Mexico

Sugar confectionery packaging, which recorded a decline in its unit volumes when the pandemic hit Mexico in 2020, recorded increasing sales for a third year since then in 2023, continuing its strong post-pandemic recovery. Sugar confectionery in…

Contact lenses in Mexico have very low penetration among people with eyesight problems, with most people instead wearing spectacles. One of the main reasons is the lack of trained personnel at optical goods stores to carry out the fitting and…

Rigid plastic is the main packaging format used for dairy products in Mexico, accounting for more than half of the unit volumes used in this category. Rigid plastic has also been gaining unit volume share in recent years, including 2023. Rigid…

Mexico continued to see elevated inflation inn 2023, albeit the country still recorded steady GDP growth. Projections for 2024 suggest lower inflation of around 4%, with GDP growth of between 2-3%. With slower economic growth predicted for 2024, this…

Gardening saw significant current value growth in Mexico in 2023. Consumer interest in gardening remained robust during the year, with virtually all gardening categories reporting value growth, driven, in part, by inflation. While growth was more…

A growing economy and favourable macroeconomic factors, such as low unemployment and a growing housing market, drove value sales growth in Mexico’s home and garden market in 2023. While growth was marginal in home furnishings, it was more robust in…

Mexico’s home furnishings market witnessed marginal current value growth in 2023, fuelled by high inflation as well as resilient consumer demand in the category. In spite of significant inflationary pressures, the economic growth witnessed by the…

Mexico’s home improvement market saw substantial current value growth in 2023 as consumers retained an interest in undertaking home renovation tasks. The growing housing and construction markets as well as record low unemployment and real wage growth…

The Mexican homewares market continued to see current value growth in 2023, driven by two primary factors. Firstly, as work-from-home and hybrid work models persisted in the year, consumers maintained an interest in home cooking and refreshed their…

The pandemic in Mexico has resulted in a sustained interest in home cooking, which has lasted even after COVID-19-related restrictions were removed. With the resumption of busy lives, time-strapped consumers looking to make meals at home were opting…