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The global AFH market saw a weak performance during 2020 and 2021. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced consumers to stay in their homes and reduce the use of public places. However, a global recovery in AFH demand is looming, although its pace…

This briefing explores the forces driving apparel demand and supply in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has historically been a protected market, with tariffs, quotas and bans. It discusses how market routes, supply chains and competition have evolved. A…

Unilever’s planned exit from most of its tea operations will be a seismic event in global tea. It will further accelerate the key long-term trend in the competitive landscape of global tea: fragmentation. In the future, the key players in tea will be…

With falling birth rates and rising life expectancy, the older demographic is growing rapidly as a proportion of the global population, creating significant commercial opportunities (and challenges), as well as giving rise to new societal, economic…

Ageing is one of the most important drivers of demand for the eyewear industry. This is especially the case in mature markets, many of which drive a sizeable share of global revenues, given their ageing demographic profile. Despite the combination of…

Since 2019, Airbnb has accounted for over 80% of net global growth in short-term rentals, and continued to grow in 2023. In order to maintain momentum, it is necessary to add more hosts, and Airbnb succeeded in adding over one million in 2023. In the…

Facing supply chain issues and raw materials inflation, Akzo Nobel slightly underperformed the home paint market over 2019-2022, owing in part to significant price increases. Focused on improving profitability in uncertain times, beyond cost cutting,…

While sociological and lifestyle shifts impacting the alcohol industry are evolving, there is now little doubt that the pandemic’s macroeconomic ripple effects will be seismic . While the scale and severity of these contractions is up for debate,…

Facing a still unfolding, once-in-a-century black swan event like the pandemic did take a cataclysmic toll on the global alcoholic drinks industry. With the on-trade decimated on the back of draconian lockdowns and social distancing measures,…

In 2020, the global alcoholic drinks market faced a genuinely unprecedented collapse that proved to be far worse than the depths of the 2008 Great Recession while overshadowing every other major regional, macro or black swan event-driven crisis in…

The regional recovery from the 2020 sales decline slowed in Asia Pacific in 2022 given the return of COVID-19 in China, the dominant country market. However, growth remained positive at a regional level in 2022 as sales were increasing everywhere in…

The alcoholic drinks market has made a strong and swift recovery from the pandemic in Latin America, in spite of the difficult economic circumstances in many countries in the region. While the off-trade continued growing in recent years, the on-trade…

The alcoholic drinks market has made a swift recovery from the pandemic losses of 2020, returning to pre-COVID-19 sales levels already in 2022. In spite of the difficult economic situation, premiumisation continued to be seen in Nigeria, although it…

The on-trade continued its recovery in the Western European alcoholic drinks market in 2022. However, it still has some ground to make up after the losses inflicted by the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The off-trade, after seeing a demand spike in…

As the unstoppable force of the need to socialise following years of pandemic disruption meets the immovable object of a severe macroeconomic slowdown, the alcoholic drinks industry finds itself at the precipice. Historically proven to be recession…

While the alcoholic drinks industry’s resilience in the face of permacrisis has driven the post pandemic recovery narrative up to early 2023, significant macroeconomic headwinds are finally and inevitably taking a toll. With growth slowing,…

This briefing examines Euromonitor International’s Q3 2021 alcoholic drinks forecasts, which have been updated in accordance with new macroeconomic data and the latest information. The top line forecast has been revised upwards slightly this quarter…

This briefing looks into Euromonitor International’s Q4 2021 alcoholic drinks forecast, which has been updated in accordance with new macroeconomic data and the latest available information. While there have been no major updates to forecast…

The globally active discounter chain Aldi has opened new markets in recent years and shown strong growth especially outside its home country. Despite strong competition, some of which has been established for decades, Aldi has been able to gain a…

Amcor is a global packaging giant with a strong presence in North America and Western Europe. It produces mainly flexibles and rigid plastic for a number of fmcg industries, including food and beverages. Amcor is committed to all of its packaging…