Category: Consumer Goods & Retailing
Consumer Goods & Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Spectacles in the United Arab Emirates
Spectacles saw moderate growth in both volume and current value terms in the UAE in 2025, driven, as with contact lenses by myopia control spectacle lenses due in part to increased screen use. Euromonitor International's Spectacles in United Arab Emirates report offers a comprehensive guide to the s ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in Costa Rica
E-vapour products registered both an increase in current value and volume sales in Costa Rica in 2024. However, growth has dampened since restrictions on public vaping were introduced in 2022. In addition, the country has been moving forward with a ban on synthetic nicotine in vaping products. The n ... Read More
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Sunglasses in the United Arab Emirates
Sunglasses in the UAE is enjoying ongoing volume and current value growth, driven by both economic and environmental factors. The industry remains highly fragmented, featuring a blend of global luxury labels and mass-market brands that are accessible to the general public. Demand for premium sunglas ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Saudi Arabia
Rising health concerns in Saudi Arabia remained the principal factor driving the decline in cigarette sales over 2024. Smoking is becoming less socially acceptable, especially among younger adults, as more people associate it with long-term health risks. This shift in perceptions is not only changin ... Read More
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Tobacco in Saudi Arabia
Tobacco in Saudi Arabia witnessed decline in retail volume and value terms over 2024, reflecting the shift away from traditional products. Cigarette volume sales declined further as health concerns, stricter regulations, and rising prices influenced consumers to reduce or stop consuming them. Public ... Read More
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Tobacco in the Philippines
Tobacco in the Philippines witnessed further decline in volume terms over 2024, in line with the falling smoking prevalence. The higher excise tax on cigarettes pushed up retail prices and deterred consumption, especially among the many consumers still facing high costs of living. Economy cigarette ... Read More
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Cigarettes in the Czech Republic
Retail volume sales of cigarettes declined in 2024. This sharp drop was driven by a combination of economic pressures, legislative changes, and shifting consumer preferences. Cigarettes have become increasingly expensive for many consumers, who are already contending with the broader impact of infla ... Read More
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Sunglasses in Italy
Value sales of sunglasses are expected to increase in Italy in current terms in 2025. The category is also set to return to volume growth during the year, thanks to Italy’s GDP being expected to grow by 0.7% in 2025 according to Euromonitor Consumers and Economics data. Private consumption is likely ... Read More
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Dog Food in Brazil
Despite a cooling economy in 2025 following stronger-than-expected growth in the previous year, dog food in Brazil continued to perform well in value terms. While inflation and tighter monetary conditions prompted consumers to adopt more cautious spending behaviours, the growing trend of pet humanis ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in Italy
Next generation products have attracted significant demand in Italy, with younger consumers more interested in trying flavoured e-liquids, heated tobacco and other products. However, unlike traditional combustible tobacco products like cigarettes and cigars and cigarillos, tobacco specialists do not ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in the Philippines
Smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco in the Philippines has benefited from regulatory efforts in recent years. The proliferation of legislation that oversees the production and sale of vapour products spurred demand for closed vaping systems and heated tobacco in 2024. RA 11900, o ... Read More
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Tobacco in Italy
Sales of tobacco in Italy increased in current value terms in 2024 although more moderately compared to previous year. Consumers suffered a decline in disposable income due to high inflation and geopolitical uncertainty triggered by the ongoing impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to ri ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Costa Rica
There was a fall in volume sales of cigarettes in Costa Rica in 2024. However, while smoking prevalence is slowly declining, this did not fully explain the fall in volume sales, with illicit sales increasing. The increase in illicit trade is part of a larger regional trend in Central America where r ... Read More
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Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco in Japan
Cigarillos experienced dynamic growth in Japan from 2016 to 2020, largely due to preferential taxation. Cigarillos, commonly referred to as “little cigar” in Japan, were classified as cigars under the Japanese taxation system at that time, which meant they were subject to lower taxes than cigarettes ... Read More
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Tobacco in Hong Kong, China
Retail volume sales of tobacco in Hong Kong continued to decline in 2024. Hong Kong is taking significant steps towards stringent tobacco control to reduce the smoking rate, and the government is committed to tobacco control, aiming for a smoke-free environment. The new strategy includes short-, med ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in Algeria
The market for smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco in Algeria continued to expand in current value terms in 20224. Consuming smokeless tobacco has long been legally permitted in the country, with loose US-style moist snuff - locally known as chemma - being the sole smokeless toba ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in Spain
E-vapour products continued to see dynamic double-digit growth in retail volume terms in 2024. Closed vaping systems are preferred by Spanish consumers and delivered stronger growth in 2024 than open vaping systems which reported a decline in sales. While traditional tobacco smoking declines, the pr ... Read More
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Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco in the United Arab Emirates
Volume sales of cigars and cigarillos increased in the UAE in 2024. However, growth was modest during the year, largely because these products are typically consumed occasionally rather than daily, unlike cigarettes or e-vapour products. Nevertheless, consumption continues to rise gradually, support ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in the United Arab Emirates
Both e-vapour products and heated tobacco products saw strong growth in the UAE in 2024. Although smokeless tobacco is not currently available in the country, both e-vapour products and heated tobacco have expanded rapidly. While the volume growth for e-vapour products has been significant; this suc ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Volume sales of cigarettes in Bosnia and Herzegovina experienced marginal decline in 2024, driven by a continued decrease in smoking prevalence, persistently high levels of illicit trade, and an ongoing consumer shift toward non-combustible tobacco products. The category continues to be significantl ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Switzerland
Retail volume sales of cigarettes in Switzerland decreased at a moderate pace in 2024. The decline in percentage terms was smaller than in 2022 and 2023. In these two years, demand collapsed again following a short-term increase in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, when opportunities for cros ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Argentina
In 2024, cigarette sales in Argentina saw a significant decline in volume terms, primarily due by persistent economic instability and a drop in smoking prevalence. High inflation continued to erode consumer purchasing power, prompting many smokers to reduce consumption or switch to more affordable a ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Algeria
Retail volume sales of cigarettes, the largest category within Algeria’s tobacco market, recorded only modest growth in 2024, continuing a clear trend of deceleration observed throughout the review period. Despite the absence of government-sponsored anti-smoking campaigns or comprehensive cessation ... Read More
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Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco in Algeria
Cigars, cigarillos, and smoking tobacco continue to represent niche and underdeveloped areas within Algeria’s tobacco market. Retail volume sales of cigars and cigarillos continued to decline in 2024, largely due to the absence of a cigar-smoking culture in the country. Even among affluent urban con ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in Vietnam
Meanwhile, smokeless tobacco remained a negligible category in retail sales terms. This situation is not expected to change over the forecast period. Vietnamese consumers have little knowledge of such products. Chewing tobacco with betel is the only product with a presence in the country, but it onl ... Read More
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