Chile

Retail demand for cigarettes in Chile continued to decline in 2023. Cigarette smuggling has became a major issue for Chilean tobacco. A study, conducted by British American Tobacco and the MIDE Center at the Catholic University of Chile, revealed…

The pet care industry in Chile is undergoing significant shifts and challenges amid several prevailing trends. One notable trend is the impact of inflation on premium brands in dog and cat food. As inflation rates surge, premium brands are facing…

Although retail volume sales continued to decline, skin care saw a much stronger current value increase in Chile in 2023, after a year of much more moderate growth. During 2022, although demand remained constrained, premium skin care showed positive…

In contrast to earlier in the review period, when the Chilean economy was an oasis within Latin America and witnessed a constant rise in GDP, minimal inflation rates, and robust employment levels, 2022 and 2023 were characterised by economic…

In 2023, retail volume sales of home insecticides suffered a second consecutive year of double-digit decline, but an expansion in value sales, driven exclusively by high inflation. The category experienced a dramatic rise in prices, making it the…