Retail tissue and hygiene was already seeing dynamic current value growth in Kenya in the review period, but in 2020 a higher increase was seen than in previous years as a result of COVID-19. Although the growth rate of retail hygiene was only marginally higher, retail tissue saw a dynamic increase. Tissue and Hygiene in Kenya report...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the Thai retailing market, with almost all channels seeing sales fall in 2020, particularly in the second quarter of the year during which the government imposed a lockdown over March-May. Store-based non-grocery retailing channels were amongst those hit hardest by the pandemic and measures imposed...
Tissue and hygiene performed slightly weaker in 2020 compared with 2019, which can be attributed to the regression in AFH channels caused by the closing of country borders and concerns regarding personal hygiene and safety in public establishments. COVID-19 has not impacted Taiwan as severely as other countries, and the country has never been...
In 2020, retail tissue and hygiene in Belarus maintained solid current value growth, which was just marginally higher than the increases seen in the previous two years. No lockdown was seen in the country as a result of COVID-19, with retail stores remaining open throughout. However, due to concern about their own health, many Belarusians...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly disrupted retail tissue in the UK. Consumers in the UK entered into a phase of panic buying and the stockpiling of toilet paper, paper towels and boxed facial tissues with the announcement of the first lockdown measures to circumvent the public health impact of COVID-19. Tissue and Hygiene in United...
Overall tissue and hygiene recorded minimal value sales growth with varying developments in volume sales in 2020. While AFH products specifically suffered from lockdowns and the closure of establishments, especially horeca outlets, retail tissue and hygiene benefitted from home seclusion and changed purchasing and usage patterns. Tissue...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Bulgarians started working from home in 2020. Schools and universities closed from March to July and many students switched to distance learning again from November 2020, which led to increased time spent at home. Senior people also reduced the time they spent outside of their homes as a preventive measure. Tissue...
The COVID-19 pandemic first arrived in Mexico in February 2020, resulting in the government attempting to curb the spread of the disease through a lockdown and subsequently all non-essential businesses were closed in April and May, which had a large negative impact on retail in the country. Retailing in Mexico report offers insight...
The response to COVID-19 in Thailand impacted categories within the tissue and hygiene market in different ways during 2020. Incomes were impacted due to rising unemployment and reduced number of working hours with job insecurity making people more cautious in their spending and honing spending towards products considered necessary. Tissue...
Many categories in retailing in Italy suffered greatly in 2020 due to the widespread and severe negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, aside from e-commerce, mobile e-commerce and food and drink e-commerce, which performed well as a result of the restricted movement during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown periods, almost all...