Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
Hosiery is set to see strong retail volume and current value growth in 2023, especially non-sheer hosiery, owing to the athleisure trend in the region. As more people are starting to dress casually and prioritise comfort, sneakers have more often…
With the lifting of the mask mandate in 2023 amid the waning impact of COVID-19 in South Korea, local consumer are enjoying outdoor activities, including participating in sports, without restrictions. In particular, demand for non-sheer hosiery has…
In keeping with the pattern witnessed over the latter part of the review period, sheer hosiery in Taiwan is set to contract in volume terms in 2023. Falling demand is partly explained by changing fashion preferences, with many younger women inclined…
Sales of hosiery have continued on the path to recovery in 2023 with COVID-19 regulations on social and office activities removed. However, the shift to a more casual style of fashion has continued to limit the post-pandemic recovery of sheer hosiery…
Filipinos, in general, are not fans of layering. Instead, the tropical climate of the Philippines means that they are usually fairly minimalist in terms of clothing. Hosiery products are widely seen to be too hot and often unnecessary to wear. As an…
Inflation has impacted consumer spending in 2023 in various categories across apparel and footwear. However, the impact has been less pronounced in hosiery with the category seeing healthy growth in retail volume terms in 2023. This has been backed…
Hot drinks sales in Azerbaijan are heavily influenced by the tea category, which is the most popular hot drink. Loose black tea is the primary choice of tea among locals and continues to show robust volume growth despite the maturity of this…
In 2023, hot drinks is thriving in Bangladesh, especially tea and coffee. Despite a minimal price rise compared to other products, coffee has experienced some inflation. Supplementary drinks face reduced consumption among low and middle-income…
In 2023, volume sales of hot drinks grew across the market, benefiting from the full reopening of society and the economy in the wake of the pandemic. This in turn stimulated industry players into innovating. While coffee remained the most popular…
Hot drinks is expected to maintain solid retail current value growth in China in 2023, with increases across all categories. In addition, total volume consumption of hot drinks is set to continue to rise, registering low single-digit growth, with…
The convenience of hot drinks for local consumers is becoming increasingly significant due to the penetration of the pod format in tea, malt-based and chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks. This format offers consumers the flexibility to experiment…
India boasts a significant demographic, with a youthful population comprising 327 million millennials and 377 million Generation Z individuals. This demographic, combined with widespread and affordable internet access and rapid urbanisation, has…
Retail volume sales of hot drinks in Indonesia saw healthy growth in 2023, in contrast to the decline seen in the previous year. This was attributable to a gradual improvement in consumer purchasing power, thanks to better economic conditions,…
In 2023, hot drinks is set to record opposite performances in the foodservice channel and the retail channel. On 8 May 2023, the Japanese government downgraded the legal status of COVID-19 to Class 5, the level of common infectious disease. This was…
The performance of hot drinks in Kazakhstan continues to be determined by the most popular hot drink, tea. Loose black tea, which holds the largest market share in both volume and value terms, continued to see stable volume sales in 2023; however,…
Hopes for a quick economic recovery from the pandemic have been overshadowed by internal and external factors that threaten household living standards in Laos. Depreciation and (largely as a result) high inflation have led to rising prices,…
Global price hikes for raw materials like sugar and cocoa drove up unit selling prices in hot drinks in Malaysia in 2023, especially within coffee and other hot drinks. The hoarding and shortage of cocoa in west Africa force leading players like…
Sales of hot drinks registered marginal growth in 2023. Coffee, the largest category, and other hot drinks recorded growth, while retail volume sales of tea declined. A developing coffee culture supported rising demand for fresh coffee, with tea…
Hot drinks registered health value growth in 2023, as well as moderate volume growth, which was supported by continuing population growth. That being said, Pakistan’s economy continued to struggle and the government secured a further USD3 billion…
Retail value sales of hot drinks in Singapore continue to grow in 2023, while retail volume sales are stagnating. Coffee is the strongest performer in retail value growth terms, while demand through retail is flat (albeit above pre-pandemic levels)…