Industry Developments

Food retailing is big business in Poland, where the majority of people still shop at independent stores. On the face of it, Poland seems to be strangely under retailed, with informal... 2011-02-18

Turkish consumers stocks have shown great strength over the past year. Since the start of 2010, the Istanbul Food & Beverage (up by 40.07%) and Trade (up by 57.27%) IDX indexes... 2011-02-17

Consumer spending will remain under the cosh in Bosnia and Herzegovina through 2011. Unemployment remains elevated and a major structural problem. Given the lack of leading indicator... 2011-02-16

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

BMI expects bottled water and juices to sell strongly over the next few years. Turkey has some pretty strong long-term domestic demand credentials. Most of the main sectors within its... 2011-02-09

Food retailing is big business in Poland, where the majority of people still shop at independent stores. On the face of it, Poland seems be strangely under retailed, with informal stores... 2011-02-01

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

Turkey is featuring on the radar of private equity funds looking to pick up stakes in fast-growing regional companies. Ireland-based Kerten has acquired a minority stake in the Turkish... 2011-01-28

Turkey is featuring on the radar of private equity funds looking to pick up stakes in fast-growing regional companies. Ireland-based Kerten has acquired a minority stake in the Turkish... 2011-01-28