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Wearable electronics is the only main category seeing positive volume growth in France in 2024, albeit at a small level. Meanwhile, smart wearables is seeing the strongest sales. However, we should also note that smart wearables is growing from a…

Portable players continue to struggle in France in 2024, due to the overall outdated image of traditional products in the category. E-readers continues its structural slump, due to the ability for consumers to read e-books on a variety of…

Mobile phones is one of the most interesting categories in consumer electronics in France in 2024, seeing a strong volume rebound (albeit still in a very small negative-figure slump) and achieving small positive value sales. Meanwhile, smartphones is…

Sales in in-car entertainment in France continue to crash in 2024, due to ongoing competition from other options. For example, all new cars now come with integrated media and navigation systems, meaning additional purchases of separate devices are…

Imaging devices remains in a negative volume slump in France in 2024, which is improved upon the previous year, but expected to deepen further over the forecast period. Ultimately, imaging devices faces structural challenges as a category which are…

Home video is stabilising in volume sales in 2024, following the steeper slump seen in 2023. However, the category continues to face some challenges. TVs tend to have longer lifecycles than many other electronics (eg computers and smartphones), thus…

Home audio and cinema is seeing a marginal decline in volume sales in 2024, heralding an improvement upon the past three years. In a cross-category trend, many consumers invested strongly in their in-home entertainment systems during the era of the…

Headphones falls into a slightly steeper volume slump in France 2024, with value sales also failing to achieve positive figures (albeit close, as the sub-decimal decline is minimal). Ongoing economic uncertainties typically affect volume growth due…

Consumer electronics in France continues to struggle in 2024, as sales rebalance after the atypical spikes during the era of the pandemic lockdowns. During this time, many consumers invested in in-home entertainment, thus negatively impacting volumes…

Computers and peripherals remains in a volume slump in France in 2024, as the lifecycles of models purchased during the lockdown sales boom are yet to come to an end. That said, sales continue to inch closer back towards positive figures, with the…

HDPE bottles are the leading pack type in the French home care industry. This material offers a strong, durable and cost-effective packaging solution that meets the needs of both manufacturers and consumers. They are widely used for a variety of home…

The Paris in France report provides comprehensive city level information benchmarked against other cities in the country and region. The report includes historic data and forecasts on city population, consumer expenditure, digital penetration, wealth…

The Marseille in France report provides comprehensive city level information benchmarked against other cities in the country and region. The report includes historic data and forecasts on city population, consumer expenditure, digital penetration,…

In 2023, France ranked 11th among Western European nations for average gross income, while per capita disposable income in real terms recorded an increase over the year. However, the gender gap in terms of employment and income remains an issue in…

The commodities country overview provides comprehensive data on production, consumption and price trends on key commodities markets. The commodities overview in France covers production and consumption trends in agricultural commodities, energy…

This report provides valuable insights into product innovation in France, analysing data from Euromonitor International’s Innovation platform. The report covers the food and beverage categories, showing the level of new brand and sub-brand launch…

Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks looks set to see a return to growth in retail volume terms in 2024 after a challenging couple of years in which sales declined. Growing health concerns played a role in dampening demand in 2022/2023, with…

Sales of sugar confectionery saw further progress in 2023, with retail volume sales exceeding pre-pandemic levels. The category has continued to see positive growth in retail volume terms in 2024 boosted by the revival of children’s birthday parties…

Snacks continues to see strong growth in current value terms in 2024, largely boosted by inflation and price rises. However, snacks also looks set to deliver volume growth, albeit with sales of with certain products declining as consumers switched to…

Savoury snacks is having another good year in 2024 although certain categories are seeing a much stronger performance than others in terms of volume growth. Potato chips, for instance, is seeing solid growth in volume terms while the category’s value…