just the ten - Top Ten Reports of 2009

With the end of the year looming, just-drinks is running a series of 'Top Tens of the Year' in the run-up to Christmas.

Today, it's the Top Ten Most Read Reports of 2009.

10 - South Africa Food and Drink Report Q3 2009
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South Africa ranks among the world's most distinctive consumer markets. While a proportion of the population possess wealth on par with most developed countries, a far greater number are still bracketed as low income. This is despite an economic boom that added great impetus to the middle class. Unlike the majority of emerging markets, domestic companies have firmly established themselves as leading players across the food, drink and mass grocery retail (MGR) industries. BMI's forecast that South Africa's GDP will fall 1.9% in 2009 has affected some of South Africa's leading companies to varying degrees as discussed in BMI's recently published South Africa Food & Drink Report for Q309.

09 - Global market review of vodka - forecasts to 2014
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With over 40 data tables providing total consumption volume for all major markets and brands, this latest edition of our popular global market review of vodka provides an excellent overview of the historic, present and future market for the sector. This edition includes 2008 actual full-year volumes, recently updated by The IWSR.

08 - Modern consumption and market performance of New World wine
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Over the course of the last 20 years New World wine sales have exploded in international markets. Between 1988 and 2007, New World sales increased from 7.8m nine-litre cases to 227.6m cases, a CAGR rate of 19.5%. This growth is underpinned by the development of the international trade for wine, which again reached a new record of 9.1bn litres in 2007, an increase of 6.5% on 2006. International trade accounted for 41.8% of all wine consumption. This is forecast to rise to 42.1% by 2012. Against this backdrop, this report sets the scene for how New World wine has developed over the last ten years and where likely consumption trends are heading. At over 90 pages, this comprehensive report focuses on the challenges and opportunities for the major new world producing countries: Australia, New Zealand, The US, South Africa, Argentina and Chile.

07 - Global market review of speciality spirits - forecasts to 2013
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While the broad perception today is that the global spirits market is rapidly approaching hegemony under the leadership of a number of multinational companies, the reality is somewhat different. It may surprise, but the top ten multinationals in volume terms only have around a 15% market share of the global spirits industry. This report reviews all of the non-mainstream, but major speciality spirits categories, covering the key brands and products in: Aniseed-, Cane-, Grape-, Fruit-, Coconut-, Juniper-, Root-, Rice-, Potato- or corn- and Cactus/agave-based spirits. The report provides extensive market data from The IWSR and its aim is to examine each of these speciality categories and consider their potential for premium and international development. This report is the first publication to compile all of these categories into one study - offering the reader an essential reference point, analysing and reviewing the markets for all key speciality spirits categories.

06 - Retailing in China 2009: A Market Analysis
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As the Chinese economy lurches from being one reliant on export manufacturing to one more reliant on a robust domestic consumer market, the retail market is becoming even more important to the country. The race is now on to create the infrastructure that will bring more of rural China into the fold of the consuming classes, driving a need for new transport and storage facilities, computerised inventory, a closed chill-chain, modern management systems and all the other accoutrements of a developed retail system.

05 - Global market review of functional soft drinks - forecasts to 2014
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This report aims to provide invaluable insight into a sector that has experienced a surge in growth in the early part of this decade, with fluctuations across certain sub-categories. In some countries, more recently, manufacturers have been finding their feet in a comparatively embryonic sector. As consumers seek to achieve optimum performance in their daily life, at work, and while playing sport for pleasure or professionally, drinks manufacturers are in a position to meet consumer demands through innovative new product launches and line extensions. The next stage for functional soft drink (FSD) brands, however, is more specific targeting by occasion and health concern, opening up opportunities in ever-increasing circles to target new consumers and usages. This report provides a snapshot of the current issues, trends and challenges in the FSDs market, considering energy and sports drinks as separate categories in the first part of the report and moving on to analyse opportunities in more specific sub-categories such as child- and senior-specific FSDs. Analysis of market value and volume sales, with forecasts to 2014, plus consumer and industry trends and developments are provided to identify and quantify future profit opportunities in the market.

04 - Top 10 Food and Drinks Companies: Emerging opportunities, growth strategies and innovation in the leading players
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Increasing demand for healthy products coupled with rising disposable incomes in emerging economies is fueling demand for food and drink products. However, the rising price of raw materials such as animal feed, energy, and other commodities such as aluminium used in packaging, will increase the operating costs of players. The report identifies the product areas that the top 10 players are seeking to develop. It also examines the comparative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the world's leading food and drinks companies.

03 - Global market review of international rum - forecasts to 2012
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Rum is widely tipped as the next hot international category. Rum is undoubtedly substantial in terms of volume and breadth of markets, but has tended to lag behind other categories, such as Scotch, in terms of its international and premium development. This is the second edition of just-drinks' popular global market review of international rum. Now jointly published with The IWSR, this edition provides a much broader and deeper set of consumption volume and value data and company/brand market shares.

02 - Top Global Food and Beverage Companies: Strategies for Success
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Global branding in the food and beverage consumer packaged goods industry has never been more challenging. Manufacturers are undoubtedly used to working in a 'fast moving' industry but in recent years the pace of change has accelerated. In many Western major food and drink markets, the level of competitiveness has been elevated by low volume growth and reduced margins, brought about by market saturation and the rising cost of raw materials. Added to this, retailers have been hugely successful at building premium offerings that compete head on with brands in terms of quality and value. The quest for innovation is becoming harder, forcing businesses to rethink the way they do business, formulate strategy and deliver on consumer expectations.

01 - Global market review of Champagne - forecasts to 2012
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After a few years of turmoil, with major houses like Mumm/Perrier-Jouët, Lanson and Taittinger all changing hands, the period from 2006 to 2008 has been a relatively quiet one for the Champagne industry. But the peace has not lasted long. This 2009 edition of just-drinks' popular global market review of Champagne outlines the issues facing the industry and we completely revise and update our market estimates - taking into account the recent downturn and likely continuation into 2009. How will Champagne fare over the short-term future? Find out with this 2009 edition - the most up-to-date source on what's happening with the sector on a global basis.