... stable economic outlook, increasing numbers of Latvian women returned to the purchase of more expensive colour cosmetics, focusing particularly on items with natural ingredients which cause less harm to the skin. As a result, demand ...  |  read more...

... all types of goods and services in pharmacies, drug stores, beauty retailers and perfumeries; it excludes sales of pharmaceuticals, health and beauty goods through other retailers. Market volume is number of stores; market value is ...  |  read more...

... in opening new stores, preferring to relocate existing stores to areas with more sales potential (ie shopping malls), more focus was also being placed on internet stores. Euromonitor International's Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in ...  |  read more...

... in terms of value sales, chemists/pharmacies, in 2012. Overall health and beauty specialist retailers saw a 5% current value decline in 2012 because of this strong decline in value sales, which negatively affected the entire ...  |  read more...

... trading down was the most important trend in the category. In order to maintain volume consumption, consumers traded down to cheaper products and brands, trying products by domestic manufacturers. The consumer base of domestic manufacturers ...  |  read more...

... are postponed or cancelled. The need to save money resulted in more rational purchasing and consumption patterns. Consumers tended to have a limited number of make-up items and even skip some additional products. Euromonitor International's ...  |  read more...

... the category. A number of political measures to fight high healthcare costs has further cut their profitability. Euromonitor International's Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Switzerland report offers insight into key trends and developments driving ...  |  read more...

... at a moderate rate of 0.9% in 2012. Despite the economic slowdown and decline in consumer confidence, beauty and personal care recorded better value growth than in 2011. Growth was mainly driven by areas such ...  |  read more...

... to use safe money or to at least get an extra product in addition to the original one. Regular new product introductions also influenced growth. A large number of new sets/kits were introduced with beautiful ...  |  read more...

... cosmetics than ever before. The Body Shop brand was launched in Apotek1 outlets during the review period, while several other companies present in colour cosmetics are making attempts to find new retail distribution channels to ...  |  read more...

... new products and wanted to try them out, to see if their effects are better than those of their favourite products. Also, female consumers tend to have several different colour cosmetics at home for different ...  |  read more...

... are the most popular during Christmas time, when people buy them as gifts to their relatives. Therefore, manufacturers focused on introducing different sets/kits during that time. Euromonitor International's Sets/Kits in Slovakia report offers a comprehensive ...  |  read more...

... revenues are affected by the government’s austerity programmes with the government’s cut to subsidies of prescription medicines in 2011 causing a decline in revenues in 2012. Euromonitor International's Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in United ...  |  read more...