Category: Consumer Goods & Retailing
Austria Consumer Goods & Retailing
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Austria Cat Food
... dry formats. This trend is evident in the rising demand for wet cat food, which is often perceived as more palatable and nutritious, and resembles a cat's natural diet. Products in the premium segment, including ... Read More
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Austria Pet Care
... pet foods across all categories, including traditional pets like dogs and cats, as well as niche categories such as aquariums, terrariums and small mammals. These trends are driven by heightened awareness among Austrian pet owners ... Read More
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Austria Pet Products
... key growth driver, with companies developing new and improved products that cater to the evolving needs of pet owners, including technologically advanced toys and specialised diets. The e-commerce boom, which was accelerated by the pandemic, ... Read More
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Austria Other Pet Food
... steady interest in aquariums bolstered by a niche group of enthusiasts who invested in more sophisticated and high-quality products to maintain the health and vibrant appearance of their aquatic pets. Several factors influenced the downturn ... Read More
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Austria Consumer Electronics
... had much to do with rising unit prices in smartphones, slower decline in televisions, and also steady demand for premium and innovative products. Consumer confidence is recovering well following a period of high inflation and ... Read More
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Austria Portable Players
... sales reflects the growing preference for higher quality models with advanced features, particularly in wireless speakers and e-readers. Overall sales figures in portable media players have continued to fall sharply because smartphones have simply taken ... Read More
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Austria Home Audio and Cinema
... a niche consumer base who demands high audio quality is ensuring stable sales of audio separates. However, persistently high inflation and an uncertain economic environment, characterised by a sharp rise in interest rates on loans, ... Read More
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Austria Headphones
... most consumers. In addition, many of the latest smartphones do not have a headphone jack anymore. As such, volume sales of headphones reached saturation earlier in the review period. Current value sales declined due to ... Read More
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Austria In-Car Entertainment
... is an increasing lack of standardisation in car designs today, especially with regard to dashboards and consoles. Very often it is just not possible to replace a built-in media player with a standardised aftermarket product. ... Read More
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Austria Wearable Electronics
... category was newly discovered by a mass audience, but demand is now stabilising. Nevertheless, the demand for wearable electronics remains at a very high level with increasing penetration among younger consumers aged under 25 years. ... Read More
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Austria Imaging Devices
... majority of consumers, the photo and video qualities of smartphones are more than satisfactory, even though the capabilities of digital cameras and camcorders in similar price ranges were generally still superior. Furthermore, smartphones have continued ... Read More
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Fuel Cards Report - Austria 2023
... fleet cards, fuel retailers, fleet leasing companies and other suppliers to the sector. Based on research with issuers and fuel retailers it provides commercial (B2B) fuel card volume (split by fleet and CRT), value and ... Read More
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Austria Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco
... these products as less harmful than cigarettes, making them a popular option for reducing or quitting smoking. The sale of heated tobacco, which contains actual tobacco, is restricted to tobacco specialist retailers and associated channels ... Read More
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Austria Tobacco
... to cheaper cigarettes from neighbouring countries. Despite this, the Austrian government did not take significant measures to discourage smoking, with moderate tobacco tax increases resulting in only gradual cigarette price hikes, even amid strong inflation. ... Read More
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Austria Cigars, Cigarillos and Smoking Tobacco
... push during the pandemic, and volume sales for both cigars and cigarillos remained well above pre-COVID-19 levels of 2019. Despite above-average retail price increases, both sub-categories recorded some positive value growth in 2023, albeit below ... Read More
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Austria Cigarettes
... due to increased consumption opportunities and a reduction in illicit trade. However, rising health awareness and the growing social unacceptability of smoking, particularly among the educated classes, have contributed to the decline. While cigarette consumption ... Read More
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Rx/Reimbursement Adult Incontinence in Austria
... raw material, production and transport costs forced manufacturers to increase the average unit prices of their products. Indeed, the category saw fairly flat performance in volume terms, as strict regulations continued to dampen demand. In ... Read More
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Tissue and Hygiene in Austria
... due to prevailing inflationary pressures, as rising raw material, production and transport costs led to price increases across the market landscape. Nevertheless demand was boosted to some extent by the continued growth of the population, ... Read More
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Retail Adult Incontinence in Austria
... to the growing number of consumers suffering from incontinence. This in turn, was reflective of an ongoing ageing population, with continued growth of the number of people aged 65 and over. Leading brands also continued ... Read More
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Nappies/Diapers/Pants in Austria
... in the population rose in 2022 and remained at a stable level during the following year. Ongoing migration from Ukraine also contributed to a higher demand for nappies/diapers/pants, with disposable pants seeing the strongest rate ... Read More
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Retail Tissue in Austria
... were faced with higher production costs and were forced to pass these onto consumers. However, demand was also boosted by the return of consumers to their busy, active lifestyles, alongside enhanced hygiene standards in the ... Read More
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Wipes in Austria
... wipes remained highly popular with consumers, having recorded a more dynamic performance than home care wipes and floor cleaning systems. As such, the former continued to account for the bulk of retail value sales, with ... Read More
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Menstrual Care in Austria
... led to an increase in unit prices. The cost of living crisis also had a negative impact on value sales, as cash-strapped consumers traded down to more affordable offerings. However, volumes grew at a faster ... Read More
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Away-From-Home Tissue and Hygiene in Austria
... to prevailing inflationary pressures, as rising raw material, production and transport costs led to price increases across the market landscape. Nevertheless, volume sales saw modest growth, supported by an increase in consumer mobility, together with ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Austria
... consecutive year. Although disposable income slowly recovered in 2023 towards the higher cost of living since the beginning of the energy crisis in early 2022, consumers remained relatively frugal in their spending. Demand cooled further ... Read More
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