Pub date: 18 May 2012 Europe / Croatia Food & Drink Industry Report
With Croatian consumers still facing high unemployment and relatively weak credit growth – in tandem with an increasingly poor economic outlook – we see little scope for improvement in the consumer ... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Food & Drink Industry Report
The Czech consumer outlook remains very challenging. As austerity measures continue, both household and government spending are expected to remain in the doldrums over the course of 2012, as they wer... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Europe / Kazakhstan Food & Drink Industry Report
We continue to view Kazakhstan as one of the most promising emerging markets in the longer term. This view is supported by favourable economic outlook for the country, despite the current slowdown in... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Europe / Greece Food & Drink Industry Report
In the first quarter of 2012, Greece averted a disorderly default in the short term as parliament backed further fiscal austerity in return for a second bailout from the troika of the European Commis... Read More
Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Europe / Ireland Food & Drink Industry Report
Further fiscal austerity, falling house prices, and household deleveraging will combine with a weaker external demand environment to ensure the Irish economy contracts over the course of 2012. A swif... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Slovakia Food & Drink Industry Report
We see little scope for improvement in consumer confidence levels in Slovakia in the course of the year. Although the new government is expected to tread lightly in terms of a possible value-added ta... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Netherlands Food & Drink Industry Report
Weaker credit extension has prompted us to revise down our 2012 private consumption growth forecast to -0.2%, from 0.2% previously. Consumer credit growth declined 4.3% y-o-y in January, following an... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Italy Food & Drink Industry Report
We expect private consumption to contract by 0.5% in real terms in 2012 as fiscal consolidation and wider economic uncertainty depress household spending. Tax increases constitute two-thirds of the ... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Belarus Food & Drink Industry Report
As we previously noted, the consumer outlook for Belarus will remain extremely challenging, with inflation expected to skyrocket. As imported goods become more and more expensive, consumers will mos... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / France Food & Drink Industry Report
We expect households to be hard hit over 2012, with unemployment at 9.9% (a 12 year high) and likely to rise further and leading indicators showing signs of softness. France's synthetic consumer conf... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Slovenia Food & Drink Industry Report
Slovenia is a developed food and drink market, served by modern mass grocery retail network. Its maturity, combined with the small population size and the challenging economic outlook, will serve to ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Ukraine Food & Drink Industry Report
In the decade ahead, Ukraine's GDP per capita is expected to remain one of the lowest in Europe. While there is still enormous unrealised potential in terms of political reform and economic growth, w... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Europe / Romania Food & Drink Industry Report
With Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) characterised by a weak economic outlook and largely poor demographics, Romania still holds some potential in terms of long-term growth - if one looks beyond Rus... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Europe / Russia Food & Drink Industry Report
Ongoing disinflation, low unemployment and relatively low household leverage suggest that domestic demand conditions in Russia will remain relatively sanguine in 2012. With the government looking to ... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Food & Drink Industry Report
The Bulgarian consumer outlook will remain challenging over the short- to medium-term at least. Issues such as economic difficulties - largely caused by the slowdown in its main export partners - and... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Europe / Hungary Food & Drink Industry Report
The Hungarian consumer outlook will continue to provide little optimism for food and drink companies. The country's economy is expected to post a negative year-on-year (y-o-y) GDP growth, thus re-ent... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Spain Food & Drink Industry Report
Spain looks set to sink into economic depression as the government pushes ahead with increasingly aggressive fiscal austerity amid a rapidly deteriorating domestic environment. Even in the case of a ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / United Kingdom Food & Drink Industry Report
In January 2012, Tesco issued a profit warning after posting lacklustre UK results for the Christmas period. Tesco has attributed its poor showing to stronger promotion activity from its rivals, whic... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Serbia Food & Drink Industry Report
Due to IMF-supervised macroeconomic stability, strong foreign direct investment inflows and export competitiveness the fundamentals of the Serbian economy remain relatively strong. Primarily due to ... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Europe / Poland Food & Drink Industry Report
Poland's strong domestic demand story continues to look solid and we expect Poland's status as regional outperformer will continue to attract investment into the country over the next five years. Tha... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Europe / Germany Food & Drink Industry Report
The ever-deepening eurozone debt crisis is proving a major challenge to Germany's economic growth model. Further escalation of the crisis, which could see a sovereign or a financial institution defau... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Europe / Turkey Food & Drink Industry Report
Turkey remains one of the most promising emerging markets, having rebounded from the 2009 recession very strongly. Its economy continues to develop apace, providing plentiful opportunities for a furt... Read More
Pub date: 06 Feb 2012 Europe / Lithuania Food & Drink Industry Report
Growing macroeconomic headwinds in Europe and the government's firm adherence to additional fiscal consolidation will see the Lithuanian economy come to a standstill in 2012, with our GDP growth for... Read More
Pub date: 01 Jan 2012 Global / Europe Food & Drink Multinational Companies Industry Directory
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Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Latvia Food & Drink Industry Report
Latvia ranks in second-last position in BMI’s latest Business Environment Ranking (BER) matrix for the Emerging Europe region, having fallen since it was last surveyed. The fallout from the sharp eco... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Food & Drink Industry Report
Estonia is still considered one of a lower medium-tier food and drink investment destinations in the Emerging Europe region. While its risk profile is one of the most benign in the region, its reward... Read More