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INDUSTRY REPORT

Health & Personal Care market resilience in Q3 2025

The data suggests Health & Personal Care brands face a challenging path forward: maintaining sales growth while managing compressed margins, escalating advertising costs and strategic inventory allocation to protect revenue from critical OOS events.

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Newell Brands
Colgate-Palmolive
Henkel
PepsiCo
P&G
Georgia-Pacific
Coca-Cola
Ferrero
Purina
Mondelez
Bayer
Pilgrim's
Reckitt

Key takeaways

  • Sales outpaced the market: OPS grew 13.9% YoY, driven by strong inventory positioning and improved fulfillment rates.
  • Margins compressed despite volume gains: Unit margins fell 2.2% YoY as brands absorbed higher costs and increased Prime Day discounting.
Sales outpaced the market: OPS grew 13
Advertising efficiency declined sharply: Ad spend rose 33% YoY while ROAS dropped 17
  • Advertising efficiency declined sharply: Ad spend rose 33% YoY while ROAS dropped 17.6%, reflecting intensified competition for share of voice.
  • Traffic didn't convert: Despite a 22.4% increase in glance views, conversion rates declined 1.1% YoY, indicating weakened purchase intent.
  • High-value OOS drove outsized revenue loss: Revenue lost to stockouts jumped 178% YoY, concentrated on premium SKUs despite lower overall OOS rates.
  • Supply chain reliability improved: Fill rates reached 91% and inventory grew 25.8% YoY, enabling brands to meet increased demand.

Health & Personal Care market resilience in Q3 2025

Health & Personal Care faces margin pressure despite strong sales growth. Get the Q3 2025 Health & Personal Care ecommerce report now.

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