Market research on the home care industry. Our reports feature a ...
Market research on the home care industry. Our reports feature a wealth of standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and share data, distribution and industry trends.
Polishes is seeing a negative volume slump, while value sales are supported by price hikes affecting categories across home care as a whole. Indeed, polishes represents a category which consumers can easily substitute – especially with the growing…
Value sales of shoe polish experienced a marginal increase in 2023, attributed in part to the occurrence of more military exercises in Singapore. This uptick can be linked to the specific needs and preferences within the military community, as well…
While retail value sales were positively impacted by price increases, leading to double-digit growth, retail volume sales of polishes in Serbia were challenged. Price growth and the decline in disposable incomes led consumers to forgo the purchases…
Demand for polish continued to rise in 2023, following the retail volume declines of 2020 due to pandemic-induced home seclusion. The latter resulted in waning interest in polishing one’s footwear, for instance, with the latter experiencing the…
The demand for polishes continued on a downward trajectory in 2023. These products were considered non-essential or obsolete by a large share of the consumer base, especially younger people. Furthermore, substitution and cannibalisation continued to…
Polishes saw a continued fall in volume sales in 2023, following an established trend of decline, though the category saw value growth driven by global inflation leading to rising unit prices. The main challenge facing polishes is its niche status,…
Double-digit retail value growth was registered in 2023, boosted by rising price points, while retail volume growth remained positive in all areas, bar shoe and metal polish. Furniture polish saw the largest growth, with the purpose of furniture…
Sales of polishes plummeted in retail volume terms in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19 with consumer priorities switching to more essential needs. Although the pandemic is now over volume sales remain well below pre-pandemic levels with demand…
The strong rise in demand for polishes continued in 2023, primarily propelled by the growing middle-class consumer base in the country. The rising consumer base of middle-class households can be attributed to improving disposable incomes and…
The multifunctional nature of home care products continued to restrict growth opportunities for polishes in 2023. For example, surface care wipes are increasingly used to remove dirt from shoes, floor cleaners replace floor polish, and automatic…