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In 2023, retail value sales growth was extremely high, driven by rising prices across laundry products. Retail volume sales also remained positive, bolstered by laundry detergents registering high volume growth thanks to consumer bulk purchases.
High volume price growth continues to impede the volume sales growth of polishes in 2023. Consumers are prioritising necessary home care products over polishes, leading to a decline in their usage. The popularity of non-wood materials for furniture…
Polishes is a relatively uninteresting category, which is suffering from being a discretionary product in a time of economic pressures. Added to which, polishes has also been affected by price hikes, alongside the category not having a great deal of…
Although retail value sales growth was positive, this resulted from high inflation and rising price points in 2023, as retail volume sales declined. Retail volume has been consistently declining over the review period, with polishes suffering from…
The multifunctional nature of home care products continued to restrict growth opportunities for polishes in 2023. For example, surface care wipes are increasingly used to remove dirt from shoes, floor cleaners replace floor polish, and automatic…