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The Top 10 Soft Drinks Companies: Consumer drivers, SWOT analyses and format and flavor trends

Business Insights
February 15, 2010
133 Pages - SKU: RET2607039

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This report profiles the leading players in the global soft drinks industry. In this report, the soft drinks industry is categorized as follows: Bottled water: sparkling flavored, sparkling unflavored, still flavored and still unflavored; Carbonates: cola diet, cola standard, fruit flavored carbonates, mixers and other carbonates; Concentrates: liquid concentrates and powder concentrates; Functional drinks: energy drinks, nutraceutical drinks, sports drinks; Juices: 100% fruit juice (from concentrate), 100% fruit juice (not from concentrate), fruit drink (0-29% juice), nectar (30%-99% juice) and vegetable juice; RTD tea and coffee: RTD tea and RTD coffee; Smoothies: dairy and fruit-based. This report analyzes the global soft drinks industry in terms of market size (estimated based on on-trade sales), key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning of top 10 players in the global soft drinks market. It includes profiles of the top 10 companies in the industry and includes a brief summary of other major players. The current ranking evaluates soft drink companies based on their performance using the following intelligence metrics: Each company’s financial performance in the global soft drinks market; Each company’s growth strategies and major acquisitions and divestments in this market; Business-related strengths and weaknesses of the top 10 soft drink companies, and insights into the opportunities and threats facing them.

The Top 10 Soft Drink Companies
Executive summary: Industry overview; The Coca-Cola Company; PepsiCo; Nestlé; Suntory Holdings (Suntory); Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS); Red Bull; Groupe Danone (Danone); Kirin Holdings (Kirin); Asahi Breweries (Asahi); Ito En
Chapter 1 Introduction: What is the report about?; Methodology
Chapter 2 Industry overview: Summary; Introduction; Market dynamics; Market size and growth; Key growth drivers and resistors; Competitive landscape; Top 10 companies based on sales; Competitive positioning of the top 10 soft drink companies; Depth of top 10 companies' soft drinks portfolios; Trends; Rise of functional soft drinks; Energy drinks; RTD tea; Flavored water making inroads; NPD in carbonated drinks
Chapter 3 The Coca-Cola Company: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Product launches to drive business growth; Expanding in the emerging markets; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 4 PepsiCo: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Expanding in emerging markets; New product launches to drive growth; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 5 Nestlé: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Strengthening presence in the RTD beverages category; Consolidating market share in bottled water category; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 6 Suntory: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Investing in development of soft drinks; Expanding in global markets; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 7 DPS: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Focusing on its core brands to sustain growth; Strengthening its energy drinks portfolio; Investing in developing company-owned distribution network; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 8 Red Bull GmbH: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Strengthening in existing markets and expanding into emerging markets; Launch of new product variants to drive growth; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 9 Danone: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; New product launches to drive growth; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 10 Kirin: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Healthy beverage launches to drive growth; Consolidating share in international soft drinks market; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 11 Asahi: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Sustaining growth through the launch of healthy variants of existing brands; Acquisitions and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 12 Ito En: Summary; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Performance by business segment; Growth strategies; Product development to drive growth; Expanding distribution network to drive sales; Acquisition and divestments; SWOT analysis
Chapter 13 Other major players: AB InBev; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Acqua Minerale San Benedetto (San Benedetto); Company overview; Recent financial performance; Britvic; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Cott; Company overview; Recent financial performance; Eckes-Granini (Eckes); Company overview; Recent financial performance; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK); Company overview; Recent financial performance; Ocean Spray Cranberries (Ocean Spray); Company overview; Recent financial performance; Otsuka Pharmaceutical (Otsuka); Company overview; Recent financial performance; Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding (Tingyi); Company overview; Recent financial performance; Unilever; Company overview; Recent financial performance
Chapter 14 Appendix: Glossary; Index
List of Figures: Figure 2.1: Global soft drinks market size ($bn), 2009-13; Figure 2.2: Soft drinks industry drivers and resistors; Figure 2.3: Global soft drinks market size ($bn), 2009-2013; Figure 2.4: Depth of top 10 companies' soft drinks portfolios; Figure 3.5: The Coca-Cola Company financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 3.6: The Coca-Cola Company SWOT analysis; Figure 4.7: PepsiCo financial performance ($m), 2006-08; Figure 4.8: PepsiCo SWOT analysis; Figure 5.9: Nestlé financial performance ($m), 2006-08; Figure 5.10: Nestlé SWOT analysis; Figure 6.11: Suntory SWOT analysis; Figure 7.12: DPS financial performance ($m), 2006-08; Figure 7.13: DPS SWOT analysis; Figure 8.14: Red Bull financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 8.15: Red Bull SWOT analysis; Figure 9.16: Danone financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 9.17: Danone SWOT analysis; Figure 10.18: Kirin financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 10.19: Kirin SWOT analysis; Figure 11.20: Asahi financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 11.21: Asahi SWOT analysis; Figure 12.22: Ito En financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 12.23: Ito En SWOT analysis; Figure 13.24: AB InBev financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 13.25: Britvic financial performance ($m), 2005-09; Figure 13.26: Cott financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Figure 13.27: Eckes financial performance ($m), 2006-08; Figure 13.28: Ocean Spray financial performance ($m), 2005-08; Figure 13.29: Tingyi financial performance ($m), 2004-08
List of Tables: Table 2.1: Global soft drinks market size ($bn), 2009-13; Table 2.2: Top 10 soft drinks companies based on sales ($m), 2008; Table 3.3: The Coca-Cola Company snapshot; Table 3.4: The Coca-Cola Company financial performance ($m), 2004-08; Table 3.5: The Coca-Cola Company still beverage product launches, 2007-09; Table 3.6: The Coca-Cola Company's acquisitions, 2007-09; Table 4.7: PepsiCo snapshot; Table 4.8: PepsiCo financial performance ($m), 2006-08; Table 4.9: PepsiCo business segment performance, 2008; Table 4.10: PepsiCo investments; Table 4.11: PepsiCo acquisitions, 2007-08; Table 5.12: Nestlé snapshot; Table 5.13: Nestlé financial performance, 2006-08; Table 5.14: Nestlé business segment performance, 2008; Table 6.15: Suntory snapshot; Table 6.16: Suntory business segment performance, 2008; Table 6.17: Suntory's acquisitions, 2007-09; Table 7.18: DPS snapshot; Table 7.19: DPS financial performance ($m), 2006-08; Table 7.20: DPS business segment performance ($m), 2008; Table 8.21: Red Bull snapshot; Table 8.22: Red Bull financial performance, 2004-08; Table 9.23: Danone snapshot; Table 9.24: Danone financial performance, 2004-08; Table 9.25: Danone business segment performance, 2008; Table 10.26: Kirin snapshot; Table 10.27: Kirin financial performance, 2004-08; Table 10.28: Kirin business segment performance, 2008; Table 11.29: Asahi snapshot; Table 11.30: Asahi financial performance, 2004-08; Table 11.31: Asahi business segment performance, 2008; Table 12.32: Ito En snapshot; Table 12.33: Ito En financial performance, 2004-08; Table 12.34: Ito En business segment performance, 2008; Table 13.35: AB InBev snapshot; Table 13.36: AB InBev financial performance, 2004-08; Table 13.37: San Benedetto snapshot; Table 13.38: Britvic snapshot; Table 13.39: Britvic financial performance, 2005-09; Table 13.40: Cott snapshot; Table 13.41: Cott financial performance, 2004-08; Table 13.42: Eckes snapshot; Table 13.43: Eckes financial performance, 2006-08; Table 13.44: GSK snapshot; Table 13.45: Ocean Spray snapshot; Table 13.46: Ocean Spray financial performance, 2005-08; Table 13.47: Otsuka snapshot; Table 13.48: Tingyi snapshot; Table 13.49: Tingyi financial performance, 2004-08; Table 13.50: Unilever snapshot

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