China

In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic hit China hard, forcing almost all parts of the country into partial or total lockdown on various occasions. As a consumer appliances category relying significantly on professional installation services, dishwashers…

2022 witnessed a mid-single-digit decline in retail volume sales of consumer appliances due to the resurgence of COVID-19, and it is expected that the retail volume decline will continue, although at a slower rate, in 2023. 2023 has seen consumer…

Fuelled by a significant rise in volume sales of split air conditioners, air treatment products in China is set to return to growth in 2023, after seeing a single-digit decline the year before. However, air purifiers is set to maintain a significant…

In 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding lockdown measures, which affected consumers’ in-store shopping, and led to disruptions in product transportation for e-commerce platforms, sweet spreads experienced retail volume and current…

In 2023, sauces, dips and condiments is set to turn to decline in retail volume and current value terms. This is primarily due to the Chinese government’s lifting of the zero-COVID policy in 2022. With no more lockdown measures in place, consumers’…