Alcoholic Drinks

Cannabis is disrupting most major FMCG industries from alcohol to beauty, and pet care to pharma. But what about the confectionery industry? Facing stalling growth and a sugar rush of health trends curtailing sales, diversification and value-added ...

Whiskies has been a standout category within spirits around the world in recent years, with the still-dominant Scotch category increasingly sharing the spotlight with the vibrant and growing American, Irish and Japanese whiskies. Rising incomes in ...

Craft spirits, still in its infancy when compared with the more mature craft beer segment, is gaining popularity across regions, as consumer lifestyle trends and alcohol industry dynamics combine in favour of artisanal spirits. This briefing explores...

Asia Pacific is the largest beer market region globally, although leading markets of China and Japan are on the decline, induced by ageing demographics and switching to alternative beverages. Increased disposable income and the premiumisation trend ...

Diageo remained the leading player in spirits globally in 2018, but growth was slower than for its main competitors, as the group continues to face challenges in the vodka and rum categories. However, despite a range of risks on the horizon, ...

Internet retailing is recording dynamic growth in alcoholic drinks. Advances in technology, the launch of dedicated apps and initiatives from leading players are providing huge momentum for the channel. However, store-based retailing still very much ...

There is a growing overlap between alcoholic, soft and hot drinks as consumer priorities shift. A sense of “experience”, achieved through settings or stories, is increasingly prioritised over rigid adherence to categories. Declining alcohol ...

During most of the review period increasing demand was recorded for alcoholic drinks – a trend driven by improvements in the economic environment, and thus positive effects on both demand and supply. The overall economic performance in the country ...

Although limited in scale, the forecast revisions this quarter present a picture of increased negativity almost across the board. Nigeria was one of the few markets to receive an upgrade at the industry level, with premium categories single malt ...

With Euromonitor’s latest annual research now out, the global alcoholic drinks landscape points to heady heights. But could there be froth foaming behind the strongest volume growth figures in half a decade? Which are the categories spearheading the ...

Leading global brewer AB InBev has a broad geographic spread, ranking among the top four brewers in every region. The company is placing a growing focus on generating value as finding volume growth becomes increasingly difficult in its key markets, ...

Ranked third in beer globally, Carlsberg operates in three core regions - Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific and Western Europe. Expansion in the emerging markets of Asia Pacific is a strategic focus for the company. Carlsberg is also working to shift its ...

In the mature Western European beer market, there is a distinct upmarket shift, as consumers are increasingly seeking better-quality options and higher-priced products. In that regard, particularly premium, craft and mixed beers are setting trends ...

Bolivian GDP increased in the last decade, which drove the expansion of the middle-income group and led to an increase in average disposable incomes. As a result, the country saw the explosion of retailing and a sustained increase in the supply of ...

Suntory Holdings is one of the world’s largest spirits companies, with particular strength in US and Japanese whiskies. This core focus will not change in the years ahead, although the company is looking to diversify geographically, as well as into ...

“Craft” is now an established feature in the global beer landscape. Growth continues to decelerate in the core US market, while the movement is still in its early stages in key emerging markets, such as China and Vietnam. Microbrewers are looking to ...

Despite a challenging 2018 for the alcoholic drinks industry, with high taxes and economic slowdown, total volume sales were able to see double-digit percentage growth. This was driven by beer, which benefited from consumers switching to more ...

After the sales decline in 2014, there have been four uninterrupted years of steady sales growth in Croatian alcoholic drinks. The direct reason for this can be found in the resurgence of disposable household income from 2015, enabling Croatian ...

After a decline in the previous year, alcoholic drinks experienced steady growth in total volume terms in 2018. Beer and cider consumption was stimulated by the warm spring and hot and long summer. Cider was the most dynamic category, followed by ...

The health trend that encourages consumers to reduce their consumption of alcoholic drinks was still having an effect on the market in 2018, as was the premiumisation trend, which saw Italian consumers demanding and willing to pay for high quality. ...