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.
After rapidly changing circumstances in recent years, beauty and personal care in Poland experienced a certain level of stabilisation in 2023, with slow retail volume growth and dynamic current value growth. A major challenge for players was to…
Although beauty and personal care saw only low growth in volume terms in Romania in 2023, strong growth was seen in current value terms. Rising inflation, the pandemic, and the danger of war in Ukraine all led to changes in consumers’ priorities,…
In 2023, beauty and personal care in Serbia witnessed a notable shift driven by inflationary pressures, leading to price increases across all product areas. While value sales experienced growth primarily due to these price hikes, volume sales saw a…
Beauty and personal care in Slovakia registered strong current value growth in 2023 underpinned by soaring inflation which triggered price increases across all categories. The Slovak economy has remained somewhat resilient despite significant…
In 2023, beauty and personal care faced challenges as the Slovenian economy slowed and consumers became more price sensitive. Discount shopping reached an all-time high driving greater momentum in volume sales. With consumers adopting this frugal…
The war in Ukraine derailed the economic recovery of the Czech Republic and further disrupted the growth of real wages. GDP fell slightly in 2023, mainly reflecting a decline in household consumption amidst deteriorating consumer sentiment and a high…
In 2023, beauty and personal care was showing signs of recovery following a significant decline in 2022. Many companies were able to restore the disrupted logistics from 2022 and were operating at full capacity again in 2023. Despite the positive…
While HDPE bottles and folding cartons remained the two biggest pack types in Polish beauty and personal care packaging in unit volume terms in 2022, squeezable plastic tubes was third biggest and was also continuing to record rising unit volumes in…
After seeing a growth spike in 2021, facial care product packaging continued to see strong growth in 2022. This can be attributed to the increasing beauty consciousness among consumers, evolving preferences for personalised skin care routines, the…
One significant trend observed in beer in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2023 was the challenge posed by market saturation and escalating prices. As consumer preferences continued to evolve, the product area faced a decline in overall demand, particularly…