Here Are All The Things We Might Say Goodbye To In 2019

Soap

Just because young people aren’t buying bars of soap anymore, it doesn’t mean 2019 will be any smellier than 2018. According to Mintel, they saw sales in bars of soap drop while the rest of the shower-and-bath category grew more popular, such as gels from bottles.

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According to a press release, they deduced: “Almost half (48%) of all US consumers believe bar soaps are covered in germs after use, a feeling that is particularly strong among consumers aged 18-24 (60%), as opposed to just 31% of older consumers aged 65-plus.”