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Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Austria. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
After a challenging year in 2022 in which volume sales declined sharply, sales of processed fruit and vegetables witnessed a notable resurgence in 2023 in Austria. This turnaround can be attributed to various factors, including a slightly more stable…
Premium beauty and personal care recorded strong retail current value terms in 2022. The retail current value growth rate was higher than that seen in mass beauty and personal care. The reasons for this performance were, on the one hand, significant…
Closed loop pre-paid card transactions in Austria are essentially merchant-issued gift cards, and demand for these continued to increase in 2023. In a time of persistently high inflation with increased prices of essentials such as food and petrol,…
Portable players in Austria market has registered slight positive growth in retail current value sales and a significant slowdown in retail volume decline towards the end of the review period. Wireless speakers, which dominates retail volume and…
In 2023, polishes saw continued volume decline, having received a boost during the pandemic when local consumers spent more time at home. Due to busy schedules, local consumers have less time available for deep cleaning and polishing their households…
In 2023, plant-based dairy is set to perform well, with average unit prices remaining relatively stable. The demand for plant-based products continues as more and more consumers take an interest in animal welfare, the environment and health.…
Despite ongoing inflationary pressures, pet products continued to show modest growth in current value terms in 2023. With consumers returning to increasingly busy lifestyles, the acknowledged role of pets in creating balance in otherwise stressful…
Pet care recorded further growth in current value terms in 2023, despite an overall decline in volume. While inflation remained a key factor in boosting value sales, higher-quality, premium products with added benefits also supported growth to some…
Although Austria enjoys solid economic freedom and a strong rule of law, a shift to the far right could create policymaking instability. Whilst unemployment is relatively low and inflation is falling, the economy is set for a marked slowdown in the…
Demand for personal care appliances declined for the second year in a row in Austria in 2023. High inflation remained, and the cost of living rose sharply due to the energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the landscape was…
Paediatric consumer health has recorded a small sales decline in current value terms in 2023. Children are becoming more prone to getting sick now that the pandemic is over, with them not staying home as much anymore, going to school/daycare,…
Consistent with a return to busier, more hectic lifestyles in 2023, a growing number of consumers opted for perceived lower maintenance pet options, such as small mammals or those kept in an aquarium or terrarium. As a result, other pet food…
Other hot drinks recorded positive retail volume and value growth in Austria in 2023 despite growing health trends driving more consumers to lower their sugar intake. This was due to indulgence playing a growing role in consumers' everyday lives, a…
Other dairy is set to record a stable performance in terms of current retail value and volume sales in 2023. Although average unit prices have remained stable during 2023, they continue to be at a high level. As consumers have less money to spend,…
Oral care derived benefits from increased consumer awareness and interest in oral care, in line with the health and hygiene trend in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Austria. The demand for oral care products was on the rise in…
24% of Austria’s adult population still smokes in 2023, although this figure has been steadily declining for several years, falling from 27% in 2018. The pandemic provided further incentive to quit smoking with medical bodies highlighting the added…
Demand for nappies, diapers and pants in Austria increased in 2023. While many women postponed their plans to start a family during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of babies aged 0-1 years in the population rose in 2022 and remained at a stable…
Insights and data on the traditional automotive sector and the mobility industry can help businesses examine how changing travel patterns will impact future consumer behaviour. Growing climate pressures and rising urbanisation rates are pushing…
The downward trend in mobile phones, following a brief increase in retail volume sales of smartphones during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, is set to continue over 2023. The replacement cycle in smartphones seems to have finally peaked,…
Demand for microwaves reached a low level in 2023, having declined for the third consecutive year. Many consumers purchased microwaves during the outbreak of COVID-19, when more meals were eaten in households and demand increased for simple and quick…
As in womenswear, retail volume sales of menswear are projected to decline over 2023, as the category stabilised following rebounds, especially in 2022, from the Coronavirus (COVID-19)-induced slump in 2020. Moreover, economic uncertainty amid high…
Menstrual care in Austria saw only modest growth in current value terms in 2023. Moreover, this increase was entirely attributable to inflationary pressures, as rising raw material and supply chain costs led to an increase in unit prices. The cost of…
Men’s grooming saw a marginal increase in retail volume sales and strong rise in retail current value sales in 2022. This followed two years of decline, largely due to the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The improved performance of…
Meals and soups saw strong value growth in Austria in 2023, driven by inflationary pressures leading to high unit prices, while volume sales are also bouncing back into stronger positive growth. That said, challenges remain, as while inflationary…
Mass beauty and personal care continued to account for the vast majority of overall beauty and personal care retail value and volume sales in 2022. Mass beauty and personal care recorded strong growth in retail current value terms, albeit boosted by…
The demand for lodging continued to increase in 2023. Hotel room nights are set to be only slightly below the 2019 pre-pandemic level at the end of the review period, while inflationary pressure on prices saw current value sales exceed the 2019…
As a result of the energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Austria saw exceptionally high inflation for the second year in a row in 2023. For local consumers, this meant less disposable income and a concomitant reluctance to spend…
In 2023, laundry care saw healthy current value growth, primarily driven by the introduction of innovative products, particularly within the categories of laundry detergents and liquid fabric softeners. These products enabled local consumers to wash…
Demand for large cooking appliances fell in 2023 for the second year in a row. However, due to the essential nature of the products included in the category and the strong dominance of replacement sales, the retail volume drop in large cooking…
After the substantial increases in past years, fuelled by the outbreak of COVID-19 and increased time spent in households, retail volume sales of juice recorded a slowdown in 2023. In addition, there was a further shift towards on-trade sales,…
Men’s jeans and women’s jeans are projected to see retail volume sales decline across price segments over 2023. In Austria, the purchase of new jeans was not a priority at the end of the review period, with many consumers already owing one or more…
In Austria, in-car entertainment is set to see a strong decline in overall retail volume sales in 2023, continuing the fast downward trajectory in demand over the review period. Indeed, in terms of the review period, declines are expected to be the…
The strong decline in retail volume sales of imaging device is expected to continue over 2023, albeit at a slower rate compared to the years since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. The main reason for the downward…
The trend towards plant-based products, including ice cream, continued in 2023. Plant-based ice cream recorded the most significant growth within ice cream during the year. Not only is the consumer interest in plant-based ice cream growing, but the…
Just like grocery retailers as a whole, hypermarkets saw strong growth in value sales in 2023, although this was almost entirely price driven as inflation remained at unusually high levels for a second consecutive year. Demand itself only showed…
Animal welfare continues to play an increasingly important role in the grocery shopping decisions of Austrian consumers and this strong focus on animal welfare continues to have a positive impact on demand for health and wellness processed meat.…
A wide range of health and wellness soft drinks categories recorded positive retail volume growth in 2022 as consumers prioritised various health and wellness attributes when purchasing soft drinks. The increased interest in improving one’s diet to…
Health and wellness savoury snacks remained highly popular among Austrian consumers at the end of the review period as significant numbers of local consumers looked to reduce their intake of snacks that are high in salt, fat and artificial…
Coffee remains the most popular and most commonly consumed hot drink in Austria. On average, Austrian consumers drink around three cups of coffee per day and it should therefore come as little surprise that many local consumers aim to integrate their…
2022 saw further expansion of the subgroup of Austrian consumers who are paying significant attention to their physical and mental health and the role that their diet plays in maintaining good physical and mental health. This has supported rising…
During 2022, convenience and health and wellness remained two of the most important megatrends influencing demand patterns among Austrian consumers and this combination of a desire to eat healthier types of convenience food supported strong growth in…
Total volume sales of hot drinks recorded minimal growth in 2023, driven by on-trade sales and positive developments within tea and other hot drinks. High saturation levels contributed to a slowdown in growth, especially across retail channels.…
Hosiery slowed down in Austria in 2023 in comparison with 2022, as the cost of living crisis instilled caution over spending among consumers. Additionally, consumers purchased more hosiery in 2022, after two years of reduced demand due to the…
Following a spike in 2020, when the exigencies of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced consumers to focus on home entertainment, retail volume sales of televisions have continued to fall sharply. The market size of televisions fell below the…
Consumer restraint affected the entire retail sector in 2023, but it was particularly pronounced in home products specialists. Consumers had already invested heavily in their homes during the pandemic, when they were spending much more time at home.…
Demand for home laundry appliances fell in 2023 for a second consecutive year. The development in home laundry appliances was in line with the major appliances landscape, while the volume decline was less severe than in dishwashers. Impacting retail…
In Austria, the rise in insects attributed to increasing temperatures linked with climate change has led to a significant increase in the demand for insecticide baits in 2023. Hospitality and tourism operators have also sought methods to control…
In 2023, home care recorded current value growth, primarily driven by price increases attributable to inflation and, in a few instances, premiumisation and innovation. The escalating time constraints of local consumers have fuelled the demand for…
With some respite in some categories, such as hi-fi systems, home cinema and speaker systems, speakers, and “other” home audio and cinema, due to the fall back on the home for entertainment in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, home…
Herbal/traditional products has continued to grow in current value terms in 2023 albeit volume growth has been curbed by financial uncertainty, high inflation and a sharp rise in the cost of living. With incomes stretched consumers have been focusing…