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

This report profiles the leading players in the globalsuccesses and learn of the threats they face.
soft drinks industry. In this report, the soft drinks•Benchmark your performance against the
industry is categorized as follows:leading soft drink companies by comprehending
§ Bottled water: sparkling flavored, sparklingtheir strategies.
unflavored, still flavored and still unflavored;•Understand the major issues affecting the
§ Carbonates: cola diet, cola standard, fruitglobal soft drink market.
flavored carbonates, mixers and otherKey Market Issues
carbonates;•Rising incidence of private label products :
§ Concentrates: liquid concentrates and powderRecession has promoted the consumption of
concentrates;private label soft drink (due to lower prices) at
§ Functional drinks: energy drinks, nutraceuticalthe expense of branded non-alcoholic beverages.
drinks, sports drinks;•Article 13 health claim regulation: Increase in
§ Juices: 100% fruit juice (from concentrate),regulatory compliances such as Article 13 of the
100% fruit juice (not from concentrate), fruitEuropean Food Safety Authority in Europe
drink (0-29% juice), nectar (30%-99% juice) andmandating all functional claims on food and
vegetable juice;beverages to be validated with scientific facts will
§ RTD tea and coffee: RTD tea and RTDrestrict the development of new products in this
coffee;category.
§ Smoothies: dairy and fruit-based.•Health concerns: Negative health perception
This report analyzes the global soft drinks industryrelated to conventional soft drinks hinders the
in terms of market size (estimated based ondevelopment of the industry.
on-trade sales), key drivers and resistors, trends•Demographic changes in developed markets:
and competitive positioning of top 10 players inAging population may result in a decline in
the global soft drinks market. It includes profilesconsumption of conventional soft drinks.
of the top 10 companies in the industry andKey findings from this report
includes a brief summary of other major players.•Business Insights forecasts that the global
The current ranking evaluates soft drinksoft drinks market will grow at a CAGR of 3.4%
companies based on their performance using theduring 2009–13 to reach a total value of
following intelligence metrics:approximately $550bn in 2013.
§ Each company's financial performance in the•Coca-Cola dominates the global soft drinks
global soft drinks market;industry with sales of $31,944m in 2008, followed
§ Each company's growth strategies and majorby PepsiCo ($15,609m) and Nestlé ($10,633m).
acquisitions and divestments in this market;•The aging population, rising health concerns
§ Business-related strengths and weaknesses ofand obesity epidemic is driving innovation in the
the top 10 soft drink companies, and insights intohealth and wellness non-alcoholic beverages space.
the opportunities and threats facing them.•All the top 10 companies have either forayed
Key features of this reportin to or expanded their presence in the functional
•Market dynamics of the global soft drinksdrinks category to capitalize on the rising demand
market during the period 2009-13.for the product.
•Key market drivers and resistors.
•Trends of the global soft drinks market.Key questions answered
•Identification of the top 10 players in the•What was the market size of the global soft
global soft drinks market .drinks industry by value in 2008?
•Performance of top 10 soft drink companies•What will be the estimated market size of
during 2004–08.the global soft drinks industry during 2009-13?
Scope of this report•What are the trends in the global soft drinks
•Learn from the strategies of the global softindustry?
drink companies to target future growth markets•Who are the top 10 players in the market?
effectively, avoid their mistakes, replicate their