Industry Developments

Russia's leading retailer by number of outlets is putting a lot of money into new stores. In the nine month period to September 2011 Magnit grew its headline sales by 46% to RUB240.2bn... 2011-10-31

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

BMI View: X5 Retail's full-year revenue growth target downgrade highlights the domestic and external pressures weighing on the Russian consumer. Our below consensus economic growth... 2011-10-12

Most of the UK's leading retailers are having a tough old time at the moment with confidence still so weak and to compound matters fuel costs still high. So value is still as relevant... 2011-10-05

With Turkey's leading discount food retailer BİM Birlesik Magazalar (BİM) having done so well over the past few years, interest in the discount space in the country... 2011-08-09

Another reporting period, another round of strong growth in Russia's discount retail sector. This has been a consistent theme for the past two or so years, with the likes of X5 and... 2011-08-02

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

We have been very positive about the Turkish domestic demand story for some time now, and with good reason. Along with Poland, Turkey came out of the 2009 global financial crisis in... 2011-07-28

Russia now considers beer to be an alcoholic drink. New legislation means that beer will no longer be viewed as more of a soft drink, an amendment that has been in the making for some... 2011-07-25