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...
COVID-19 will have a significant effect on current value sales growth in consumer health during 2020, but the impact will not be uniformly negative. Wound care will be particularly badly affected, as people are spending less time on the move and out of doors due to restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the virus. As a result, they...
Consumer health is expected to see moderate current value growth in 2020, partially benefitting from the COVID-19 health crisis. The virus created changes in purchasing habits for many consumers who feared falling ill. This led to stockpiling analgesics at the start of the outbreak and generally increased demand of immunity boosting products...
Consumer health is expected to see lower current value growth in 2020 than was seen the previous year, largely as a result of COVID-19. The hardest hit categories in 2020 are likely to be sports nutrition and weight management. The demand for these products was significantly dampened due to the introduction of lockdown restrictions, which...
Consumer health in the United Arab Emirates is set to record a positive performance in 2020, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic contributing as one of the major reasons for the growth. However, overall demand for many categories is set to be more subdued after initial stockpiling during lockdown in Q1 considering the recessionary macroeconomic...
Overall consumer health is expected to see a slightly slower current value growth rate in 2020 than seen in any other year of the review period. Although this is due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, categories are being impacted in very different ways. Consumer behaviour and spending on consumer health products have changed significantly...
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 in Ireland was positively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic due to Irish consumers taking on a preventative health approach focusing on having sufficient medical supplies should they need to treat symptoms of illness while social distancing measures remain in place. In particular, consumers stocked up on key categories such...
COVID-19 will boost demand for consumer health products in 2020, with slightly higher current value growth expected as a result. As news about the virus emerged in the Peru, with the first case hitting the country in March 2020, consumers began panic-buying, causing sales of a range of products related to the virus to increase. Consumer...
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...