Canada

After optimistic expectations of consumer demand for the year, manufacturers and retailers of consumer appliances have experienced lower than projected sales in 2022. Following strong growth in sales in the previous two years, with consumers sitting…

After a difficult year due to the pandemic in 2020, strong retail volume growth was seen across all categories within refrigeration appliances in 2021, including electric wine coolers/chillers, freezers, fridge-freezers, and fridges. However, retail…

Consumer demand for microwaves is set to see slight growth in 2022, even after seeing a strong retail volume increase in 2021. This appliance remains a household staple, having seen a penetration rate of over 100% for several years. The number of…

Vending is highly dependent on high traffic locations like colleges, clubs, lounges, transport hubs and shopping centres. As such, vending was one of the hardest-hit retail channels by the pandemic, with mobility being severely impaired during 2020,…

After the dynamic growth seen in some direct selling categories in 2020 and 2021, direct selling started to show signs of slowing down in 2022, with value growth largely fuelled by inflation. With COVID-19 fears subsiding and life in Canada returning…

Inflationary pressures placed a downward pressure on consumer purchasing power and ultimately on volume growth in the sales of retail tissue in 2022. Consumers responded to the rise in retail prices by buying less, trading down to private label or…

When it comes to hypermarkets consumers are displaying mixed shopping behaviour, with leading players such as Wal-Mart Canada highlighting how customers are adopting an omnichannel approach to shopping. For instance, depending on how busy they are…

Following strong retail volume growth in 2021, sales of dishwashers are expected to see a slower increase in 2022. Nevertheless, consumers in the premium space have been driving growth with renovation projects, which involve upgrading all major…

COVID-19 and consequent lockdowns brought about a shift in consumer purchasing habits, both in terms of what people chose to buy and how much they were buying. In 2021, as Turkish society began to gradually reopen, some of these habits saw reversals,…

After a strong sales recovery in 2021, convenience retailers saw slower growth in 2022. Sales through convenience retailers slumped in 2020 as Canada went into lockdown, with this impacting where consumers chose to shop for groceries. In 2021…

Discounters remained on an upward trajectory in 2022 with sales supported by an increasing number of value-conscious consumers. Canada witnessed elevated rates of inflation in 2022 as food, energy, housing and many areas of consumer goods witnessed a…

All-purpose cleaning wipes in Canada experienced another year of volume decline in 2022, as Canadian consumers resumed their pre-COVID-19 lifestyles more fully, spending more time outside of the home, and demand returned to pre-pandemic levels.…

In 2022, consumer foodservice recorded solid growth in value sales and the number of transactions, as well as the number of outlets. In most channels, value sales and the number of transactions recovered to pre-pandemic levels. However, inflationary…

Continuing the trend seen throughout the review period, vacuum cleaners is set to maintain solid retail volume growth in 2022, with increases expected across all categories. While the number of Canadian survey respondents who reported working from…

Retail in Canada witnessed solid growth in current value terms in 2022 with offline sales benefiting from the lifting of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions, with this encouraging consumer spending on a range of products. However, growth was also…

Sobeys Inc, Metro Inc, and Loblaw Cos Ltd together account for most supermarket sales in Canada. These players have a wide market reach under a variety of popular chains. However, they came under scrutiny in 2022 as some investigations found that…

In 2022, retail value sales of sanitary protection products recorded strong growth. Inflationary pressures were a key contributor to this strong value increase, while volume sales saw only marginal growth. Overall, increases in the cost of raw…

After the dynamic growth seen in 2020 and 2021, e-commerce saw more stable growth in 2022. Many people missed the in-store shopping experience and therefore as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted many people returned to shopping in-store. This was…

Street stalls/kiosks continued on the road to recovery in 2022, following the steep decline in 2020. Outlet numbers continued to rise in 2022 and value sales recorded double-digit growth. As Canadians resumed work at the office, street stalls/kiosk…

A surge in demand for large cooking appliances was seen in 2021. Having spent more time at home during 2020 and 2021 due to pandemic restrictions, a growing number of Canadians chose to remodel their kitchens, upgrading their large cooking appliances…