Beverage management briefings
At just-drinks, we understand the need for depth in analysis. Using a mixture of data and analysis, our portfolio of management briefings delve deeper into the issues and environment shaping today's news. Topics are grouped together on a monthly basis, allowing us to cover subjects from multiple angles, giving you an unrivalled view of what's important.
January 2012 Management Briefing - Preview of the Year
31 January 2012
The last 12 months saw the economic doom/gloom axis ravage the garden. Inside the drinks house, however, there were pockets of happiness dotted around. In this, just-drinks' first management briefing of 2012, Euromonitor International considers what the year ahead will bring.
December 2011 Management Briefing - Review of the Year
8 December 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, just-drinks once again launches its review of the global drinks industry. Coming up between now and Christmas, we'll look at how the last 12 months have treated the beer, soft drinks, spirits, water and wine sectors.
November 2011 Management Briefing - Champagne
9 November 2011
The latest management briefing from just-drinks sees Richard Woodard give the Champagne category a thorough going-over.
October 2011 Management Briefing - Functional Drinks
20 October 2011
This month's management briefing for just-drinks' subscribers takes an in-depth look at the boom category functional drinks.
September 2011 Management Briefing - The Future for Drinks
29 September 2011
After a break for the summer, we return with this month's management briefing, which looks to the future for our industry. What trends can we expect to see in the years to come?
July/August 2011 Management Briefing - Social Media
26 July 2011
Our latest management briefing, a combined effort with our sister site, just-food, is an extended, three-part preview of 'Social Media in the Food and Drinks Industry', a report now available on just-drinks.
June 2011 Management Briefing - Drinks Retail
30 June 2011
This month, our management briefing considers the retail landscape for drinks manufacturers. From the marked shift from on-trade to off- in the developed markets, to the growing importance of convenience stores around the world, this briefing will be of interest to anyone looking to get their brands in front of consumers.
May 2011 Bonus Management Briefing - just-drinks' State of the UK Nation 2011
23 May 2011
Presented earlier this month at the London International Wine Fair, here, for just-drinks members, is a bonus briefing for May, just-drinks' State of the UK Nation 2011 survey.
May 2011 Management Briefing - The Australian Wine Industry
20 May 2011
To coincide with the London International Wine Fair this month, just-drinks' latest management briefing is for all you wine companies out there, particularly those with Australian leanings. Richard Woodard offers an in-depth look at Australia's wine industry in this four-part briefing for May 2011.
April 2011 Management Briefing - The PIGS Markets
12 April 2011
In this month's management briefing, Richard Woodard takes a look at the problems facing drinks companies who operate in Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain - the so-called PIGS markets.
March 2011 Management Briefing - Corporate Social Responsibility
30 March 2011
Last month, Ben Cooper examined the positions and activities of groups looking to address alcohol-related harm by tighter regulatory control of the industry. This month’s management briefing, which manages to sneak just under the wire at the end of March, sees Cooper look at the industry’s own engagement in preventing or mitigating alcohol harm.
February 2011 Management Briefing - The Alcohol Debate: From the Other Side
25 February 2011
February's just-drinks management briefing takes an in-depth view of the 'anti-alcohol lobby'. Such a sweeping term is open to misinterpretation, but Ben Cooper has looked at a clearer definition, and then deconstructs the detractors around the world.
January 2011 Management Briefing - Preview of the Year
13 January 2011
Another year that can be described as 'challenging', then. Sure, early indications suggest we're in for another tough 12 months, but green shoots are certainly there, if you really want to see them. Euromonitor International takes over just-drinks' first management briefing of the year and looks at the key trends, companies and brands to watch over the coming months.
December 2010 Management Briefing - Review of the Year
2 December 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, just-drinks once again launches its review of the global drinks industry. Coming up between now and Christmas, we'll look at how the last 12 months have treated the beer, soft drinks, spirits, water and wine sectors.
November 2010 Management Briefing - Niche Spirits
16 November 2010
In this month's management briefing, we look at niche spirits. What is the definition of 'niche'? How has the segment performed and what has been the effect of the downturn? And, what - and where - is the potential for local niche spirits brands?
October 2010 Management Briefing – Drinks Packaging
21 October 2010
This month's management briefing for just-drinks' members looks at the role of packaging in driving innovation, appealing to consumers and, ultimately, in increasing sales.
September 2010 Management Briefing - Innovation in the Drinks Industry
3 September 2010
This month's management briefing for just-drinks' members looks in depth at how innovation is benefiting the drinks industry around the world.
July/August 2010 Management Briefing: The Private Label Drinks Market
30 July 2010
This month's management briefing for just-drinks' members looks in depth at the private label drinks market around the world.
June 2010 Management Briefing: BRICM markets report
6 July 2010
This month's management briefing takes an in-depth look at the BRICM markets - Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico - for all drinks categories
May 2010 Management Briefing
10 May 2010
Professionalisation is a key trend in today’s drinks sector, particularly as emerging markets are developing so rapidly within the global drinks industry. With brand loyalty up for grabs, it is critical for alcoholic drinks producers especially to maintain and raise quality. This realisation is behind the growth in formal training for drinks industry professionals, much of it carried out by third parties, including in universities around the world.
March 2010 management briefing
1 March 2010
The Italian wine market has seen its fair share of troubles over the decades, but connoisseurs the around the world still consider Italian wine to be top of the line. just-drinks here investigates the latest developments in the rapidly evolving Italian wine market, from Italy’s falling domestic consumption, growing interest in wine tourism, new viticulture technologies, and increasing opportunities to sell wines online. This briefing gives an in-depth assessment of the Italian wine industry, its
February 2010 management briefing
1 February 2010
With the closure of 2009 and what was an extremely uncertain and challenging year for the beverage industry, Canadean’s latest assessment of the global beverage market (tracked across 47 countries) reflects the recent results of many of the major beverage groups. This bonus briefing is Canadean's February Quarterly White Paper, which includes their first forecast for 2010.
January 2010 management briefing
1 January 2010
For the vast majority of the drinks industry, 2010 will be nothing if not challenging. This briefing forms Euromonitor International's take on what will likely face the spirits, wine, beer and soft drinks sectors in 2010 and suggests key trends, companies and brands to watch over the coming months.
December 2009 management briefing
1 December 2009
There would be little point denying that the poor global economic climate was the major story of 2009 across all drinks sectors. In spirits, US market growth for the major players Diageo and Pernod Ricard had started to slow before 2008 had ended. In wine, we heard that Australian wine exports had fallen in value terms during 2008 for the first time in 15 years; and that US domestic wine sales saw the first annual fall since the last major recession in 1993. In beer, Diageo shelved plans to buil
November 2009 management briefing
1 November 2009
In the last 12 months, just-drinks has had unprecedented access to some of the leading players in the beverage industry. This briefing collects all of these interviews - including the CEO of Diageo and the chief marketing officer of The Coca-Cola Company - in one place. In all, 15 of the world's most influential drinks players discuss their business strategies against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous 12 months in recent history.
October 2009 management briefing
1 October 2009
The food and drink industries of the ten countries that joined the European Union in 2004 have been transformed by this expansion of Europe’s borderless market. Food and drink companies and markets in the countries that joined the EU on 2007, Bulgaria and Romania, are facing a similar transformation. But what of the countries that are still knocking on the door of the EU for future membership? How will their food and drink sectors fare, assuming their countries are admitted. And how could this f
September 2009 management briefing
9 September 2009
Innovation in drinks packaging is more intense today than it has been for decades, with cutting-edge innovation in intelligent materials, microchip integration and nanomaterials allowing designers to create boxes, bottles, cans and sacks that they could not dream of before. What are the latest innovations and developments? just-drinks has investigated in Europe, North America and Asia, with a special global focus on nanotechnology.
August 2009 management briefing
1 August 2009
With the drinks industry not always getting a good press, it really needs to make its case before governments and international organisations. As a result, effective lobbying is crucial for the drinks industry on the national and international political scale. Here just-drinks takes a look at how the drinks industry goes about its lobbying business and focuses on who takes its message to political power brokers around the world. It’s a tough job, but the rewards of an effective lobbying strategy
July 2009 management briefing
1 July 2009
The UK wine trade is facing a “perfect storm” in the first half of 2009. A formidable array of negative factors have conspired to make life far from easy in the market traditionally touted as the most open and dynamic place to do wine business on the globe. This is the rather gloomy backdrop to just-drinks’ third UK off-trade wine industry survey, in which once again we canvassed the views of the key players on the scene – including major suppliers, retail buyers, UK importers, wine producers an
June 2009 management briefing
1 June 2009
This month's briefing reviews the South African wine industry. Based on a trip Olly took to the country, the briefing takes in interviews with some key players and covers the history, winegrowing areas, an extensive SWOT analysis of the industry, a profile of Wines of South Africa, plus a look ahead to the country's next great sporting event, the FIFA World Cup 2010 and how football fever will hopefully provide a substantial boost to the wine industry.
