Hoover brand has been recognized among the best brands in the SDA category for quality-price ratio, according to the German Institute of Quality and Finance (ITQF).
The ranking was carried out by one of the leading European institutes specialized in quality surveys, which carried out a market research on 685,000 consumer reviews in partnership with La Repubblica – Affari & Finanza.
Commenting on the achievement, Sabrina Zara, Italy Marketing Director at Haier Europe, said: “๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตย ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.”
According to GfK data, small and major appliances faced the pandemic situation without significand drop. The Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) market grew by a solid +8.6 percent while the Major Domestic Appliances (MDA) market (including Air Conditioners) experienced limited losses of -8.6 percent in value terms. Excluding Air Conditioners the revenue loss was only -3.7 percent. ยซAlthough the pandemic had a significant negative impact on sales due to retail shutdowns โ GfK experts explains โ the increased focus on the at-home experiences drove a sales recovery in May and June. Sales of appliances addressing the new challenges generated by the enforced need to โeat at homeโ, โclean at homeโ and โgroom at homeโ soared. This includes microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, beard trimmers and multi-grooming kits. However, for some categories, entire seasons were lost due to COVID-19 โ for example, Air conditioners. Overall, MDA (excluding Air Conditioners) only lost -3.7 percent in value terms โ even less than the total -5.8 percent for the tech & durables (TCG) market. Whatever the appliance, the overall trends driving choice for consumers of performance, simplification, health hygiene and borderless shopping have become more relevant than ever.ยป
Looking at the regions, in the first half year of 2020 (H1 2020), the SDA market experienced a solid performance in the developed world. Europe (including CIS) grew by +9 percent. The MDA market was almost stable at -2 percent here. Developed Asian countries also saw a strong uptake of MDA products at an +2.7 percent uptick. While affluent countries were able to invest in appliances to makes their life easier in lockdown, this was less feasible in emerging economies due to the immediate impact of the pandemic on income and willingness to spend money. Consequently, the emerging Asian countries (including China) experienced a double-digit decline in value, weakening MDA market growth. However, the low price point of SDA products and the urgent need for cooking and cleaning products supported a rapid revival of SDA in emerging Asian countries (including China). Here SDA grew by +10.9 percent. Fortunately, in June total appliances growth recovered with double digit sales growth both in China and the rest of the world.