Gum

Retail sales of gum saw a positive performance in current value terms in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous year. Growth was boosted by the return to out-of-home activities, following the normalisation of consumer lifestyles post-COVID-19.…

After seeing a major decline in 2020, when the pandemic first arrived in Uruguay, followed by a further fall in sales in 2021, gum registered a rebound in volume and value terms in 2022, with positive growth also expected for 2023, although sales…

Gum is highly dependent on impulse sales in the traditional channel and so the category was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As demand subsided, companies substantially reduced their staff, product portfolio and distribution. In 2023,…

Consumers continue to conscious about discretionary income in 2023, with the higher price of gum an issue for the less affluent. Gum is not an essential item among Costa Ricans, and so it is easy to reduce consumption, and instead, is more popular as…

Retail gum sales in Bolivia were contracting in volume before the pandemic as younger consumers have switched to other products such as gummies, or use their mobile phones to distract themselves and channel their anxiety. Gum was then hit hard by…