Beauty and Personal Care

The Q3 update of 2020 reveals a general downgrade in the beauty and personal care industry, as the global economy is forecast to enter a recession. Consumers are re-evaluating their life priorities as a result of the changes brought about by the…

Beauty and personal care packaging remained resilient globally, with Asia as the growth engine and toiletries dominating volume sales globally. As lifestyles continue to evolve, packaging innovation will be challenged to respond to consumers’ new…

While high inflation has been encouraging trading down among some consumer segments, increasing the attractiveness of private label, for example, it has failed to put much of a dent in the ongoing dermocosmetics or clean beauty trends. Consumers…

Beauty and personal care recorded another year of healthy growth in real value terms in 2022, with the regional performance being driven by the dynamism in the Saudi Arabian market, where premium fragrances were providing a major boost to sales.…

Premium products suffered a major hit in 2020 when the pandemic first hit the region, while consumers in some countries have since been looking for the best value for money against a backdrop of high inflation. However, premium products have been…

Beauty and personal care in Asia Pacific has had a couple of tough years recently due to the pandemic. The first was 2020, when a number of countries in the region recorded declining sales with the emergence of the virus. The second was 2022, when…

Bath and shower as a whole as well as most of its categories continued to decline in 2019, with many areas continuing to see stagnating or even declining unit prices. However, bar soap and liquid soap will see strong growth in 2020, driven by…

Bath and shower continued to grow in 2019, driven by body wash/shower gel, liquid soap and intimate washes, with bar soap recording stagnating sales. However, bar soap and, in particular, liquid soap have seen sales driven by frequent handwashing…

As e-commerce growth rates slow from historic highs, the online channel is no longer a rising tide for all categories and brands. While potential exists with e-commerce accounting for 50% of retail’s expected growth in the next five years, retailers…

Baby and child-specific products continued to record strong growth in Asia Pacific in 2019, driven by the popularity of these products among parents for use on their offspring. While 2020 will see significant societal disruptions due to Coronavirus…