With Kenyans mired in the COVID-19 pandemic, it is perhaps not surprising that value sales of consumer health products are set to rise in 2020 at a rate higher than those recorded during the review period. Broadly, a pandemic-inspired heightened focus on maintaining/improving health is driving greater interest in over the counter (OTC) health...
Consumer health is expected to see increased current value growth in 2020. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled growth of immunity-boosting vitamins and dietary supplements, as well as topical germicidals/antiseptics in the year. Sleep aids have also benefited from increased levels of stress and anxiety as a result of COVID-19,...
Consumer health is expected to see varied effects across a number of product areas in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analgesics and cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies are expected to see spikes in retail current value growth in 2020 because of consumer stockpiling. Demand for these product areas is expected to increase...
The emergence of the pandemic in Colombia and subsequent lockdown by the government in an attempt to control the spread of the virus resulted in rising unemployment and decreasing disposable incomes, and led to many local consumers prioritising their spending on essential purchases, including groceries and medicines. Consumer health therefore,...
Consumer health has seen slightly higher growth overall in current value terms in 2020 compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, growth has remained largely in line with the review period average, with economic pressures preventing any more significant gains. When COVID-19 first appeared in South Africa there was some initial stockpiling...
To mitigate the risk of contracting COVID-19 consumers in Japan have been confining themselves to their homes on a more regular basis, while they are also taking a more proactive approach to their health, focusing on prevention over treatment. This has resulted in contrasting fortunes for the various product categories within consumer health....
In response to COVID-19 the Swiss government introduced a range of measures to limit the spread of the virus, with this having a mixed impact on the various categories of consumer health. Nonetheless, there was an overall improvement seen in 2020, spurred on by stronger sales in key categories including analgesics, cough, cold and allergy...
COVID-19 had a significant impact on consumer health in Austria in 2020 with it resulting in consumers reassessing their priorities and focusing on their immediate concerns. As concerns rose about the threat posed by COVID-19 many households started stocking up on products that were perceived to treat the symptoms of the virus, such as analgesics...
2020 has proven to be a fairly turbulent year for consumer health in Germany following the emergence of the pandemic. After the ‘’hamster’’ (stockpiling purchases) period in March due to various lockdown restrictions by the government in an effort to curb the spread of the virus, it was followed by a slump, with the market subsequently entering...
The Malaysian Government implemented the Movement Control Order (MCO) from 18 March to 4 May in an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. There followed the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) – between 4 May and 10 June, and the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) – between 10 June and 31 August. All...