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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part I: Soft Drinks & Bottled Water 30 Jan 15

Howard Telford At Euromonitor International

While it may come as a surprise to the beleaguered beverage industry in North America and Western Europe, global soft drinks had an extremely successful year in 2014. Total volumes in soft drinks last year, including retail and foodservice, grew by 3.5%, and by 6% in value terms – the best performance of the past five years.

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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part II: Beer, Chapter I 30 Jan 15

Euromonitor International

The second part of January's management briefing, which previews the year ahead for the global drinks industry, is itself a two-parter. Here, Spiros Malandrakis, senior alcoholic drinks analyst at Euromonitor International considers the four key trends facing the beer category.

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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part II: Beer, Chapter II 30 Jan 15

Amin Alkhatib, alcoholic drinks analyst at Euromonitor International

In this second chapter of Euromonitor International's preview of the year ahead for the beer category, alcoholic drinks analyst Amin Alkhatib considers the top strategies for global beer and cider/perry companies in 2015.

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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part III: Spirits, Chapter I 30 Jan 15

Spiros Malandrakis at Euromonitor International

Part three of Euromonitor International's preview of the year ahead sees the company's senior alcoholic drinks analyst, Spiros Malandrakis, forecast the five key trends that will come to bear on the overall spirits category.

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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part III: Spirits, Chapter II 30 Jan 15

Jeremy Cunnington at Euromonitor International

In this, the second chapter of Euromonitor International's preview of the year ahead for the spirits category, senior alcoholic drinks analyst Jeremy Cunnington predicts a period of M&A calm in 2015.

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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part IV: Wine 30 Jan 15

Jeremy Cunnington and Spiros Malandrakis at Euromonitor International

The final part of Euromonitor International's preview of the year ahead for the global drinks industry focuses on wine. First, senior alcoholic drinka analyst Spiros Malandrakis considers the key trends that could affect the category in 2015. This is followed by Jeremy Cunnington's look at wine companies’ universal strategy to M&A.

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Latest blog entry: At Coca-Cola Co, it's not just the head count that's getting smaller 29 Jan 2015

Andy Morton

The Coca-Cola Co is in the middle of a major restructuring plan, affecting jobs around the world. The company is also downsizing its packaging.

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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 Five Years Ago

Every month we look back at what was making the headlines five years ago. What happened? Why? And, where are they now?

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Round-Up - The ICAP Digest

Once a month, the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP), which covers alcohol policies worldwide, will look at what's going on in-market to promote a responsible role for alcohol in society.

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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 Datamonitor 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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In the Spotlight

Who's reporting what on the latest issues in the drinks industry.

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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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