Category: Consumer Goods & Retailing
Costa Rica Consumer Goods & Retailing
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Polishes in Costa Rica
... current value sales slowed during the latter part of the review period, and this trend continued in 2024. Competing products, such as surface care, increasingly offer cleaning properties that are similar to polishes. Many local ... Read More
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Home Care in Costa Rica
... demand for home care, with a modest acceleration in retail volume sales. However, the rate of growth in retail current value sales slowed significantly, due in large part to a slowdown in the rate of ... Read More
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Costa Rica Cigarettes
... products increased at a faster rate than in 2022. Together with the fact that purchasing power among the population fell sharply towards the end of the review period due to the spike in global inflationary ... Read More
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Costa Rica Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
... among the population, the category’s strong showing reflected a sustained and impressive recovery in inbound tourism in the wake of the pandemic. Visiting tourists often purchase large quantities of cigars to take back as gifts ... Read More
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Costa Rica Tobacco
... terms continued to be undermined by falling demand for cigarettes, the dominant product type, though the rate of decline was markedly slower than in the previous year, and most other categories expanded in this regard. ... Read More
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Costa Rica Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... that rising health awareness is driving more smokers to migrate from cigarettes and other forms of tobacco to vaping, which is generally considered to be less harmful, whether as a long-term substitute, a quitting aid ... Read More
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Costa Rica Skin Care
... dermocosmetic varieties offered by brands like La Roche-Posay, Vichy and Uriage become more widely available in the country and secure increasing amounts of space on the shelves of pharmacies, particularly those operated by chains such ... Read More
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Costa Rica Bath and Shower
... established products. This trend was particularly visible in bar soap, where antibacterial claims continued to be widely used in 2023 despite the fact that concerns about COVID-19 have now largely receded. Indeed, such claims have ... Read More
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Costa Rica Colour Cosmetics
... of longer-lasting formulas increased as consumers returned to the office and spent more time socialising outside the home. New launches, advertising campaigns and improvements in distribution also helped to boost sales. Most brands now offer ... Read More
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Costa Rica Deodorants
... which is made with activated charcoal and positioned as having superior antiperspirant and odour control efficacy. Similarly, Dove Uniform Tone attracted growing attention with the claim that it can restore the natural tone of underarm ... Read More
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Costa Rica Depilatories
... the strong recovery in consumer confidence and purchasing power that accompanied rapidly falling inflation. However, buoyant demand was also supported by the resumption of pre-pandemic routines, in that many women became inclined to use these ... Read More
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Costa Rica Mass Beauty and Personal Care
... toothpaste and toothbrushes, rising consumer awareness of the benefits this ingredient offers in terms of health and efficacy ensured such varieties also became more widely available and attracted growing attention in several other categories. Successful ... Read More
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Costa Rica Oral Care
... extensive distribution coverage. However, a number of niche-oriented brands from smaller companies have recently enjoyed growing success in this category with product types, claims and flavours that clearly differentiate them from larger competitors. Among them ... Read More
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Costa Rica Hair Care
... are considered a basic necessity by most consumers, it continued to benefit from rising demand for more innovative types with advanced formulas that claim to actively nourish and strengthen hair, repair damage caused by styling ... Read More
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Costa Rica Fragrances
... were increasing from a much lower base, premium brands were also the chief beneficiaries of improvements in confidence and purchasing power among consumers brought about by a dramatic reduction in inflationary pressures. In addition, with ... Read More
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Costa Rica Sun Care
... slow significantly from 2022 but bolstered purchasing power among consumers. The main driver of volume sales however was an impressive increase in inbound tourist numbers, which surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time. Inbound tourism ... Read More
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Costa Rica Premium Beauty and Personal Care
... across the market as a whole, the channel’s rising penetration also reflected the fact that online purchases are more likely to be made by higher-income consumers, who comprise the core target audience for the premium ... Read More
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Costa Rica Men's Grooming
... soap that is suitable for cleansing the body, hands and hair, Suave Men Body & Face Wash, and a 3-in-1 body, face and post-shave lotion from Lubriderm. Beauty and personal care items offering greater versatility ... Read More
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Costa Rica Baby and Child-Specific Products
... to baby and child-specific products, in that most stores only carried a limited assortment of items from major brands. With supply chain disruption having since largely eased, by 2023 shelves were fully stocked once again. ... Read More
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Costa Rica Beauty and Personal Care
... a marginal decline in 2022. These results reflected a rapid reduction in inflationary pressures, with the country actually experiencing persistent deflation from June onwards. This was a sea change from the previous year, when annual ... Read More
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Cigarettes in Costa Rica
... India and South Korea via the Colón Free Trade Zone in Panama. These are transported to Costa Rica by land through Paso Canoas or by sea, before being sold through traditional retailers. Typically, such products ... Read More
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Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco in Costa Rica
... tax on vapers, as well as e-liquids and electronic devices used for vaping. In addition, consumers are no longer able to use these products in public places such as shopping centres, casinos, nightclubs, bars, restaurants ... Read More
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Tobacco in Costa Rica
... 2022 with Costa Rica's inflation ranking the highest in the Central American region. Inflationary pressures spiked in the second quarter of 2022 with the increased cost of living putting pressure on many consumers to focus ... Read More
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Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco in Costa Rica
... American tourists are a key consumer base for cigars and cigarillos in Costa Rica. Cuban cigars are considered a “forbidden fruit” among American tourists and those who enjoy smoking cigars often indulge themselves when holidaying ... Read More
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Wearing Apparel Market in Costa Rica to 2027
... historic data from 2019 to 2022 and forecasts until 2027 which makes the report an invaluable resource for business leaders, decision-makers, consultants, analysts, and other people looking for key industry data in a readily accessible ... Read More
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