate current value growth and a slight increase in volume sales in 2023. The war in Ukraine and the resulting energy crisis are pushing up average retail prices. While Danes are now much less concerned about the…