Russia

Russia is all set to replace France as Danone's largest contributor to sales in 2011, which both emphasises its own growing importance and, given the fact that emerging markets (EMs)... 2011-02-25

Russian consumer stocks were the big outperformers in 2010, easily beating the benchmark RTS, financials and oil & gas (see first chart). The retail and consumer index was up by... 2011-02-23

Russia is unlikely to improve for Carlsberg in 2011. Although the Russian consumer is actually doing quite well, having come back pretty strongly in 2010 (the RTS Consumer & Retail... 2011-02-22

Russia's biggest consumer companies are likely to step up growth spending in 2011. Given how strong Russia looks on the domestic demand side long-term, the bigger players in food, drink... 2011-02-11

The Russian regulatory authorities have officially given their blessing to PepsiCo's purchase of the largely dairy focused Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD) for an initial 66% interest worth about... 2011-01-31

The Russian regulatory authorities have officially given their blessing to PepsiCo's purchase of the largely dairy focused Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD) for an initial 66% interest worth about... 2011-01-31

Russians are consuming more and more juice. This shows no sign of slowing down and we expect fruit juice sales to continue outperforming carbonates and bottled water in terms of annual... 2011-01-27

There are huge opportunities for growth in food retail in Russia, which is home to some of the world's fastest growing food retailers - some of which trade at huge premiums compared... 2011-01-26

The Ukraine's leading confectionery company by market share, Roshen, broke through the US$1bn sales barrier in FY10, which ended in December, as its annual revenues grew by 32% year-on-year... 2011-01-24

Not even recognised officially as an alcoholic beverage in Russia, beer has really come under the microscope with the government cracking down hard both fiscally (via steep excise hikes)... 2011-01-17