Australia

Eye health is an ongoing concern for Australians, with this worsening for many people over the last five years. With rates of chronic eye conditions such as myopia increasing amongst consumers, there is growing demand for eye care products to help…

Dairy recorded another year of growth in its packaging unit volumes in Australia in 2022, as it had done throughout the review period, although growth slowed again in 2022 over the previous year. Demand for dairy continued to be driven by health…

Portable players is now limited to sales of e-readers and wireless speakers in Australia with the latter dominating category sales and driving growth in 2023. Wireless speakers are marketed towards younger consumers, who place a high value on…

Both retail volume and current value growth rates of skin care notably slowed in 2022 when compared to 2021’s more dynamic performance. Purchase frequency began to normalise, as local consumers returned to pre- pandemic lifestyles. This translated…

Reduced-sugar still RTD teas continue to only make up a relatively small portion of the overall RTD tea category in Australia, with few brands competing in this space. Lipton was among the first to enter the space with a reduced-sugar offering and…

Consumers have continued to trade up in the juice category, opting to purchase not from concentrate 100% juice from the refrigerated section over purchasing shelf-stable reconstituted juice or juice drinks. With health and wellness front of mind for…

Demand for eyewear continues to grow in 2023 following several challenging years in Australia during pandemic-induced lockdowns; while demand for contact lenses remained strong during this difficult period (driven by repeat purchases online), sales…

Research into pet owners by Animal Medicines Australia shows that dog-owning households tend to spend an average of AUD349 on pet products and AUD323 on pet healthcare each year. This is significantly higher than the average annual spend for…

In recent years, alternative period solutions have been gaining popularity in Australia, putting pressure on traditional disposable sanitary protection products. As a result, demand for sanitary protection products such as towels, tampons, and…

2022 marked the start of a post-pandemic recovery in Australia, with no further lockdowns and most COVID-19 restrictions ending or being significantly reduced. However, there were other challenges for consumer foodservice to address, which limited…

Dishwasher sales recorded steady growth over much of the review period, primarily due to Australia's booming renovation market, encouraging local consumers to invest more in their homes. With the gradual resumption of normal lifestyles in 2022 as…

Demand for personal accessories in Australia started to improve in 2022 due to an increase in inbound tourism and the reopening of physical stores as restrictions in the country were eased. However, volume sales growth was undynamic due to ongoing…

Demand for womenswear continued to increase in Australia in 2022, with local consumers emerging out of lockdowns with greater interest in updating their current wardrobes. This resulted in womenswear’s retail volume and value sales fully recovering…

Although emerging from the worst of the pandemic, 2022 has brought more problems for consumers and producers alike, driving further instability and uncertainty. COVID-19 has continued to have an impact on the global supply chain; therefore, logistics…

Remote and hybrid working models have become the “new normal” since lockdown restrictions were fully lifted in Australia. The pandemic has significantly changed consumption patterns and habits for a number of Australians over the past two years. With…

Restaurants across Australia and New Zealand are being encouraged to sign on to a new set of standards that aim to provide better welfare for chickens raised for meat, after the Agriculture Department of Australia released new standards of practice…

Food and beverage macro-trends have drastically evolved since the pandemic, bringing about a wave of change in where consumers shop and work, and how they eat. More time spent at home has changed consumers’ cooking and dining habits, as they…

Unique product formats have been gaining in popularity within breakfast cereals, especially those that target children to make eating a fun experience. Leading category player Kellogg (Australia) Pty Ltd launched a new multigrain line under its…

Tourism levels in Australia showed signs of recovery in 2023, despite the macroeconomic backdrop of high inflation and rising food and fuel costs triggered by the war in Ukraine. This represented an improvement on 2021 and 2022, when restrictions…

While milk formula is set to see slight retail current value growth in 2023, overall value sales will still be below those seen in 2019. The daigou channel (people who travel overseas to buy goods for someone who lives in China) accounted for a…