Consumer Appliances

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 the wake of the pandemic, Australians directed their attention towards creating comfortable and hygienic living spaces. The pandemic period witnessed a surge in sales of high-performance vacuum cleaners. Leading players such as Dyson and Ecovacs…

Throughout 2023, the persistent trend of weak demand and significant decline in volume sales, observed since 2022, has continued, as the world gradually returns to pre-pandemic norms. Consumers are shifting their focus away from home-related…

In 2023, refrigeration appliances is set to encounter declines in both retail volume and current value terms, due to escalating cost-of-living pressures, which continue to exert strain on household expenditure. The Australian economic landscape has…

Amidst the challenges posed by the inflationary crisis, volume demand for personal care appliances is set to decline in 2023. Consumers have redirected their spending towards more essential products, leaving personal care appliances with less demand…

Microwaves, much like other major kitchen appliances, has faced subdued demand in 2023, due to the prevailing inflationary crisis, leading consumers to restrain their spending on renovation and appliance upgrades. Despite this, the rising cost of…

Ongoing shortages of raw materials and labour, coupled with rising inflation, resulted in delays for major infrastructure projects and first home builds during the review period. The impact on the housing market has been evident, and with interest…

In 2023, the retail volume growth of home laundry appliances is set to experience a further deceleration, resulting in minimal volume growth for the category. This subdued performance can be attributed to the normalisation of sales, a trend that has…

Following a notable drop in volume sales of food preparation appliances in 2022, as consumers returned to restaurants to enjoy the experience of dining out, and resumed social activities after a complete lifting of pandemic restrictions, the year…

After demand for dishwashers in Australia had already been seeing a slowdown in 2022, volume sales are set to turn to decline 2023. The persistent challenges stemming from the ongoing pandemic, including disruptions in the supply chain and shortages…

Consumer appliances has confronted a series of challenges in Australia in 2023, with demand softening due to multifaceted economic factors. Primarily, the weakening macroeconomic conditions within Australia’s property market have had a pronounced…

In 2022, air treatment products had a successful year, despite a decline in demand for window air conditioners, and only low volume growth for other cooling products. This was attributed to the impact of the La Niña weather pattern on the east coast…

In 2022, vacuum cleaners experienced a decline in its volume sales, and this is set to be followed by a year of only slow growth in 2023. This marks a trend towards normalisation after a period of robust growth witnessed in the first two years of the…

Volume sales of small cooking appliances are set to return to slight growth in 2023, after seeing a decline in 2022, as sales have been normalising following the exceptional demand seen in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic. Retail volume sales, and…

Refrigeration appliances is set to see a weak year in 2023, as several categories are expected to face retail volume decline, after a period of robust expansion during the pandemic, primarily fuelled by the heightened consumer demand for food storage…

Retail volume and current value sales of electric facial cleansers are set to continue to decline in 2023. L’Oréal discontinued its Clarisonic system in 2021. In 2023, Clinique discontinued its own version of an electric facial cleanser, the Sonic…

In 2023, microwaves is set to experience a slight decline in volume sales, continuing the downwards trend from the previous year. These downturns came as a counterpoint to the robust sales witnessed in the first two years of the pandemic, as…

In 2023, electric large cooking appliances are set to experience growth, while gas large cooking appliances are expected to experience volume decline, largely influenced by consumer-driven trends and emerging environmental considerations. The…

Overall home laundry appliances is set to experience retail volume decline for the second year in a row in 2023, in a correction from the dynamic growth seen in 2021. However, the decline in 2023 is expected to be steeper than the one seen in 2022,…