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Our soft drinks commentator returns! This month, Richard Corbett considers the Deposit Return Scheme concept and flags why the soft drinks industry should welcome it with open arms.

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In his latest look at sustainability efforts across the drinks industry, sustainability expert Ben Cooper digs behind last month's headlines of the 'merger' of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. What he discovers, from a sustainability perspective, makes for some challenging reading.

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Bottled water looks set to overtake soda as the number one soft drink choice in the US. Here, Ray Rowlands examines how the global bottled water market has developed and how it will continue to evolve.

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Ray Rowlands, of Drinksinfo Ltd, turns his attention to the oft-overlooked Irish soft drinks market and considers its potential, relative to its larger neighbour, the UK.

Highland Spring Group's namesake brand was confirmed this week as the top-selling bottled water brand in the UK. just-drinks talked to the group's CEO, Les Montgomery, yesterday (9 April) about the brand's long fight to the top and how it is survival of the fittest in the water industry.

Danone has announced details of a new marketing activation in the US for Evian, with the mineral water brand's long-running baby-based campaign set to be retired.

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Danone has announced plans to move all the PET bottles used for its Evian brand to be made from recycled plastic by 2025.

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Danone has completed a capacity upgrade for Evian at the water brand’s production facility in the east of France.

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Danone is hoping to shake up the soft drinks market with a raft of new products that target emerging trends, CEO Emmanuel Faber has said.

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Danone has launched a new advertising campaign across North America for its Evian water brand.

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The UK division of Groupe Danone has launched a limited-edition packaging for its Evian bottled water that targets consumers who are abstaining from alcohol for January. 

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Groupe Danone is to launch a GBP2m marketing campaign in the UK next year to support its Volvic Touch of Fruit Sparkling range.

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Groupe Danone has unveiled two limited-edition Evian bottles designed by US fashion designer Alexander Wang.

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China's devaluation of its currency could squeeze profit margins for Scotch producers and other country-of-origin drinks makers, an analyst has warned.

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Danone Waters' North American unit has appointed a new marketing VP.

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Highland Spring Group has appointed a new finance director four months after overtaking Evian as the UK's top-selling bottled water brand.

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Groupe Danone has reported a solid rise in H1 sales in its bottled water division, as “vigorous growth” in Asia boosted the unit's performance.

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Groupe Danone has unveiled a label-free new design for its Evian bottled water brand in the US.

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The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:

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Group Danone is supporting its latest Evian ad with a “babifier” app that promises to turn consumers into their "inner babies".

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Groupe Danone has reported a "solid" rise in Q1 sales in its bottled waters division with emerging markets continuing to boost the unit's performance.

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Highland Spring Group's “finger in all the channels” helped its namesake brand overtake Evian as the UK's top-selling bottled water last year, the company's CEO has said.

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UK bottled water volumes grew by 3.3% last year as the industry continued its recovery from the 2006 slump, new figures have revealed.

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Danone is to cut EUR200m (US$261m) in costs from its European operations in a bid to "win back its competitive edge" in the region after falling sales.

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The bottled water division of Groupe Danone has continued its strong performance in 2012, with a healthy rise in sales in the third quarter.

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Danone's bottled water unit has posted a healthy set of numbers for the first half of this year, despite robust comparatives in Q2 last year.

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UK bottled water sales grew by 2.1% last year, an annual survey has said.