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Rachel researches industries relating to beauty and fashion and home and technology. She has a special interest in producing content and client engagement in the beauty and personal care industry and in tissue and hygiene.
Rachel provides insights into consumer and industry behaviour across multiple industries in Southeast Asia. She is particularly interested in the pursuit and implementation of health and beauty interests and understanding the impact of demographics on accordant demand. Rachel started working in Euromonitor as a Research Associate in 2022, researching on beauty and fashion and home and technology industries in Singapore, before moving on to cover other Southeast Asian markets including Thailand and Vietnam.
The Appliances & Electronics World Expo (AWE) is among the top three global exhibitions for home appliances and consumer electronics. The event is held every year in March in Shanghai with this year’s theme being “Smartize the Future”. More than 1,000 brands were showcased at the expo, offering attendees the chance to experience the latest in technological innovation.
The Chinese vacuum cleaner market is the most competitive and innovative. Brands are known to launch two new models a year, trying to compete with each other through innovation. These brands are now at the cutting edge of technological development, particularly evident in self-cleaning wet and dry vacuum models. Euromonitor International analyses the current state of play in this article.
There are structural government and industry shifts that continue to increase the prominence of cold wash, and there is a hard fact that will drive it beyond opposition. If every home on the planet used an automatic washing machine with the energy-inefficient hot wash behaviours of today, that would dramatically increase global household electricity use against an existing energy supply shortfall in developed and developing markets, and a looming CO2 emissions crisis.