Beer

Ukraine has a shrinking population, with the number of people living in the country falling by more than 200,000 in 2019, according to Euromonitor International sociodemographic data, affecting both adults and children. Apart from the declining ...

Total volume sales of beer were stagnant in 2017, mainly impacted by the highway ban and the lingering effects of demonetisation, coupled with some excise duty hikes. Consequently, these effects started to wane at the beginning of 2018, with the ...

The entry of new brands and players in the beer category over the review period is likely to encourage the more dynamic development of new products in the future. Small independent brewers are likely to launch innovations more frequently in an aim to...

Overall, beer consumption remained at a high level in Austria in 2018. Whilst volume growth was negligible, value growth was higher than the CAGR recorded over the 2013-2018 review period. The major reason was routine price increases resulting from ...

The stabilisation of the economic situation in Azerbaijan in 2018 continued to support a recovery in total beer volume sales, which had dropped sharply over 2015-2016 due to currency devaluation. Beer consumption was further bolstered by unusually ...

Total volume sales of beer remained flat in 2018, taking into consideration the fact that the beer category is mature and saturated in China. However, current value sales of beer enjoyed a rising trend, driven mainly by the rising cost of raw ...

Beer saw another year of volume expansion in 2018, pushed by industrial breweries, which showed an ability to adapt to consumers’ sophistication with the launch of new beer variants, the development of new single-serve presentations, and the increase...

Demand for beer tends to be strongly affected by short-term weather trends. As a result of this correlation, demand for beer in Bosnia-Herzegovina peaked during the hot summer of 2017, whilst sales cooled off during the rainy summer of 2018. A ...

All current Beer category data and analysis for 18 Asia Pacific and Australasian countries. Includes access to specialized research teams, country reports, advanced data modelling tools, plus historic and forecast data, company profiles, and more...

All current Beer category data and analysis for 18 Eastern European countries. Includes access to specialized research teams, country reports, advanced data modelling tools, plus historic and forecast data, company profiles, and more...

All current Beer category data and analysis for 12 African and Middle Eastern countries. Includes access to specialized research teams, country reports, advanced data modelling tools, plus historic and forecast data, company profiles, and more...

All current Beer category data and analysis for 17 Western European countries. Includes access to specialized research teams, country reports, advanced data modelling tools, plus historic and forecast data, company profiles, and more...

All of our data and analysis for Beer in 15 North and South American countries. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

The beer market in Eastern Europe has been negatively affected by the political and economic instability in its key markets of Russia and Ukraine. Beer volumes in the region declined throughout the review period, mainly due to the fall in mid-priced ...

Western Europe is a mature region for beer; per capita consumption is generally high, and many countries have well-established traditions of brewing and beer drinking. As a result, volume growth remains elusive. However, the strength of the ...

Company strategies in alcoholic drinks vary significantly across categories, especially the main three – beer, wine and spirits. In many cases, there is limited scope for further large-scale acquisitions. However, in addition to organic growth, ...

International expansion has been a long-standing focus for Japan’s largest brewer, Asahi, as its domestic beer market struggles with maturity-driven decline. The acquisition of SABMiller’s European operations has significantly expanded Asahi’s reach ...

Challenging conditions persist in Carlsberg’s core European markets; macroeconomic difficulties in Eastern Europe and a maturity-driven slowdown in Western Europe. As a result, the company continues to pursue geographic expansion in Asia Pacific at ...

Beer in Asia Pacific witnessed a small increase in volume sales in 2017. Prices of beer in the top two countries - China and Japan - shot up during 2017 leading to a decline in volume sales. Southeast Asian countries saw a significant increase in ...

The world’s largest brewer, A-B InBev, is responsible for over a quarter of global beer volumes. A-B InBev has a wide-ranging brand portfolio, and, following the acquisition of SABMiller, also has a very broad geographic spread. This gives it the ...