Poland

Drinks group Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) has agreed a deal with Russian Standard that will see the latter pump up to US$310mn into the drinks firm in exchange for... 2012-04-27

French newspaper Les Echos has reported that local drinks group Belvédère has received interest in its Polish vodka brand Sobieski and could be considering a sale. The report suggests... 2012-03-02

Russian-based vodka producer Russian Standard has made an offer to Poland-based Central European Distribution Corp (CEDC) that could see it take a 32.99% stake in the business. CEDC... 2012-02-03

Polish retailer Jerónimo Martins continues to be buoyed by the success of its Polish discount division, with the firm recording total sales growth of 13% during 2011 to reach EUR9.8bn.... 2012-01-12

Our Europe country risk desk holds the view that Central and Eastern European economies are set to experience a marked slowdown going into 2012 as external demand languishes and the... 2011-11-16

The big domestic demand economies of Poland, Russia and Turkey, which boast a combined population of more than 250mn - more than double that of the remaining 12 Central and Eastern... 2011-10-19

While things may get tougher for one of our other favourite European consumer markets, Turkey, over the next few months with our Europe team seeing a 'hard landing' scenario as a growing... 2011-08-02

The big domestic demand economies of Poland, Russia and Turkey, which boast a combined population of more than 250mn - more than double that of the remaining 11Central and Eastern Europe... 2011-07-14

What Wal-Mart does internationally is increasingly important because it is not getting a lot of growth out of the US, where same-store sales have not looked too hot of late. Price competition... 2011-07-12

Not too much has changed in our Central and Eastern European (CEE) Risk/Reward ratings over the past quarter. The big domestic demand economies of Poland, Russia and Turkey, which boast... 2011-03-31