Industry Developments

The past few years have been immensely challenging for most of Ukraine's consumer companies after what can be described as a catastrophic 2009. A 50% devaluation in the value of the... 2011-07-21

We have previously argued that Turkey-based Coca Cola Iceçek (CCI) had a good chance of being the fastest growing major franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) over the next... 2011-07-19

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

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

The Slovakian beer industry continues to face up to a challenging environment after per capita consumption fell by nearly 11.5% to 70 litres in 2010, according to The Slovak Breweries... 2011-07-12

The past few years have been really challenging for most consumer companies that rely heavily on Ukraine, of that there is little doubt. Dairy leader Ukrproduct is one of these companies.... 2011-07-11

Just when it looked like things were finally getting better for the Russian beer industry, after a torrid two years where a dramatic pullback in spending in 2009 was quickly followed... 2011-07-08

The Czech beer industry still looks to be in a tough spot. Its biggest beer companies are generally doing a lot better with their exports than they are at home. For example, while Budejovicky... 2011-07-06

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have focused a lot of attention and money on juices in Russia. This is where they have generally done a lot of their big deals. Even Wimm-Bill-Dann, the major... 2011-07-04

Lithuania-based private equity company Volga Resources is dipping its toe in Russia's seafood industry after reaching an agreement to acquire a 30% stake in Russian Sea Group (RSG).... 2011-06-30