Home and Garden

Home and garden continued to post current value growth in Germany in 2021, with extended lockdowns and social distancing measures having a further positive impact on sales of homewares and home furnishings, and also gardening. However, after a strong…

In 2021, home and garden sales generated double digit value growth in current terms, exceeding the CAGR over the review period. This was helped by multiple factors including the re-opening of stores and a high number of weddings that took place after…

Even though most COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted by the end of 2021, Romanians have continued to spend a lot of time at home. Working from home remains at high levels, as does remote learning, and there is still lingering concern about the…

Following the stringent lockdown and threat of infection in the absence of vaccinations in 2020, consumer sentiment in India improved in 2021. While the first half of the year saw a devastating second wave of COVID-19 with high hospital admissions…

Home and garden in Thailand registered strong growth in 2021 after the decline in 2020 when non-essential outlets were closed, and consumer spending confidence was down. The eased restrictions and re-opening of physical stores was one of the key…

Australian consumers continued to be stuck at home during 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. The lockdowns of 2021 were in some ways even more extensive than those of 2020, as they included not only Melbourne – which saw the…

Disruption arising from the pandemic and the economic shock that it engendered had a differential impact on home and garden demand during 2020. While COVID-19 had a positive effect on retail constant value sales of gardening and homewares, it…

Upon the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, manufacturers and retailers were unprepared to cope with the first lockdown restrictions which included mandatory store closures nationwide for non-essential channels. With many players having little to no…

Argentina’s economic crisis has deepened in 2021, with an already unstable situation made worse by the impact of the pandemic on GDP and employment. At first glance, home and garden appears to be thriving, with high double figure growth rates in…

The Mexican home and garden market benefited from some easing of COVID-19 related restrictions in 2021. However, some measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 remained in place during the year, with many schools remaining closed and people…

Home and garden experienced a notable improvement in value sales in 2021 compared to 2020, due in part to the recovery of real estate and greater revenge shopping since September. Taiwan entered a semi-lockdown period from mid-May to late August in…

Home and garden was heavily impacted by the state of the property and housing market in 2021. High demand for property was triggered by very low interest rates, with consumers looking for both old and new flats. Poles were seen to be shifting their…

2021 was a recovery year for a number of industries in Indonesia, including home and garden, following a negative performance in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the country’s vaccination programme covering more Indonesians,…

The Brazilian government rolled out its vaccination campaign in an attempt to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2021. By the end of the year, more than 70% of the population had been vaccinated with two doses, from…

All categories of home and garden in Canada registered retail current value growth in 2021, albeit at slightly slower rates than in pandemic-dominated 2020, as consumers continued to invest in their home environments. The country experienced longer…

Home and garden experienced further current value growth in 2021 in a continuation of a positive performance witnessed in 2020. Although the threat of the pandemic in Sweden gradually waned over the course of 2021, with restrictions easing in line…

Looking at the performance of the overall industry, COVID-19 worked in favour of home and garden in Japan in 2020, with higher current value growth than seen for several years. Home improvement and gardening grew particularly well, along with some…

After a gloomy year hampered by the pandemic, home and garden in China recovered with dynamic current value growth in 2021. Part of home improvement and decoration demands impeded in 2020 were released in 2021. The reopening of bricks-and-mortar…

The continued prevalence of home seclusion and cocooning remained an important influence on the development of the home and garden market in Switzerland in 2021. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the lines between the home and the workplace have become…

The focus on home and garden was still very present in 2021 as French consumers continued to spend more time at home than they did pre-pandemic and thus invest in their home and garden space. The industry also suffered fewer stores’ closures (due to…