Market research on the beauty and personal care industry. Standar...
Market research on the beauty and personal care industry. Standardised and cross-comparable total market sizes, market share and share data, distribution and industry trends and category level information.
The tough economic conditions that prevailed in Morocco during 2022 prompted many consumers to become much more cautious with regards to their discretionary spending and this put huge pressure on demand for premium beauty and personal care. While…
Due to the economic crisis and the currency reserves that are in continuous decline, the Ministry of Trade opted to implement new rules on the importation of premium beauty and personal care products. Companies that want to import beauty and personal…
Premium beauty and personal care recorded strong retail current value terms in 2022. The retail current value growth rate was higher than that seen in mass beauty and personal care. The reasons for this performance were, on the one hand, significant…
The premium beauty and personal care category in Cameroon is still niche due to low demand as the target audience remains small. This has been a key reason why it has been a struggle to have established beauty specialists that focus solely on the…
Premium beauty and personal care witnessed dynamic growth in current value terms in 2022, albeit slightly slower compared to 2021. Premium beauty and personal care outpaced the growth of the mass segment. However, the gap between the growth of the…
In 2022, premium beauty and personal care saw sales skyrocket in Germany in retail current value terms, with growth outpacing that of the mass segment. This was driven by an increase in opportunities to spend time outside of the home, the expansion…
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with a large young population. Its rising GDP per capita is fuelling the growth of the economy. Real GDP in India continued to expand in 2022, recording 7% growth, outperforming the average…
According to the current value of Brazilian GDP in dollars, Brazil ranks 12th amongst the world’s largest economies, almost on a par with Iran, which ranks 11th and has benefited from rises in oil prices. The fact that the Brazilian market holds…
In 2023, premium beauty and personal care in Argentina registered a strong contraction in retail volume terms, while retail value sales rose. Import restrictions were the key challenge for retail volume sales, with imports of premium beauty and…
In 2023, premium beauty and personal care products in Belgium registered a negative performance in volume terms, while value growth rose at a pace. Inflation generated strong price rises in 2023 compared to 2022, with purchasing power remaining under…
Premium beauty and personal care in Canada witnessed robust growth in 2023, driven by consumers' heightened focus on self-care, health, and wellbeing. Despite the lingering stress and economic turbulence induced by the pandemic and high inflation,…
The expansion of beauty specialists helped to drive the growth of premium beauty and personal care in Colombia in 2023. After the pandemic, the channel witnessed a steady increase in value share across most categories and gained ground from other…
While premium beauty and personal care sales experienced positive growth in value terms in Finland in 2023, the volume growth trajectory varied across categories, ranging from stagnant to moderately negative. The challenging economic environment,…
Premium beauty and personal care continued to grow in current value terms in Japan in 2023, partly due to increased opportunities for going out, and a return to department stores. Particularly strong growth was seen by premium lip products, premium…
Consumers in New Zealand were found to spend more cautiously in 2023 due to rising living costs, which limited growth in premium beauty and personal care. Many consumers found that they were spending more on everyday necessities and as a result were…
Premium beauty and personal care witnessed more dynamic growth in current value terms in 2023 than mass beauty and personal care. There were a number of factors behind this, although one of the major ones was the increased number of tourists. With…
Premium beauty and personal care recorded a strong performance in 2023, despite the high inflation and economic instability in the country. Bulgarian consumers showed an increased interest in premium products, with strong double-digit value growth in…
In 2023, premium beauty and personal care ranges recorded a stronger performance than mass goods despite the challenging economic environment and ongoing high inflation. This was mainly due to the very strong performance of premium ranges within…
Premium beauty and personal care maintained solid but slowing current value growth in South Korea in 2023. Within premium beauty and personal care, fragrances, BB/CC creams, hand care, and lipstick demonstrated robust growth, amongst others. These…
Sales in premium beauty and personal care in Spain were somewhat hampered by the economic environment in 2023. Inflationary pressures have led to high unit prices against a backdrop of lower consumer spending power, in turn resulting in consumers…
In Singapore, premium beauty and personal care maintained solid current value growth in 2023, with premium fragrances and premium skin care standing out as the primary drivers of actual value growth, and remaining the largest categories overall. This…
In 2023, premium beauty and personal care in China saw a notable current value rebound from the decline seen in 2022, although sales did not quite return to the 2021 level. After premium skin care, premium colour cosmetics is the largest category…
Despite price hikes and falling purchasing power amidst persistently high inflation, overall demand for premium beauty and personal care products in Algeria remained reasonably robust in 2023. This resilience was partly explained by the fact that the…
Premium beauty and personal care saw dynamic growth in current value terms in 2023 despite the challenging economic environment and soaring inflation. Consumers of premium beauty personal care products were more accepting of price increases due to a…
Premium beauty and personal care in Norway experienced a resurgence in 2023, following a slowdown in 2022. Premiumisation remains the defining trend within Norwegian beauty and personal care. Consumers increasingly seek products formulated with…
The polarisation trends seen over the review period continued to be seen on Portugal's premium beauty and personal care landscape in 2023. Despite inflationary pressures from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and eroded disposable incomes, premium…
Premium skin and sun care in Slovakia recorded strong growth in 2023 despite challenging inflation. Over the review period, premium skin care has established a solid position among Slovak consumers. There has been a gradual increase in premium brands…
Premium beauty and personal care continued to see strong current value growth in the Czech Republic in 2023, moving even further beyond pre-pandemic levels. Rising average unit prices were key to growth during the year, driven by the high rate of…
Premium beauty and personal care in the Netherlands saw strong retail current value growth in 2023. This was the first year with no Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on the opening hours of beauty and personal care retailers since the outbreak of…
Premium beauty and personal care products in the Philippines continued to see solid growth in current value terms in 2023. This was due in a large part to the return of consumers to their physical workplaces and an increase in social engagements,…
Premium beauty and personal care in Vietnam saw current value growth driven by several factors in 2023. Rising income levels and an ageing population has meant that more Vietnamese consumers are now earmarking a greater proportion of their budgets…
Premium beauty and personal care registered minimal constant value growth in Bolivia in 2023, as rising prices, brought on by a sharp fall in foreign currency reserves, led to increased prices particularly for imported brand. This also led to a…
Premium beauty and personal care continued to advance sales and has faced uninterrupted growth since the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant unit price increases have fuelled sales as inflation remains stubbornly high in Bosnia and Herzegovina.…
The long-term premiumisation trend continued to have an influence on sales across numerous categories of beauty and personal care during 2023. The segment of the local population that can easily afford premium products remains quite small, although…
In 2023, the Dominican economy showed moderate growth although GDP remains lower than before the pandemic. This low growth in the economy, combined with a period of higher living costs, led consumers to prioritise their purchases. In beauty and…
Premium skin care performed very strongly in Greece in 2023 in current value terms, with premium dermocosmetic brands sold in pharmacies spearheading growth and registering significantly better performance compared to their mass counterparts. While…
Premium beauty and personal care saw robust value sales in Peru in 2023, which was supported by new brands entering the arena.
Premium beauty and personal care in Sweden continues to be a powerhouse, experiencing robust growth in 2023. This growth comes at the expense of mass beauty and personal care, with consumers increasingly trading up for more sophisticated beauty and…
In 2023, premium beauty and personal care in Switzerland saw further positive, if slower than over 2021-2022, retail current value growth. Colour cosmetics and sun care were strong growth drivers towards the end of the review period as Swiss society…
In 2023, premium beauty and personal care in Thailand rose with double-digit growth rate in current value terms as local consumers continued to invest in their personal self-care routines. Mid-to-high- income consumers tend to allocate their beauty…
With inflation easing in 2023, premium beauty and personal care in Azerbaijan performed well in 2023, registering higher value growth than mass. That being said, mass still accounted for significantly more value sales. Fragrances are the most popular…
Despite the economic situation in Chile in 2023, which forced consumers to prioritise their purchases, premium beauty and personal care maintained steady current value growth, at a very similar level to that recorded in 2022. However, significant…
Volume sales growth in premium beauty and personal care in Guatemala was moderate in 2023, with current value sales rising rapidly as a result of price increases, though at a slower rate than during the previous two years. Local habits in terms of…
Premium beauty and personal care saw double-digit current value growth in Israel in 2023. Overall, the premium trend slowed at the end of the review period, as the disposable income of local consumers declined and there was a growing willingness to…
In 2023, Taiwan's premium beauty and personal care recorded positive retail growth, above mass market goods. Trends in premium sales were aligned to mass market trends, with growth strongest in premium colour cosmetics and fragrances. Much of this…
Premium beauty and personal care in Turkey experienced a strong year in 2023, with fragrances leading the growth surge. This category emerged as the largest and most dynamic segment within premium beauty and personal care. Several factors contributed…
During 2023, there was a strong recovery in premium beauty and personal care value sales after the steep decline registered a year earlier, with a particularly dynamic performance being seen in demand for dermocosmetic products. Consumers were…
E-commerce continued to gain importance in terms of premium beauty and personal care distribution in Costa Rica in 2023. While this was in keeping with the trend evident across the market as a whole, the channel’s rising penetration also reflected…
Premium beauty and personal care in Denmark witnessed a slight rise in current value growth in 2023 following the decline faced by this segment in 2022. Sales performance in the past two years has been muted following the dynamic current value growth…
Premium beauty and personal care remains a category with very low penetration within Ecuador. In the midst of perennial low sales and a general lack of dynamism, L'Oréal and its local partner Quifatex SA have begun to revitalise the category with the…