Understand the key trends shaping demand and future opportunities...
Understand the key trends shaping demand and future opportunities across industries in Eastern Europe, with the latest regional and country-level analysis and market statistics.
In Slovakia, the rising inflation and production costs have led to an increase in retail unit prices for RTDs, which had a negative impact on demand in 2022. Despite the weaker economic power of Slovak consumers, both volume and value sales of RTDs…
Spirit-based RTDs is the fastest growing subcategory, registering double-digit sales increases in volume and value terms. New product development is noticeable in spirit-based RTDs, with companies like Dana doo expanding outside its core business of…
RTDs saw a return to growth in total volume terms in 2022. This growth was driven by innovations and new product launches in the market alongside the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the return to more active social lives, with socialising being…
Retail volume growth of spirits remained strong in 2022, as consumer demand continued to bounce back in the on-trade following the steep declines caused by closures during the pandemic. Nevertheless, rising inflation has impacted spirits resulting in…
In 2022, both off- and on-trade sales of spirits in Bulgaria increased. Current value growth by far exceeded volume growth due to a huge rise in average unit prices. Despite this, the premiumisation trend continued as Bulgarians increasingly favour…