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...
The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…
In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…
In 2023, dishwashing saw moderate current growth, mostly driven by hand dishwashing products. Post-pandemic, there has been a decline in volume sales as local consumers spend more time dining out, reduce the number of meals prepared and eaten at home…
Dishwashing in Belgium is a fairly mature category and not especially susceptible to trends, sustaining stability in terms of volume sales. A previous decline turned to positive growth in 2023, which was somewhat curbed thanks to rising energy costs…
Inflation continued to translate into higher retail price points in 2023. Higher manufacturer and retailer input costs, for example, increased operating costs like material sourcing, rental levels and salary costs, leading to higher price points.…