Issue 1 / 2, January / February 2013

Five major trends for the food and grocery industry in 2013

Our team of experts have identified five trends to help you plan for the year ahead. In 2013, we anticipate innovation will drive loyalty and emphasise value in the consumer goods industry. We expect to ...

Increase Availability – Increase Sales

The necessary condition for a product to be sold is to be present on the shelf. Does it always happen like this? If the answer was yes, the FMCG world would be an ideal one. Unfortunately, both producers and...

Retailing and FMCG during 2012 in Serbia – Performance and Prospects

One can’t deny the fact that retailing in Serbia is modernising. After all, growing popularity of non-store based retailing is a good indicator that speaks in favour of that claim. Euromonitor International’...

Small shops in Croatia is returning their market share

Despite the crisis and difficult economic situation, the end of 2012 in Croatia was marked by opening of new stores by leading domestic and foreign retailers. Konzum, Plodines, Mercator, Billa, Kaufland and ...

Hungarians try to remain optimistic

In a time when the Hungarian food industry is hit by the extreme high 27 per cent VAT (however there are a few exceptions in basic food products from milk and bakery) plus the so called “Health tax” or as ma...

2012, the year of consolidation in Romanian retail market

The year 2012 will be regarded as the first year of consolidation in Romanian retail, taking into account the transaction in which German retailer Metro sold its Real hypermarkets operated on the ...

Small grocery shops remain an important channel on the Bulgarian market

In the past year*, Bulgarian households increased their spending on FMCG by 10%. Half the increase is attributed to higher average prices, while the other half to an increase in consumption by end users*. ...

Price wars at state and business level in Bulgarian FMCG market

A shift in consumer thinking; price increases of basic food products and attempts by the state to regulate them; new store openings and rebranding of well-known chains… These were the key events on the FMCG ...

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