Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Malaysia. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
The full-service restaurants category is seeing growing consumer interest in Korean-influenced restaurants. The Muslim-dominated community in Malaysia is favouring Korean dining concepts, with food options such as Korean fried chicken, gaining…
In 2023, the Malaysian consumer foodservice market saw the continued strengthening of the country’s coffee drinking culture, which provided a notable boost to the performance of the specialist coffee and tea shops channel during the year. The end of…
Stand-alone remained the most popular consumer foodservice location in the Malaysian market in 2023. Most consumer foodservice operators opt for stand-alone locations for their outlets. There has been an increase in the number of consumer foodservice…
There has been a significant rise in the number of Malaysians taking up coffee drinking culture, with the country ranked third highest in terms of coffee consumption in Asia Pacific. With Malaysians becoming more coffee-savvy, there are notable…
Toilet care maintained solid retail volume and current value growth in 2023, although from a relatively low base. Many consumers, especially those with young children, remain in the habit of periodically cleaning the toilet. Even post-pandemic,…
Home care disinfectants saw a retail volume decline in 2022, after the pandemic high. However, the habit of using such products remains, especially amongst many younger consumers, and those with children, and growth resumed in 2023. Consumers…
Volume sales in sports drinks are being suppressed by unit price hikes for a second consecutive year. Whilst the post-pandemic landscape supports sales of sports drinks in theory, the inflationary environment is creating challenges. Within this…
Sales of soft drinks in Malaysia are generally benefitting from the rebound of tourism and foodservice in the post-pandemic landscape. For example, fountain sales are accelerating for carbonates and RTD tea, supported by the growth of hotels in the…
Fountain sales and on-trade volume growth are supported in RTD tea, in part due to the expansion of hotels in Malaysia, such as the Hyatt Place Kuala Lumpur, INNSiDE by Meliá Kuala Lumpur, and Courtyard by Marriott Melaka. It has become the norm for…
RTD coffee is seeing fairly stable, albeit low, volume sales in both on-trade and off-trade terms. This is supported by the popularity of coffee in the country overall, with reports in mid-to-late 2023 citing Malaysia as ranked third in Asia Pacific…