
NielsenIQ (NIQ) has published its annual Consumer Outlook: Guide to 2026, offering a strategic roadmap for brands navigating a volatile and fast-evolving market. The findings reveal that consumers in Saudi Arabia have become more adaptive to ongoing change, with growing emphasis on values-driven purchasing. Features such as environmental sustainability, organic certification, cruelty-free testing, and the absence of artificial ingredients are playing a more significant role in purchase decisions.
Saudi Arabian consumers (44 per cent) expressed that their household finances better of than a year ago. And, in terms of financial outlook, 71 per cent expect their household financial situation








