Consumer health in the UK was positively impacted by the emergence of COVID-19 in Q2 2020 due to notable stockpiling behaviour, a focus on preventive health and consumers adjusting to the new normal. The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown measures introduced by the government in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus resulted in a shift...
Consumer health is expected to record higher retail current value growth in 2020 than in the previous year, returning to the growth rates seen in the middle of the review period. This is due to rising interest in health, brought about by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The higher growth is despite the challenging economic...
The fast-spreading COVID-19 virus has dampened economic prospects for 2020. Consumer confidence has been directly hit in Q2 as a result of the first case of COVID-19 being seen at the end of Q1 (11 March), leading to consumers increasingly opting for cheaper Consumer Health brands and generics. Consumer Health in Turkey report offers...
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...
Consumer health value sales will continue to grow in 2020, despite the negative economic impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Lower purchasing power among middle-income consumers and the rising cost of healthcare in Argentina have fuelled a shift towards self-medication in recent years, thus encouraging preventive healthcare. Following this...
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...
Overall, consumer health is expected to perform well, due to increased demand as a result of COVID-19, with most areas product areas expected to register double-digit current value growth. Though 2020 current value growth is not expected to be as high as in 2019, a lot of the growth over the review period was driven by inflation rather than...
The outbreak and development of Coronavirus (COVID-19) from early March 2020 halted the economic improvement in the country. Lockdown and other restrictions on business, education and cultural institutions and the population in general fed into rising unemployment, wage cuts and reduced disposable incomes as the government tried to contain...
The outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea is not predicted to increase growth in 2020, with value growth of 3% expected for the year, compared to value growth of 5% recorded in 2019. As South Korea did not have an enforced lockdown, sales were not impacted by high levels of stockpiling that was seen in other countries Consumer 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,...