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Coke Life - Coca-Cola's niche soda that tried to be so much more - Comment 30 Sep 16

Andy Morton

It was to be a key weapon in The Coca-Cola Co's fight against declining soda sales. But since its launch in Argentina in 2013 Coke Life has carried the whiff of underachievement as consumers struggled to connect with its lower-sugar (but not no-sugar) positioning.

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Coca-Cola Co's global water stewardship director, Greg Koch - Interview 30 Sep 16

Ben Cooper

In achieving its goal to replenish water equivalent to its 2015 sales volumes "back to nature and communities", Coca-Cola gave itself a compelling sustainability story to tell consumers. Greg Koch, senior director of Global Water Stewardship at Coca-Cola, spoke with Ben Cooper about what "replenishment" means, and why getting the minutiae of the methodology right is so important.

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Hard seltzer drives a new wave of innovation in flavoured alcoholic beverages - NPD round-up 30 Sep 16

Tom Vierhile, Innovation Insights Director at Canadean

In the US, carbonated water has become a non-alcoholic beverage star, as consumers choose sparkling waters and seltzers instead of carbonated soft drinks to cut calorie and sugar consumption. The same trend is now crossing over into flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs), as so-called 'hard seltzers' have emerged as a promising new niche.

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Will Brexit make a winner out of Travel Retail? - TFWA 2016 Preview 29 Sep 16

Joe Bates

As the Travel Retail industry gathers for next week's TFWA World Exhibition amid the luxury yachts and pampered pooches of sunny Cannes, this most global of sales channels has much to ponder.

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The Future of Cocktails - Consumer Trends 29 Sep 16

Lucy Britner

The world will have 400m new luxury spirits consumers by 2020, according to a new report from Diageo.

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Global water targets risk hiding local concerns - Sustainability Spotlight 28 Sep 16

Ben Cooper

Coca-Cola's recent water-replenishment achievements underline the company's status as a leader in sustainability within the drinks sector. However, Ben Cooper writes, an even greater focus on specific areas of water stress from all drinks companies looks certain to be required to take industry engagement on water to the next level.

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Latest blog entry: "Buy a Mountain Dew and enjoy it" 30 Sep 2016

Lucy Britner

No, this is not PepsiCo's new ad slogan for its Mountain Dew brand.

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Comment - Beer - Beaumont's Brews

Award-winning writer and author Stephen Beaumont gives us his monthly thoughts on what is keeping the global beer industry busy.

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Consumer Trends

Each month, Ben Cooper casts his eye over emerging trends that could be of use to drinks companies and their brands

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just a Look Around

As just-drinks travels around the world, we get to see many distilleries, breweries, wineries and drinks facilities. Here's some guided tours for you.

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Sustainability in Drinks

Every month, Ben Cooper casts his eye over sustainability efforts in the global drinks industry.

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Editor's Viewpoint

The just-drinks leader, written by the just-drinks leader.

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Critiques from the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research

The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research hosts forums that look at research conducted around the world on the relationship between alcohol consumption and health.

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just the Winners

just-drinks brings you the winners of the main awards in the global drinks industry.

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Round-Up - New Product Development in the Global Drinks Industry

Every month, Tom Vierhile from Canadean considers the latest NPD in drinks.

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Comment - Beer - Nelson's Column

The editor of Brewers' Guardian, Larry Nelson, provides his monthly take on the latest developments in the beer category.

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Comment - Spirits - Buxton: Banging the Dram

Augmenting our spirits coverage, Ian Buxton will be casting his eye over the brown side of the sector on a monthly basis.

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Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - A Bit of Corbett

Each month, Richard Corbett casts his eye over the soft drinks & water categories.

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The Launch Pad - Product Launches

Here's where we bring together all of the product launches covered on just-drinks.

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Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - What Does Ray Say?

Ray Rowlands from market research firm DrinksInfo gives his monthly view on the latest issues affecting the soft drinks & water categories

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just On Call

We report back from drinks companies' conference calls post-results announcement.

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just the Preview

What to look out for, ahead of company results.

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The just-drinks Interview

Every month, just-drinks gives a drinks executive a grilling.

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just the Facts

The key facts behind the latest news stories.

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Research in Focus

A look at the latest research, available in the just-drinks store.

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Focus

A deeper consideration of the issues making the headlines on just-drinks.

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just the Answer

Once a month, we put a drinks executive on the spot with a bout of quick-fire questions.

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Comment - Wine - The Losh Cause

Chris Losh looks at the latest issues affecting the global wine industry.

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Comment - Spirits - A Word with Woodard

Resident columnist and spirits know-it-all Richard Woodard provides his monthly take on the latest in the global white spirits industry.

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