Consumer Appliances

In Singapore, COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor and group activities were relaxed from April 2022. As a result, consumers started to return to the office more frequently. This shift led to increasing awareness of physical appearance. Despite being…

As pandemic-related social distancing regulations have been largely lifted in South Korea, and consumers have resumed activities such as returning to the workplace, there has been increasing demand for personal care appliances. The return to normalcy…

Although consumers have shifted spending to overseas travelling and eating out, the increasing demand for hair care appliances has driven a lift in retail volume sales in 2023. Generation X and some millennial consumers tend to be more focused on…

During the review period, Korean beauty products, techniques, and styles have captured the attention of consumers worldwide including within Thailand, with this inspiring a new approach to personal care and grooming. One of the prominent aspects of…

The demand for personal care appliances continued to grow through small lower-priced-brands or unbranded products at the end of the review period. Regardless of the brand name, if consumers find a product that can perform the job, such as for hair…

Sales in personal care appliances are supported by rising incomes and standards of living in Vietnam, leading to consumers paying more attention to their appearances. Social media trends are also influencing sales, both in urban areas and reaching…

As the Chinese government lifted all COVID-19-related restrictions at the onset of 2023, sales of refrigeration appliances began to recover in light of the opening-up. However, this sudden change had different impacts on sales of freezers and…

Demand for freezers in Hong Kong is expected to continue to decline in volume terms in 2023, due to the continued trend of small living spaces. Therefore, many people prefer refrigeration appliances such as fridge-freezers, which have combined…

Following a year of healthy growth in 2022, the demand for refrigeration appliances slowed in 2023 due to inflationary pressures and unfavourable weather conditions. Sporadic rain during the summer months disrupted sales for cooling products such as…

Refrigeration appliances continued to see healthy growth in retail volume terms in 2023. This was fuelled by a number of factors, including a growing population, rising living standards, urbanisation and the busier lifestyles of urban consumers,…