Premium Beauty and Personal Care

Procter & Gamble continues to lead globally within men’s grooming, and holds second place in hair care. While its leading global brands continue to be Gillette and Pantene, it also has brands such as Oral-B, Olay, Head & Shoulders, Crest, SK-II, Old…

Unilever Group was the third largest player in beauty and personal care in 2023. Company growth was driven by its broad portfolio of brands, which recorded solid upturns across all categories and regions. The majority of Unilever’s recent activity…

Despite the much higher average unit prices, premium beauty and personal care products remain very popular among Austrian consumers. Premium products witnessed strong price increases as inflation remained stubbornly high in 2023. The most popular…

In 2022, premium beauty and personal care in Brazil increased by a rapid 23% in current value terms, diverging significantly from the growth observed in the mass segment, of 12%. In 2023, this gap narrowed. Growth in premium beauty and personal care…

Premium beauty and personal care outperformed its mass counterparts in Germany in 2023. The higher-income segment of consumers is less inclined to make sacrifice in beauty and personal care and considers premium options as an investment in wellbeing.…

Premium beauty and personal care in India experienced robust double-digit retail current value growth in 2023, driven by categories such as colour cosmetics, skin care, and deodorants. Both international and local premium brands capitalised on this…

Favourable macroeconomic conditions supported the premiumisation trend in Mexico in 2023. This is both supporting premiumisation trends in mass beauty and personal care, and premium beauty and personal care per se. Historically, Mexico, a developing…

Premium beauty and personal care in Cameroon presented a mixed picture in 2023. While premium colour cosmetics flourished, driven by a growing makeup culture, premium fragrance was plagued by a lack of trust due to rampant counterfeiting. This has…

In 2023, premium beauty and personal care in Tunisia experienced stagnation in volume but an increase in value terms. This trend was primarily driven by several factors. Firstly, inflation and rising prices had a significant impact, particularly…

Premium beauty and personal care saw double-digit current value growth in Morocco in 2023. Premium brands are gradually becoming more prominent, mostly in the skin care category. Consumers are increasingly looking for premium dermocosmetics products…

Historically, tourism expenditure has played a crucial role in premium beauty and personal care in Hong Kong, holding up to 20% share of sales. The return of tourism flows and the reopening of borders have provided a much-needed boost to the segment,…

Premium beauty and personal care registered double-digit growth in current value terms in 2023, following a similar trend seen in 2022. Growth was driven by the dynamism of premium facial make-up and skin care with these categories benefiting from…

Despite rising price sensitivity and the solid growth of the mass segment, premium beauty and personal care in the United Arab Emirates also experienced a robust performance in 2023. Amid global challenges in beauty and personal care, the United Arab…

The value size of premium beauty and personal care in South Africa remained considerably smaller than that of the mass segment in 2023, with the latter also recording a more dynamic growth performance. As many local consumers struggled with the cost…

Premium beauty and personal care in France saw dynamic growth in 2023, and was a good year for many categories, as market trends were in favour of the rise of premium brands. The health trend, which reached its peak after the COVID-19 period, coupled…

Premium beauty and personal care in Nigeria saw strong retail current value growth in 2023. However, all categories struggled in retail volume terms due to poor economic conditions, particularly the effects of high inflation on prices and consumer…

As already evident the previous year, even in times of restricted disposable incomes, consumers continued to purchase premium products in the UK over 2023. However, they remained discerning in terms of the specific products they used and the brands…

Premium beauty and personal care experienced a third year of double-digit current value growth in Romania in 2023; albeit at a lower rate than seen in the previous two years. This continued strong performance was tied to the loyalty consumers often…

Premium beauty and personal care saw another year of dynamic double-digit current value growth in Poland in 2023, although from a lower base than the mass segment. The momentum of the premium segment was higher than the mass segment, and in fact…

Premium beauty and personal care products faced significant affordability challenges for a considerable number of consumers in Uzbekistan in 2023, particularly among the majority residing in major cities like the capital, Tashkent. This affordability…