The comparatively long lockdown Ireland experienced relative to its island neighbour, had a noticeable impact on the recovery of beauty and personal care in 2021. With continued social restrictions and remote working orders in place for much of the year, there was disparate growth among different categories. Overall however, sales improved...
Having declined at an unprecedented pace during 2020, the central theme in beauty and personal care in Spain in 2021 was one of gradual recovery. However, the impact of the pandemic on this category has been far from uniform. During 2020, colour cosmetics, sun care and fragrances performed particularly poorly, as local consumers spent much...
In 2021, COVID-19 related restrictions remained in place for most of the year. This had a mixed impact on the performance of beauty and personal care in 2021, despite recording overall positive volume and value growth. Product areas such as skin care, bath and shower, oral care, baby and child-specific products remained highly resilient. Beauty...
COVID-19 has been the catalyst for a rapid change in consumer behaviour in Thailand, with the pandemic impacting the local economy, the ability for consumers to move freely and restricting entry to inbound tourism. Further waves of COVID-19 hit Thailand in 2021 and subsequently delayed the re-opening of its borders and domestic economic activities. Beauty...
Compared to a subdued performance in 2020 due to rising price sensitivity and limited mobility as a result of the pandemic, beauty and personal care recorded dynamic growth rates in 2021, despite the fact that the country continued to suffer from the effects of COVID-19. This is especially significant taking into account that 2020 was a particularly...
2021 was a year of great change for Taiwan. The pandemic finally broke through the country’s measures to contain COVID-19, with mid-May seeing the country enter Alert Level 3 that lasted for two and a half months before being lowered to Alert Level 2. Therefore, up until the end of 2021, Taiwan remained in a state of tension, subduing the...
Overall, beauty and personal care saw a better year in 2021 than in 2020, albeit it did not recover to the 2019 level of sales. The only categories to see a decline in value terms in 2021 were bath and shower and depilatories. The decline for the former was mostly due to the natural reduction in volume and value sales for hand sanitisers and...
Having declined steeply during 2020, retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of beauty and personal care began to stabilise in 2021, with no more than a marginal decline. Maybe of the trends that were driven by the pandemic during 2020 evaporated in 2021. For example, having surged by almost a third in 2020, as local consumers paid more...
With the concept of beauty becoming increasingly globalised, inclusivity and diversity have become fundamental components of highly relevant brand messages. As a result, the industry continues to broaden product portfolios to cater for an expanding consumer base with increasing levels of diversity. Local consumers value product certifications...
The COVID-19 crisis had a varied impact on the performance of the beauty and personal care market in Indonesia. The marked reduction in physical social interaction due to stay at home measures and the shift to working and studying from home undermined demand for products such as colour cosmetics and fragrances. While colour cosmetics saw an...