Recent Study: Health and Beauty Specialist Retailers in Japan
Value sales of health and beauty specialist retailers grew by 3% in 2012. With a growing population of elderly consumers in Japan, parapharmacies/drugstores and chemists/pharmacies demonstrated strong growth of 3% and 5%, respectively, in 2012. Beauty specialists, on the other hand, saw value sales decline by 2% in 2012. Polarisation of consumer preferences in terms of pricing became more and more evident in beauty and personal care products, marginalising the presence of mid-ranged products.
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