Deutsche Verbraucher:innen werden zunehmend nach vorbeugenden Optionen suchen, was das Wachstum der Arzneimittelverkäufe verlangsamen wird. 2-in-1-Angebote werden wahrscheinlich den breitesten Anklang finden.
Hannah Sandow, Principal Analyst – Health & Wellbeing, Deutschland
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- The five-year outlook for OTC Cough, Cold, Flu & Allergy Remedies
- Market context
- Economic factors and implications for the OTC remedy market
- Climate change may increase pollen count…
- …boosting demand for allergy relief
- Mintel predicts
- Market size & forecast for OTC cough, cold & flu remedies
- Tumultuous period of 2021-23 left behind as market value growth flattens out
- More-moderate growth expected following 2023
- Opportunities
- Provide dual-action remedies offering prevention and cure
- Take a holistic approach to bolster the immune system
- Plug the gap in the market for hydrating cold/flu remedies
- Educate consumers on how best to tackle allergies
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MARKET DRIVERS
- The German economy
- 2024 is expected to remain challenging
- Graph 1: key economic data, in real terms, 2019-25
- Inflation bounces back to more-conventional levels
- Inflation is still the key factor affecting consumers' finances…
- …confidence and expenditure
- Graph 2: financial confidence index, 2022-24
- The impact of the economy on OTC cough, cold, flu & allergy remedies
- Consumer reliance on, and trust in OTC medication may protect volume sales should prices rise further
- Increased focus on physical and mental wellbeing
- Importance of health creates opportunities for preventative supplements
- Health
- COVID-19 strain poses a persistent threat
- Increase in preparedness to address mental health may increase interest in infection prevention
- Allergens
- Pollen count may rise, boosting sales of allergy remedies
- Pet ownership stable, although increased socialising may boost ad hoc sales
- Graph 3: pet ownership, 2019-23
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WHAT CONSUMERS WANT AND WHY
- Experience of cough, cold & flu and non-food allergies
- Infection rates remained stable in 2023-24
- Urban dwellers are more likely to experience coughs, colds or flu
- Graph 4: experience of cough, cold or flu in the last 12 months, by area, 2024
- Allergies range in severity, and many sufferers take no remedial action
- Graph 5: experience of non-food allergies in the last 12 months, 2024
- 18-24s most likely to experience non-food allergies
- Graph 6: experience of selected non-food allergies by age, 2024
- Address exposure inequality with urban gardening initiatives
- Dual-purpose remedies can provide convenience and diverse manufacturing
- Treatments used for ailments and non-food allergies
- OTC remedies reign supreme for cough, cold, flu treatment
- Graph 7: treatments used for ailments in the last 12 months, 2024
- Tap into prevention…
- …amid increasing usage of vitamins/supplements
- Homemade remedies will be only a minor threat to OTC sales
- Graph 8: usage of homemade remedies, by type of ailment experienced in the last 12 months, 2023-24
- Target everday life improvement with fast-acting allergy relief remedies
- Graph 9: treatments used for non-food allergies in the last 12 months, 2024
- Encourage a proactive, holistic approach to managing allergies
- Usage of OTC cough, cold, flu & allergy remedies
- Manufacturers have educational work to do to usurp generic painkillers as the go-to cough, cold & flu remedy
- Graph 10: usage of OTC cough, cold, or flu remedies in the last 12 months, 2023-24
- Generic painkillers' simplicity and affordability gives them broad appeal
- Consumers appear to see the value in specialist allergy remedies
- Graph 11: OTC remedies used to treat allergies in the last 12 months, 2024
- Limited launches in eye health sub-category…
- …limit consumer choice for eye health
- Repertoire data indicates that consumers stick with what they trust
- Multiply your reach with multipacks
- Purchase channels of OTC cough, cold, flu & allergy remedies
- In-store purchasing preferred across most purchase channels
- Graph 12: purchase channels of OTC cough, cold, flu and allergy remedies in the last 12 months, 2024
- Drugstores can boost status by developing natural preventative allergy remedies
- Utilise AI to develop consumer trust in online purchases
- Graph 13: purchase channels for OTC cough, cold, flu & allergy remedies, online vs in-store, 2024
- Behaviours towards OTC cough, cold, flu & allergy remedies
- Maintaining consumer trust in pharmacies and OTC medications will be key for category growth
- Graph 14: behaviours towards OTC allergy and cough, cold & flu remedies, 2024
- Educate consumers not to delay antihistamine medication; build trust with non-drowsy remedies
- OTC remedies remain a crutch for out-of-home workers to get through the day
- Graph 15: treatments used for cold/flu in the last 12 months, by employment location, 2024
- Bayer Gesundheit demonstrates remedy utility in the home office
- Tap into the wider trend for hydration with multi-action OTC remedies
- Brands combine hydration and immune support
- Behaviours towards ailments and allergies
- Manufacturers can help consumers towards incremental health improvements to strengthen immune defences
- Graph 16: behaviours towards ailments and allergies, 2024
- Explain the holistic health benefits of a healthy gut
- Encourage relaxation with stress-relieving remedies…
- …to act as a preventative solution
- Holistic health options for stress relief, and thus immune system support
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LAUNCH ACTIVITY AND INNOVATION
- Decongestive launches rise, whilst allergy-relief innovation stagnates
- Graph 17: healthcare NPD by sub-category, 2019-24
- Soften the blow of ailments with softer formats
- Functional and natural claims lead the way for decongestive, cough, cold & flu
- Graph 18: NPD in decongestive, cough, cold & flu relief by claim category, 2019-24
- Functional claims centre around antibacterial and immune system claims
- Graph 19: decongestive, cough, cold & flu NPD by functional claim*, 2019-24
- Educate to boost active ingredients' status
- Graph 20: NPD in decongestive, cough, cold & flu relief by ingredient claim, 2019-24
- Minus claims bear the potential to expedite treatment
- Advertising and marketing activity
- LoranoPro offers a strong, fast-acting, non-drowsy allergy remedy
- Sandoz 2-in-1 eye and nose relief allows consumers to spray their hayfever away
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MARKET SIZE, SEgmentation AND FORECAST
- Strong market value growth 2021-23
- Graph 21: retail value sales of OTC cough, cold & flu medication, 2019-23
- More-moderate growth expected following 2023
- Expect steady, modest growth to follow the recent tempestuous period
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APPENDIX
- Appendix – products covered, abbreviations, consumer research methodology and language usage
- Products covered in this Report
- Abbreviations
- Consumer research methodology
- A note on language
- Appendix – market size and central forecast methodology
- Forecast methodology
- Forecast methodology – fan chart
- Market size – value
- Market forecast and prediction intervals – value
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