Slovenia

After revealing that it expects its net income to have fallen by 21.6% in 2010 due to a challenging business environment, Slovenian retailer Mercator has announced that it intends to... 2012-02-01

Slovenia's leading food retailer Mercator is reportedly the subject of four bids for a controlling stake that would value the company at more than US$1bn. One of the favourites to acquire... 2011-10-24

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

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

The Slovenian and indeed wider Balkan consumer continues to look quite stretched. Unemployment in a number of countries remains a big deal, which in essence is particularly supportive... 2011-05-20

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

BMI's near-term expectations for the (F&D) industry largely revolve around ongoing weakness in developed markets and the outperformance of emerging markets (EM). Led by the US,... 2010-12-09

Slovenia's leading food retailer, Mercator, expects to grow its top line by 5.3% to EUR2.75bn in the year to December 2010. With Slovenian sales expected to decline for the third consecutive... 2010-12-02

There is currently much discussion in the global food, drink and retail industries about the largest companies needing to strengthen emerging market (EM) exposure to try and uphold... 2010-09-15

The prospect for a re-balancing in household debt and an improvement in consumer spending remains a long way off in Hungary. Of the five Central European markets covered in our Central... 2010-09-07