Supply Chain Insights – What Consumers Look For In Bath Towels (Mexico)
March 12, 2025


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Cotton Incorporated’s 2024 Global Home Textiles Survey, conducted on December 30-31, 2024 among N=7,163 consumers in China, Germany, Mexico, U.K., and U.S.
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Why do consumers buy new bath towels?
Average number
of towels owned
8
purchase new
towels 2x/year or
more
69%
MEXICO: WHAT CONSUMERS LOOK FOR IN BATH TOWELS
BATH TOWELS
COTTON INCORPORATED’S
SUPPLY CHAIN INSIGHTS
75% 27%
To replace
old ones
For a new
color
For a new
fiber or fabric
25%
85%
prefer bath towels made of cotton
What do they look for?
93%
Quality
Softness
Does not
hold odor
How long it
lasts
86%
88%
88%
Consumers say bath towels made of cotton, compared to those made of other fibers are:
89%
Most
comfortable
Most
absorbent
Highest
quality
Most
reliable
86%87%88%
Most
sustainable
76%
Softest
90%
Lasts the
longest
72%
Absorbency
89%
Performance
features
82%