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In 2013, concentrates were mostly used as a flavour additive by Lithuanians and consumed with cocktails and sweet meals. They buy syrups for ice-cream or to mix with alcoholic and soft drinks. This new trend prevented liquid concentrates from dropping in both volume and value sales in 2013.

As the fourth largest population in the world, Indonesia represents a promising market for sweet and savoury snacks. The consumer base for these products covers all age groups and income segments, with a range of brands and price points available in the category. For the majority of Indonesian consumers, snacks are eaten on a daily basis, being generally consumed during leisure time. Moreover, Indonesians' ongoing tradition of eating snacks during a social gathering, for example with friends...

While volume sales and penetration of electronic devices such as computers, mobile phones and tablets continues to increase rapidly in Australia, the digital revolution has not necessarily vanquished consumers' need for writing instruments. As a result, the area registered current retail value growth of 3% in 2013, with sales reaching A$155 million. With the exception of graphite pencils, fountain pens and inkwells and refills, volume sales within writing instruments in 2013 remained more or...

RTD tea is positioned as a healthier drink than carbonates, energy drinks or juice drinks. The category is perceived as more natural, tasty and beneficial for the human body, especially in the case of RTD green and white tea. However, the consumption per capita is much lower than juice, bottled water or carbonates because the consumer group still remains small. RTD tea for many consumers is still an unnecessary expense, losing out to more essential products or beverages that are cheaper per...

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The common perception among consumers is that herbal/traditional products are safe to consume and have no side effects. There was no regulation in terms of the pricing of herbal/traditional remedies in 2013. It is easy for manufacturers to advertise their brands and sell these products at their own prices. There is general awareness of herbal/traditional products among the population, especially young people. People consume herbal/traditional cough, cold and digestive remedies as complements to...

Using a variety of historic examples, this briefing looks at all aspects of M&A activity, from motives, paying the right amount to integrating the new acquisition. Although focused on the major alcoholic drinks categories, aspects of this briefing are relevant to players in all industries interested in understanding the process.

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All the major brands within Swedish RTD tea were available in two flavours in 2013, lemon/lime and peach. This was the case for the leading brand, Pfanner Ice Tea by Piwa Food AB, Glocken Gold by Asba AB, private label brand Pataya Ice Tea by Lidl Sverige KB and Aqua D'Or Ice Tea by Saturnus AB. The flavour peach seemed to be more popular than lemon/lime among Swedish consumers, even though the difference in terms of popularity between these two flavours narrowed since the disappearance of HW...

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In 2012, in-car entertainment continued to contribute the smallest sales among consumer electronics in Indonesia. However, the room for growing faster still exists especially since the category is still small. This is due to the fact that the products are mostly additional products for middle- to upper-income luxury needs as opposed to essential needs.

Consumer awareness of snack bars continued to increase in Indonesia at the end of the review period. Furthermore, rising health consciousness, especially among Indonesia's middle-income and upper-income urban dwellers, helped to further boost volume growth in snack bars during 2013. In addition, the rapid expansion of modern grocery retail outlets, especially supermarkets/hypermarkets and convenience stores, in which the majority of snack bars are sold, continued to ensure product availability,...

Similar to charge cards, store cards is a niche category that most Filipinos are unaware of. More often than not, it is highly associated with fleet cards of petrol companies, as is the most common type of store card in the Philippines. Although a good strategy to strengthen consumer loyalty, chained retailers usually prefer to offer loyalty cards and co-branded credit cards because these are less complex to operate than store cards, which need and use more in-house resources.

Even if snack bars can be perceived as a healthy option in terms of snacking and a good substitute for biscuits, pastries, cakes or even sweet and savoury snacks and confectionery, their consumption was still occasional in France with consumers preferring more traditional products on a regular basis. At breakfast, for example, slices of bread with honey or jam or pastries were commonly preferred to snack bars. Even though, snack bars remained appreciated as a mid-afternoon snack, notably by...

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In June 2013 credit card operators and banks decided to end the discount policy that had been successfully boosting consumer appliances retail sales over the last 10 years. From now on, home laundry retailers and banks will offer long term financing without interest on purchases made with credit cards to boost retail sales. With an inflation rate of around 30% and no other option to preserve the value of money, consumers are being tempted to buy home laundry appliances in 12, 18 or 24...

Wound care in Guatemala reached retail value sales of GTQ8 million in 2013, a 6% increase in current terms on 2012. This is a small category, and the main brands are not usually advertised or very active in marketing. Many companies, like BDF Centroamerica and 3M Guatemala SA have tried to increase the consumer base by selling sticking plasters featuring popular cartoon designs, but their impact has been small.

Despite increased concern over the rising rates of obesity and diabetes in the United Arab Emirates, sugar confectionery continued to achieve healthy retail volume growth in 2013. Although there was an increased number of health awareness campaigns in the United Arab Emirates in 2013 and a ban on junk food in the majority of schools, consumer demand for sugar confectionery did not wane. However, demand for reduced sugar products increased. Products such as sugar-free Werther's Original from...

As Greece's severe economic recession rages on, sales of wound care declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2013. Moreover, the number of wound care products available in Greece's supermarkets and chemists/pharmacies has declined, with both the range of products available on retail shelves and the volume of these products stocked by most retailers as the majority of consumers now tend to stick to more basic wound care products. Overall, wound care declined in current value by 6% in 2013.

RTD coffee is hardly available in stores as there is currently only one company that supplies it to the largest stores. Even though RTD coffee has been sold in the country for eight years, the concept is still new to Lithuanians. From the supplier side, there was no effort to make this product better known, so the category does not have a group of consistent, loyal consumers. Poor availability in the stores makes it even harder for the product to become a drink that people buy on a regular...

Aldi, which leads the discounters channel globally, saw a slowdown in its performance over the review period, due to intensified competition from its main rival Schwarz, as well as price wars across grocery retail channels. This has pushed Aldi to further expand its store network internationally, and also to modernise its stores and improve its product offer. This represents a significant effort to sustain the company's growth, as the retailer usually has a conservative attitude to change.

Thanks to the growing penetration of broadcast and digital media, as well as an improving healthcare system, the overall health and wellness consciousness is expected to rise among the local population. Obesity levels have reached alarming levels owing to sedentary lifestyles as well as a heavy intake of fatty foods. The exposure to the Western world has helped local consumers to understand and embrace healthy lifestyles in order to improve the quality of their lives. This includes making...

RTD coffee recorded further positive growth in 2013 as ready-to-drink coffee benefits from its taste and convenience. RTD coffee is popular especially among the urban population and those with higher incomes. In general, RTD coffee is a relatively small category and therefore increasing demand produces more significant growth rates.

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