Consumer Appliances

Following a sales slump in 2022, standard vacuum cleaners continued to struggle with a decrease in volumes in 2023. This resulted largely from the fact that 2020 and 2021 had been good years for the category. The era of the pandemic led to consumers…

In 2023, the vacuum cleaners category is still normalising after the boom in volume sales seen at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been less immediate need for households to purchase vacuum cleaners. Demand has also been constrained by…

Demand for vacuum cleaners declined for the second year in a row in Austria in 2023, following a peak during the outbreak of COVID-19. Due to consumer spending on their homes being particularly high during COVID-19, demand naturally fell in the…

Light flyers continue to be perceived as desirable products by consumers, thanks to being perceived as healthy and energy efficient small cooking appliances. Indeed, consumers’ demand for such practical appliances has also led to a series of new…

A small decline is expected in overall small cooking appliances in volume terms in 2023. This category experienced a sharp spike in growth in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, as home seclusion led many consumers to develop a passion for cooking,…

Small cooking appliances registered a decline in retail volume sales in 2023, as consumers were reluctant to spend on unnecessary appliances given the difficult economic environment. Additionally, some consumers had already invested in small cooking…

In 2023, sales volumes of small cooking appliances continued to fall, having seen a strong rise in demand in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic brought forward demand for small cooking appliances with volumes and, to some extent,…

Coffee machines is the largest category in small cooking appliances but it continued to see declining sales in retail volume terms in 2023. While retail volume sales continued to decline in 2023 sales saw strong growth in current value terms. This…

Category volume sales declined for the second consecutive year in 2023, following the strong sales experienced during the pandemic. Consumers made cutbacks on small cooking appliances as interest rates rises and inflation pushed up the cost of…

Retail volume sales of small cooking appliances in Norway has registered a double-digit decline in 2023. As in other categories of consumer appliances, the COVID-19 pandemic brought forward purchases of small cooking appliances. Due to a maturity of…