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BY MARK ROWE

INNOVATIVE packaging is transforming the drinks industry. Heavy tins and bottles are being replaced by lighter composite and biodegradeable materials; hi-tech cartons are being manufactured that tell consumers if the milk’s gone off; and RFID (radio frequency identification) tags are being embedded with temperature sensors.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

THE ORGANIC cosmetics market has been booming over the last few years, generating substantial consumer interest in the US and Europe. As cosmetics companies scramble to offer the latest, most effective natural ingredients, many are turning to the biodiverse region of Latin America for inspiration.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

LATIN American men like to think they are known for good looks, machismo and self-confidence. And these consumers are today turning to cosmetics to sustain and accentuate this image. The Latin American market for male grooming products and services is one of the most dynamic in the world.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is considering helping to create a new US dollar USD23 million bottle-to-bottle plastic recycling facility in São Paulo, Brazil. Unnafibras Textil already recycles more than one billion bottles-a-year into raw materials, but the quality of the new resin would be good enough to sell a soft-drinks bottling plant on Paraiba province, north-east Brazil, said the IFC.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is planning to help create a new US dollar USD23 million bottle-to-bottle plastic recycling facility in São Paulo, Brazil. Unnafibras Textil already recycles more than one billion bottles-a-year into raw materials, but the quality of the new resin would be good enough to sell a soft-drinks bottling plant on Paraiba province, north-east Brazil, said the IFC.…

BY WANG FANGQING,RAGHAVENDRA VERMA and PACIFICA GODDARD

Convenience stores are no longer the preserve of cash rich but tine poor consumers in developed markets. They are increasingly popular in emerging markets too. Foreign convenience store operators in China, for instance, are now moving beyond major metropolitan centres – where they have long been established – to smaller lower-tier cities.…

BY EMMA JACKSON,RAGHAVENDRA VERMA,WANG FANGQING and PACIFICA GODDARD,

AS people migrate across the globe, the drinks industry has witnessed a slow influx of regionalised flavours into untraditional markets. White and green tea from Asia is now sold across the globe in soft drinks, and ‘exotic’ fruits such as pomegranate, mango and lychee are becoming popular juice flavours in Europe and the US.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) study has found Brazilian municipalities near oil wells are little better off than those with no hydrocarbon resources. "Oil windfalls translate into little improvement in the provision of public goods or the population’s living standards," it concludes, warning flows of local oil royalties can increase corruption and crime.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE LITHUANIAN government has blocked sales of some German Biller’s naturkosmetik skin creams because they contained a chemical preservative methyldibromo glutaronitrile banned under the European Union (EU) cosmetics directive. Ireland has withdrawn from sale the US-made Marcia Teixeira branded hair lotion ‘Brazilian Keratin Treatment’ because of formaldehyde content deemed excessive under the directive.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, WANG FANGQING, JOHN PAGNI and KEITH NUTHALL

THE RISE of the world’s large emerging markets – Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico (or BRICM to give them a popular acronym) has been especially significant for the drinks industry.…