Toiletries Market

December 15, 2011 — The Editors

Manufacturers of toiletries&madsh;that whole long list of things found in the bathroom for personal care, shampoo, deodorant, hand lotion, face crème, foot crème, toothpaste, perfume, hair mouse, etc.—saw robust growth over the period 1997 through 2007 but lost many of those gains between 2007 and 2009, a pattern repeated in so many industries.

Today’s market size is the size of hte toiletries market as measured by U.S. manufacturers’ shipments in 1997, 2007, and 2009.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 1997, 2007 and 2009
Market size: $24.3, $48.8 and 38.5 billion respectively
Source: 1997 Economic Census, 2007 Economic Census, and the 2009 Annual Survey of Manufactures.
Original source: U.S. Census Bureau
Posted on December 15, 2011

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Dietary Supplements

August 29, 2011 — The Editors

There is a large market for dietary supplements in the United States. This market includes a wide variety of ingestible products designed to do things such as help you lose weight, increase sexual desire, increase muscle mass, reduce cholestorol, increase brain function, and others yet. Vitamins and multivitamins are part of this market but drugs that need and carry a Federal Drug Administration approval are not.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2005 and 2010
Market size: $21.3 and $28.1 billion respectively
Source: Natasha Singer, “Here’s to Your Health, So They Claim,” New York Times, SundayBusiness, page 1, August 28, 2011, available online here.
Original source: Nutrition Business Journal

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Beauty Products from France

August 4, 2011 — The Editors

The newest edition of an important yearly statistical compilation was released recently by the United Nations. Among the things this work provides is a detailed, country-by-country report on exports and imports.

Today’s market size is the value of all beauty or make-up products exported from France in 2008—the peak year in the decade— 2009, and 2010.

Geographic reference: France
Year: 2008, 2009 and 2010
Market size: $6,508; $5,533 and $6,047 million respectively
Source: Yearbook 2010, “International Merchandise Trade Statistics,” report on France, a link to which is available here.
Original source: United Nations

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