Health and Beauty Specialists

Beauty specialists benefitted from the continued post-pandemic return to increased time spent socialising and working outside of the home in France in 2023. Demand rose in categories like colour cosmetics, among others. Similarly, optical goods…

Driven by significant price increases, overall health and beauty specialists saw strong growth in value sales in Austria in 2023, roughly at the same level as retail offline overall. Consumers' willingness to spend in this category has generally…

The Danish health and personal care store Normal witnessed a strong performance in 2023 due to the success of its retail concept. Consumers have been flocking to Normal for budget offers in 2023, with the retailer competing on price with both…

The Dia supermarket chain reached an agreement to sell 1,000 Clarel stores to Colombian group Trinity in 2023. The deal, which it is estimated will reach EUR42.2 million, will see payments spread over six years and will include three distribution…

Health and beauty specialists in Belgium continued to enjoy positive growth in current value terms in 2023. However, this driven mainly by inflationary pressures, as retailers, squeezed by rising input costs, were forced to raise their prices. Within…

Health and beauty specialists continued to see some benefit from consumers’ return to retail shopping in Denmark in 2023. However, although the Danish economy as a whole was performing relatively well in 2023 with falling unemployment and inflation,…

All health and beauty specialist retailers grew in Portugal in 2023, with beauty specialists reaching the highest growth – having seen the most significant negative impact during COVID-19. Following a decline in outlets in 2022, store numbers…

Health and beauty specialists in Switzerland recorded modest growth in 2023, mainly driven by evolving self-care trends and growing health consciousness. Health and wellness continue to play major roles in Swiss consumers’ lives, especially as daily…

Retailers are increasingly focusing on an omnichannel strategy in order to allow the consumer to shop in the way that they see fit and which is most convenient to them and which can maximise the retailer’s reach and sales potential. This in turn is…

In spite of continuing soaring price prises, health and beauty specialists performed well in Tukey in 2023, with constant value sales increasing by over a fifth overall, and with beauty specialists in particular performing strongly, Part of the…