Peru

Sales of home care saw mixed results in 2023 albeit most categories recorded growth in retail volume terms. The rising cost of manufacturing including supplies, packaging and transportation pushed companies to continue raising their prices. The sharp…

Ice cream in Peru is benefitting from high temperatures in 2024, with the country seeing a long hot season throughout 2023 and 2024 and barely any sign of winter. 2024 began with an El Niño phenomenon that brought intense heat waves in different…

2023 was a year of mixed results for alcoholic drinks in Peru. With a second consecutive year of high inflation and a sharp rise in living costs Peruvians became more cautious in their spending when it came to alcoholic drinks, with the most affected…

Cigarettes in Peru continued to suffer from persistent illegal trade in 2023. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the advance of the illicit market - essentially composed of smuggling – has been relentless, with illicit trade in 2023…

Premium fragrances led fragrances sales in Peru in 2023. Premium fragrances achieved healthy value and volume sales, albeit at lower growth rates than seen over the past couple of years, as the category normalised after the pandemic era slump. While…