Understand the key trends shaping demand and future opportunities...
Understand the key trends shaping demand and future opportunities across industries in Eastern Europe, with the latest regional and country-level analysis and market statistics.
While retail value growth was positive in 2023, this was driven by ongoing inflation, with price rises encouraging Serbians to adapt their budgets in line with reduced disposable incomes. Many have begun to focus on essentials while consuming less…
In 2023, laundry care registered a modest overall decline in retail volume terms, although some categories, such as tablet detergents and liquid detergents, spot and stain removers and "other" laundry aids saw increases. The decline in the largest…
Due to increased prices and rising inflation, retail value growth saw a high increase in 2023, recording double-digit growth. Retail volume growth continued to be positive on the landscape, driven by detergent tablets and dryer sheets, although price…
Laundry care in North Macedonia saw double-digit current value growth in 2023, thanks to rising unit prices against a background of high inflation. Overall volume sales within laundry care, however, were largely stagnant in 2023, with diminished…
After the huge price shocks in 2022, unit price growth in laundry care softened to single digits as inflation fell in Lithuania. Concerns regarding inflation also abated in 2023, yet consumers were still conscious when shopping for laundry care and…
In 2023, retail value growth remained double-digit in laundry care, impacted by ongoing inflation and rising price points. Liquid tablet detergents exhibited the most rapid growth in both retail volume and value, thanks to its efficient formula and…
While retail value sales were double-digit, retail volume sales declined in all areas apart from other laundry aids in 2023, with sales negatively impacted by rising inflation and reduced consumer spending power. As such, consumers focused on…
Laundry care in Georgia remains heavily dominated by powder detergents, as these are more affordable than liquid detergents and tablets. Also, consumers believe that powder laundry detergents will last longer and clean better, making them a more…
Though inflation eased in 2023, it was still high. As such, laundry care registered marginal constant value growth and minimal volume growth. Fabric softener registered the highest value growth, but it was liquid detergent that registered the highest…
The laundry care performance in Eastern Europe was close to stagnation in 2020, hit by continued decline in Russia and slower growth in Ukraine and Poland. While the direct impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on laundry care sales will be relatively…