Consumer Appliances

During the height of the pandemic, consumers were seen to be stuffing their homes with a wide range of food preparation appliances. With foodservice operations disrupted many consumers looked to recreate their favourite dishes at home. Furthermore,…

Blenders is expected to account for over 70% of sales of food preparation appliances in volume terms in Japan in 2023. The performance of blenders is therefore crucial to the performance of the overall category. Blenders is set to see another year of…

The market for food preparation appliances in Malaysia saw a slight dip in terms of overall volume sales in 2023, following positive trends established in previous years. The fall was curbed by a sustained interest in cooking at home, particularly…

In Mexico in 2023 the market for food preparation appliances is seeing continued growth, having shown resilience through the changes in lifestyle brought on by the pandemic. Despite a return to pre-pandemic activities, the home cooking and baking…

In 2023, small food preparation appliances like blenders and food processors continue to be top sellers in Morocco. The affordability and value these appliances offer makes them an attractive choice for many Moroccan households, particularly blenders…

Food preparation appliances faced significant challenges in 2023, predominantly influenced by adverse economic conditions in Nigeria. High inflation rates, a devalued local currency, and surges in fuel prices collectively constrained consumer…

A continued fall in retail volume sales was noted in 2023, following a spike in sales noted during home seclusion and COVID-19. In addition, following the lifting of restrictions, household spending priorities have shifted away from appliances to…

Food preparation appliances continue to see robust volume growth in 2023, underpinned by the strong emphasis on home cooking. There has been a growing interest in healthy eating among Polish consumers, leading to a stronger emphasis on home-made…

After the strong growth registered during the pandemic period, food preparation appliances are seeing volume decline in 2023 for the second consecutive year. Demand has been hampered by rising prices and the high cost of living of Portugal,…

Food preparation appliances are maintaining positive volume sales in 2023, supported by consumers’ focus on healthy diets and lifestyles. Many households remain interested in upgrading their food preparation appliances due to the focus on preparing…

In a cross-category trend, ongoing urbanisation and population growth in the Kingdom are also underpinning demand for food preparation appliances. Notably, the trend for modern and smart-connected homes is leading consumers to increasingly seek…

While food preparation appliances experienced an uptick in demand in 2020 due to pandemic-induced lockdowns, the positive trend was temporary as the category returned to volume declines in 2021 and 2022, as many Singaporeans started to cook less at…

The consistent increase in the general cost of living in South Africa is pushing consumers to review how they spend their money. One way to achieve this is to prepare meals at home which would otherwise be purchased from retailers, or foodservice…

Retail volume sales of food preparation appliances are declining for a second consecutive year in 2023. This is a trend evident across the category, with juice extractors experiencing the steepest decline. This is being driven by several factors, but…

Sales of food preparation appliances reported a decline in retail volume terms in 2023 for the second year running, albeit the decline was not quite as significant with inflation stabilising to slightly more stable levels. Overall, demand for these…

Food preparation appliances experienced a strong decline in volume sales in 2023. After the COVID-19 crisis, households shifted their spending priorities away from food preparation appliances towards activities that had been largely curtailed by the…

Following the outbreak of COVID-19, consumers gradually returned to eating out and using food delivery services more frequently. Less time was spent cooking at home, leading to lower expenditure on food preparation in 2023.

Food preparation appliances experienced slightly slower growth in retail volume terms in 2023 compared to the previous two years, which was mainly due to the economic slowdown and rising household debt. These economic challenges have significantly…

Cordless mixers and blenders are yet to be popular in the Czech Republic, with many consumers preferring traditional models; not only because they are more affordable, but out of habit. Manufacturers will continue to offer cordless models, set to be…

Food preparation appliances recorded a decline in retail volume sales in 2023, driven by consumers' reluctance to spend on the appliances due to rising inflation. In addition, many had invested in appliances during COVID-19, having little motivation…

The overall demand for food preparation appliances continued to decline in 2023. This performance was driven by the ongoing downward trajectory in retail volume sales of blenders, which, nonetheless, continued to dominate demand. Blenders are not…

Despite economic variables, such as inflation and fluctuations in the housing market, demand for food preparation appliances remains resilient. While these factors can influence consumer spending, innovative product offerings and changing consumer…

Food preparation appliances is set to experience an overall decline in retail volume terms in 2023, with this category expected to see the biggest fall in sales amongst all the small appliances categories. Food preparation appliances experienced the…

Unit volumes of food preparation appliances are set to decline for a second year in 2023, due to the challenging macroenvironment and maturity in the category. While consumers’ willingness to absorb price increases in 2022 to some degree mitigated…

Sales in food preparation appliances see healthy volume growth in 2023, continuing the trend seen since the era of the pandemic, when consumers were spending more time cooking at home and trying out new recipes. Indeed, food preparation appliances…

Food preparation appliances continue to perform well, albeit at lower rates of retail volume growth than seen over the past few years. Overall, sales of food preparation appliances are supported by the higher incomes and standards of living seen in…

Home laundry appliances, along with refrigeration appliances and dishwashers, represent the costliest appliances consumer appliances. These appliances typically have a relatively prolonged average replacement cycle. Especially in the case of…

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…

Demand for home laundry appliances fell in 2023 for a second consecutive year. The development in home laundry appliances was in line with the major appliances landscape, while the volume decline was less severe than in dishwashers. Impacting retail…

Retail volume sales of home laundry appliances in Brazil are stabilising in 2023, following several years of decline. Consumer confidence rates are improving as national interest rates have decreased and the impact on appliance prices, as well as…

Laundry appliances in Canada sustained a decline for the second consecutive year in 2023. This downturn follows a period of notable value and volume growth in 2021 and a slight decline in 2022 due to softened consumer demand. The intensified decline…

After record growth in 2021, driven by greater financial liquidity available to Chileans through various government initiatives to support the local economy, demand for home laundry appliances notably declined in 2022. Since many Chileans had already…

Overall, home laundry appliances is set to experience another year of single-digit retail volume decline in 2023, driven by the sluggish performance of the leading category in terms of volume sales, automatic washing machines, as well as…

The economic landscape in the country has resulted in a noticeable decline in the sales volume of home laundry appliances. Throughout 2023, there has been a significant decrease in the sales of automatic dryers and washing machines. Several factors…

Volume sales decreased for a second consecutive year in 2023, although the downward trend was not as steep as in 2022. Home laundry appliances are still recoiling from a spike in sales at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. With…

Automatic washing machines continue to see healthy volume growth in 2023, following the sharp rise in purchases in the year prior. Automatic washing machines witnessed exceptional growth in 2022, as consumers invested in these appliances before…

In a difficult year for the home laundry category, automatic dryers suffered the most due to growing competition with washer dryers. In addition, in a context of high energy bills, such products are seen as a costly purchase even beyond the…

Throughout 2023, a harmonised trend was being seen across all German home laundry appliance categories, reflecting the country’s unyielding standards and preferences. Driven by uniform consumer demands for durability, innovation and efficiency, this…

Although washing machines are appliances of high priority and will therefore be replaced immediately if they stop working, the replacement of functioning washing machines was postponed by consumers in 2022 and 2023. This was due to households gaining…

The demand for automatic washer dryers is expected to continue to see notable growth in 2023, driven by an upturn in residential apartments, as well as the removal of pandemic restrictions. As local consumers residing in apartments appreciate…

The home laundry appliances landscape recorded an overall retail volume decline in 2023, challenged by inflation and rising price points. Automatic dryers continued to decline in terms of retail volume in 2023. Media in the country were active in…

After a year of strong recovery in 2022, the growth of home laundry appliances marginally slowed in 2023, but demand remained robust due to factors such as increasing penetration, a greater need for convenience-driven appliances, access to financing…

The use of local laundry services served as a threat to the performance of home laundry appliances in 2023. Indonesian consumers appreciate the value and convenience of these facilities, which enable them to have their clothes washed and dried at…

In late 2022, prices increased by 10-15%. Distributors placed big orders ahead of these price increases. Moreover, consumer demand fell significantly, leading to a surplus of inventory in 2023. Consumers were reluctant to invest in big ticket items…

Sales of home laundry appliances have continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, after a steep decline in 2022. This is in part due to high interest rates which have made it more difficult for consumers to buy a new home, as well as making…

In Japan, the front-loading format of washer dryers and washing machines is called the drum type (drum-gata), whereas top-loading products are called the vertical type (tate-gata). Generally speaking, many washer dryers fall under the drum type in…

Post-pandemic the demand for home laundry appliances has been declining in Malaysia, following a pandemic-era trend of increased investment in such products amid a notable shift towards enhancing home comfort. With travel and holiday plans curtailed,…

Home laundry appliances in Mexico is another category that has continued to post a robust performance due to the sustained trend of hybrid or fully remote working. The resulting consumer behaviour has inclined towards enhancing domestic efficiency,…

Home laundry appliances continues to witness recovery from the sharp decline in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumers are generally more comfortable about making an outlay on big ticket items such as home laundry appliances. Having said that,…

In 2023, home laundry appliances experienced a substantial decline in volume sales due to adverse economic conditions severely impacting consumer spending power. The prevalence of high inflation, triggered by the depreciation of the local currency…