Euromonitor Podcasts

Euromonitor International’s Cities Consultant, Fransua Vytautas Razvadauskas interviews Matthew Barrie, the UK country manager at Bolt about current industry trends in the shared mobility market. Matthew speaks about the regulatory and legal challenges that mobility companies face, the competitive nature of the shared mobility market and how the company seeks to deliver greater sustainability. Fin...

While COVID-19 has caused double-digit declines for most apparel and footwear categories, sportswear has fared better than most. Globally, sportswear is estimated at US$ 292 Billion, and is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6% to 2025, while overall apparel and footwear is expected to see a CAGR of only 4%. The pandemic has caused a 15% decline in sportswear globally, however, as con...

Vitamins and dietary supplements saw a high value growth in 2015-2020 due to an increased demand from consumers looking for products related to both immunity and general health. COVID-19 left the industry in a reactive state, with many categories and ingredients limited as consumers focused on the coronavirus. E-commerce doubled in value sales over 2015-2020, mainly due to consumers not wanting to...

In the latest edition of Travel Leaders Podcast, Caroline Bremner, Head of Travel Research speaks to Karen Simmonds, Founder of Travel Matters, a boutique travel company. Karen shares her inspiring story of how she started her business, now in its third decade, discussing the highs and lows. Karen discusses how authenticity and sustainability are part of their DNA, the importance of people and par...

In South Africa, at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, sales of beauty and personal care products that were deemed non-essential were banned both online and offline. Premium brands were one of the biggest losers, while personal hygiene products were resilient. As the pandemic continues, beauty and personal care products are still being bought in the country, but consumers are spending less on them....

Euromonitor International's Travel Industry Head Caroline Bremner speaks to Olivia Ruggles-Brise, Director at Greenview about their work in driving sustainable transformation for the world’s leading hospitality chains. Olivia discusses the importance of data and metrics to help deliver sustainability goals, where ESG reporting is increasingly called for by investors to aid transparency regard...

In 2020, Australian consumer confidence remained low and incomes were devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. However, government stimulus packages helped Australian consumers - and some appliance segments grew as a result. Smaller appliances were boosted not only by lower unit prices, but also due to the fact that consumers spent more time at home. These trends also boosted the sales of food prep...

El COVID-19 continúa modificando los valores, prioridades y hábitos de compra de los consumidores globales y diversas tendencias se reflejan cada vez más en América Latina. Aproximadamente un tercio de los consumidores latinoamericanos hacen compras de alimentos y bebidas por medio de su smartphone habitualmente, de acuerdo con la encuesta al Consumidor Digital de Euromonitor, realizada entre marz...

Nicotine pouches are made of microcrystalline cellulose and most importantly, are tobacco free. They contain added nicotine, the active stimulant in the tobacco leaf, and look much like gum that the consumer puts under their lip. The nicotine is then released into the bloodstream. Since vaping has been targeted by governments across the world, many in the industry believe nicotine pouches will bec...

2020 was a challenging year for the tobacco industry, with the onset of COVID-19, taxes on reduced-risk products, and the raising of the legal age of smoking from 18 to 21 in the US, signed in December of 2019. Increasing concerns on health and wellbeing associated with the coronavirus are likely to encourage governments to adopt new restrictions on tobacco use and expand smoke free areas to other...

China will be the only major economy to grow in 2020, having suffered the economic effects of COVID-19 much earlier than many other countries. In fact, this recovery will benefit the global economy at large - for example, Germany's automotive industry is enjoying resurgent car sales in China. For the rest of the world, however, recovery is more complex. Euromonitor International tracks 48 cou...

Southeast Asia is the next region to watch in sustainability growth, and there is a growing awareness of sustainability among consumers in the region. Governments in the area are pushing sustainability with environmentally friendly regulations, and companies are producing more environmentally sustainable products. One of the main challenges for companies, however, is the price point of sustainable...

Even with the impact of COVID-19, the Brazilian IPO market is seeing a high number of fashion players enter the market. IPOs can bring a more assertive strengthening for Brazilian companies, especially during the pandemic period when many important exporters are not achieving the markets overseas. This wave of IPOs can possibly support a fiercer competitive landscape where companies can gain more...

We're eight months into the global pandemic and shopping habits have become one of the most disrupted aspects of consumers' lives. We're seeing shorter trips to the store, but larger baskets, less browsing and avoidance of large crowds and busy stores. Contact-free shopping solutions at checkouts, virtual fitting rooms and drive-up fulfillments are also surging.  Finally, we’ve seen...

COVID-19 has become a focusing agent for global immunity products, as consumers around the world look to support their overall health during the pandemic. Consumers in different areas are gravitating towards different ingredients. In Asia, consumers are buying products such as ginseng, reishi mushrooms and tulsi, where in the Americas consumers are buying products such as echinacea and elderberry....

The Coronavirus has had a large impact on cities, with 90 percent of all cities analysed by Euromonitor recording negative real GDP growth in 2020. Depending on the severity and length of the pandemic, more businesses are likely to go bankrupt, people will have lower incomes and municipal governments will have their budgets cut - leading to more negative impact for cities around the world. With re...

As of late October, Latin America has the largest number of active cases of the coronavirus in the world. The area is also seeing some of the worst economic impacts - according to Euromonitor’s estimates, updated in October 2020; Peru, Argentina and Mexico are seeing some of the biggest consequences in terms of yearly GDP variation in the region with projected declines of 13%, 12.5% and 10.5% for...

As the holiday season fast approaches, consumers will change the things they buy and the places they buy them from to adapt to the global pandemic. Consumers were shifting towards gifting experiences such as travel and live events, but since the coronavirus has put an indefinite hold on those things, consumers will opt to spend on material goods once again. COVID-19 care items such as hand sanitiz...

Coronavirus second waves, vaccine production and the upcoming US elections are all weighing in on global economic outlooks. Currently, China is the only major economy expected to have positive growth in 2020, but that recovery experience isn't expected to be replicated in other major economies. A safe vaccine is likely to be produced in the middle of 20201, but vaccinating most of the populat...

In this episode of Euromonitor's Travel Leaders podcast, Caroline Bremner speaks to Jake Haupert, Co-Founder of the Transformational Travel Council about his journey in establishing the organisation as an antidote to over-commoditisation in the industry. Jake discusses how transformative or regenerative tourism goes beyond sustainability to put consumers at the heart of the experience and enc...

There is a growing divide what consumers are expecting from the travel industry post-pandemic and what the industry may actually be providing. Consumers are looking towards sustainable tourism and authentic experiences, but businesses are rolling back on their investment in sustainable products and services, widening the gap between expectation and reality. How can this gap be bridged?  Lots of br...

COVID-19 has accelerated several trends in emerging markets, including digital payments and last-mile delivery services. Consumers in emerging markets were previously slow to adapt digital payments due to the prevalent use of cash as a primary source of payment. Most small vendors and independent stores don't take digital payments, citing high usage fees and a lack of trust. However, the pand...

Despite being negatively impacted by COVID-19, the fashion market in Hong Kong has shown resilience in the sportswear sector. Performance and outdoor sportswear performed especially well in spite of the pandemic, due to consumers in Hong Kong participating in more outdoor activities such as hiking and camping. Sustainable fashion has also been gaining traction in Hong Kong as consumers are reevalu...

“Proudly Local, Going Global” is a global consumer trend first identified by Euromonitor as part of its Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2020. Since the onset of the Coronavirus, many of these consumer trends have shifted, but the Proudly Local, Going Global trend has been made stronger by COVID-19, especially in Australia. Disruptions in the supply chain and panic buying have highlighted the imp...

In this episode of the Travel Leaders podcast series, Caroline Bremner, Head of Travel Research at Euromonitor, talks to Vicky Smith, Founder of Earth-changers.com about her motivations for launching a sustainability start-up. Vicky shares her experience about building a travel business with purpose to drive positive impacts for communities and the environment.  She also discusses best practices r...