Pakistan

Well-versed in balancing risk and reward across a wider variety of emerging economies, Swiss food giant Nestlé is not a stranger to frontier market investments. In a bid to further... 2011-08-23

Based on our market share estimates, BMI has introduced sales breakdown data and forecasts for specific sub-sectors in Pakistan's soft drinks market, namely carbonated soft drinks,... 2011-08-15

Without a developed tourism sector and the presence of a formal food retailing sector to support demand for consumer goods, near-term growth in Pakistan's consumer-facing sectors is... 2011-08-11

There are two major positives underpinning our outlook for the Pakistani alcoholic drinks sector in the near term. Rising remittances continue to give a strong impetus to consumer purchasing... 2011-08-03

There are significant hurdles on Nestlé Pakistan's road towards fully exploiting Pakistan's untapped potential, not least the country's weak distribution infrastructure, endemic corruption... 2011-05-04

We are holding to a mixed near-term consumer outlook for Pakistan. On the one hand, increasing remittance inflows augur well for higher consumer spending in the country for 2011. On... 2011-05-03

The consumer outlooks for the South Asian frontier economies of Pakistan and Sri Lanka are mixed. On the one hand, the consumer-facing sectors in these economies will continue to grapple... 2011-02-18

On the face of it, Pakistan looks pretty promising. It is a demographic behemoth with a large and young population and has barely scratched the surface of its potential on the consumer... 2011-02-14

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

Declining remittances and building inflationary pressures are likely to place a drag on Bangladesh's consumer outlook in the near term. While the near-term consumer picture is relatively... 2010-11-25