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Global Briefing

More Than Meets the Eye: The World of Concentrates

Sep 2012

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About this Report

About this Report

The choice of a significant percentage of the world’s population, concentrates are an oft-overlooked category, yet one which offers a connection to the vast and growing purchasing power wielded by low-income consumers the world over. At the same time, the category’s versatility offers real possibilities in value-focused developed markets. In this new report, Euromonitor International explores the continuing development of this most versatile (and portable) of all soft drinks categories.


What this report includes

  • Up-to-the minute analysis of the latest trends in the industry
  • New product development, forecasts and other themes
  • Unique graphics and illustrated case studies
  • Most recent brand and company news
  • New insight into the size and shape of the market

Why buy this report

  • Clear, concise powerpoint format makes it easy to digest
  • Leading industry opinion keeps you abreast of latest news and trends
  • Forward-looking outlook on a category, market or issue affecting the industry
  • Latest five year forecasts assess how the market is predicted to develop
  • Understand the competitive environment, the leading players and brands

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Scope

Key findings

Global Performance

An underappreciated category

Value growth surges ahead of volume expansion

Concentrates remain clear low-price leader globally

Share of throat reveals diverging trends

An almost entirely retail phenomenon

Concentrates' four key advantages

Competitive Landscape

Volume shares reveal Kraft's dominance

Private label continues to gain ground

Latin America drives global brand performance

Kraft's Tang presses home the advantage in key markets

Effective localisation, the Tang Way

Liquid, powder competition set to diverge further

Category Overview

Liquid/powder split reveals two geographic clusters

Lower income markets drive strong demand for powders

Smaller retailers a major force in powders distribution

Traditional channels still vital in powder concentrates

Liquid concentrates lead value sales, driven by Western Europe

Supermarkets, hypermarkets drive liquid concentrate sales

Modern retailers more prevalent in liquid concentrates

Regional Highlights

Half of all concentrates volume now in Latin America

Four out of five largest concentrates markets in Latin America

Developed markets offer sales, margins, limited growth

Brazil and Argentina to drive growth

Kraft's new Brazil plant to drive continued expansion

Asia Pacific market a tale of Indonesia and the Philippines

Functionality and festivals drive local dominance in Indonesia

Indonesia's Kuku Bima – cheap energy for the working man

Ramadan festivities, GCC markets vital to Middle East sales

A vital market faces growing maturity

Premiumisation , economy drive value sales expansion in the UK

Kraft looks to reboot in US market with splashy Mio launch

Mio creates a category in the US – but can it last?

SodaStream's US success likely a small boost to sales

France a rare example of on-trade concentrate demand

Poland drives Eastern European demand expansion

Multiple paths to growth

Global Prospects

Difficult times ahead as global demand turns elsewhere

Latin American demand to drive near-term volume growth

Select group of markets to dominate growth going forward

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