Turf and Ornamentals Country Previews: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
Learn more about the turf and ornamentals market in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
France
In France, in 2016-2017, the overall market for turf and ornamental pesticides is estimated at USD 10 million. Horticultural nurseries and greenhouses remain by far the largest segment and account for 60% of the total market, or about USD 6 million in sales value. Herbicides is the most used category of pesticides in the segment with sales of about USD 5.0 million. Golf courses represent the second-largest segment, generating slightly above USD 2 million, or nearly one-fourth of the total market for pesticides in France in 2016-2017. Fungicides and herbicides account for the bulk of sales in the segment, while insecticides are more restrictively used. The lawn care segment is the last of the three considered, generating slightly above USD 1 million, divided almost equally by herbicides and fungicides.Continue reading
Glowing with New Products: CEW Product Demonstration
Last week, we attended CEW’s Product Demonstration, where over 800 products and 433 brands showcased their newest products. The sold-out event was not only exciting in the number of new products and brands that were showcased, but also exciting in the advancements, ingredients, and technologies that were put on display this year. Here’s what caught our attention in each category.Continue reading
Transparency and Nutritional Supplements: Millennial Consumers Seek Clean Labels
There is growing interest in transparency on product labels from foods and beverages, to consumer goods, to personal care products, and now vitamin supplements. The Clean Label Project is an independent product testing organization that tests pet and baby foods and beverages for the presence of harmful ingredients. Clean labels are found on products that contain no artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives, GMOs, antibiotics, or hard-to-pronounce, unrecognizable ingredients. Consumers are scrutinizing labels and ingredient lists, looking for short, easy-to-read, easy-to recognize ingredient lists. They are also attracted to products that claim to be “free of” artificial dyes, preservatives, GMOs, and other synthetic substances.Continue reading
Biopesticides Bite Off the Conventional Pesticides Market Share, Growing by 24%
A growing awareness of biopesticides’ favorable features, including safety and efficiency, as well as stringent legislative requirements, are driving the biopesticides market. The biopesticides market grew 24% from 2014 to 2016 globally to over $1.8 billion, finds the recently published report Global Biopesticides: An Overview of Natural and Microbial Pesticides by international market research and management consulting firm Kline. The market is expected to continue growing at double-digit rates over the next decade, driven by robust growth in countries like Brazil, China, and France.Continue reading
Kline, Google, and IRI Weigh In on Data’s Escalating Importance to the Beauty Business
At the Personal Care Products Council annual meeting, Susan Babinsky, Senior Vice President of Kline’s Consumer Products and Life Sciences practice, moderated a panel session entitled “Driving the Beauty Industry Forward with Data”. The content and insights shared by the panel provided meeting attendees with insights on how they could take greater advantage of their own and third-party data sources to drive better business performance. Babinsky highlighted how clients are using Kline’s algorithm-based tool Amalgam Digital Beauty Monitor, which rates beauty products to understand who is winning in digital beauty. For instance, Ulta’s own automatic eyeliner brand is among the most recent winners.Continue reading
Green Cleaning and Cost Trends in the U.S. Professional Laundry Market
Laundry requires specialized knowledge and service. Chemical suppliers often serve as trusted business partners for commercial end users because they provide expert service, especially for large accounts in the healthcare, hospitality, and commercial laundry segments. Kline’s research for our Laundry Chemicals study is underway and, so far, these three end-use segments appear to be contributing to market gains.
Green cleaning trends impacting professional laundry include water recycling/reuse systems, effluent management systems, ozone or electrolyzed water systems, and cold water washing. Water recycling and effluent management systems are expensive and difficult to engineer so only cleaning operations who want to promote a “sustainability/corporate responsibility” image or adhere to government regulations are likely to implement. Ozone water systems have been on the market for 20+ years, and some end users use them as part of their green cleaning initiatives while others are not sold on the usefulness of such systems. Cold water washing, where water temperatures are anywhere from 90-120 °F, use less energy than hot water washing; however, some end users that are particularly concerned with eliminating bacteria, viruses, and other germs from laundry, such as hospitals and long-term care facilities, may not be willing to use cold water washing systems. Continue reading
Salon Hair Care Brands Make a Move into Retail
The salon industry in both the United States and the United Kingdom witnessed healthy increases in 2015 and 2016; nevertheless, it seems like 2017 is nothing like previous years with decreases in salon revenues, as well as in salon retail.
The struggle is real for brands that stick to salons as their only clients. Kline PRO data shows a steep over 9% decrease in sell through sales for the period Q1-Q3 2017 compared to same period in 2016. We also see a similar pattern in terms of revenues from services—while growing healthily in 2016, sales for all types of services but treatments are down in Q3 2017. This is also confirmed by our preliminary results for the 2017 edition of Salon Hair Care: United States—the market is less dynamic than in previous years, and the little growth we see does not come from the salon environment, but from professional brand sales outside salons. The U.K. market, although showing a 3% increase in 2016, is also not as robust as previous years.Continue reading
The Complete Analysis of a Billion Dollar U.S. Pesticide Adjuvants Market Has Been Published by Kline
The market for additives added to pesticides and tank-mix products is estimated at about $1 billion based on additive manufacturers’ sales, and the market for tank-mix additives is nearly $700 million based on distributors’ sales, finds the recently published Pesticide Adjuvants Market: U.S. Analysis and Opportunities report, which covers both the in-can and tank-mix market for uses of additives in the United States in 2017. Pesticide additives contribute to the performance of pesticide active ingredients, reducing pesticide use rates and their environmental impact. Sales of these additives are forecast to increase at mid-single-digit rates over the next decade.Continue reading
Calm Skin, Firm Body – All at AAD in San Diego
Earlier this week, we attended the annual American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) conference to scope out what’s new in the world of professional aesthetics, from topicals to injectables and lasers. Below are the most notable tidbits we saw and heard at the conference.
#1 Both Rx and OTC marketers are very focused on providing options for treatment of eczema, psoriasis, and dermatitis.
#2 Skin tightening is gaining traction among doctors and consumers. New topical neck lift products were seen from NeoStrata along with the category captain Nectifirm from Revision Skin Care.Continue reading
The Pest Control in Animal Health Segment is Poised for Steady Growth
The global market for fly control products in the 12 countries studied totaled over USD 470 million in 2015 at the manufacturers’ level. Brazil is the leading country with over 40% of the volume based mainly on its large beef herd. The United States is second with an estimated 20% market share.Continue reading
