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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 KARRYN MILLER

AS trade barriers continue to diminish, clothing brands are becoming more global. However it is not as easy for the sizes of their goods to be quite as worldly. International players need to adapt their fits for different target markets but that level of adaptation varies by country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE TOWN of Asbestos in French-speaking Québec, Canada – named after the mineral that underpins its economy – is waiting to see whether its provincial government will approve a Canadian dollar CAD58 million (US dollar USD56 million) loan enabling an underground mine to tap an immense deposit.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

HONG Kong skin-care and beauty business Water Oasis Group Limited is receiving a Hong Kong dollar HKD78 million (US dollar USD$10 million) investment from California-based Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd. Its Asia managing director David Hudson said Darby was following its policy of "supplying otherwise scarce risk capital to well managed mid-cap companies with good growth prospects."…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE PRESENT difficult economic conditions in Europe, north America and Japan are not hugely encouraging for promoting innovation or for the spending of large sums of money on research by drinks manufacturers. It may be a little different for leading brands such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other big names though even these are changing their approach.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

A LITTLE healthy competition can drive innovation – and often pays off for those who think outside the box. The beverage industry is no exception, and drinks industry awards continue to recognise some of the industry’s most creative ideas.…

BY KARRYN MILLER, ALAN OSBORN, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, WANG FANGQING and KEITH NUTHALL

PRIVATE label (or own brand, as it is known in the UK) is an increasingly popular way for food retailers to sell their products worldwide. Not only does it given them more control over costs and quality, it allows them to market their own brand whilst making sales.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, KARRYN MILLER, WANG FANGQING and GAVIN BLAIR

What’s the attraction of drinks own brands or private labels for the retailers? After all, if consumers are happy with commercial ‘national’ brands – then retailers can make money. "They exist because supermarkets are trying to build their supermarket values and their own relationship with their customers," says Richard Hall, chairman and founder of the international food and drink consultants Zenith International.…

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.…

BY DOMINIQUE PATTON

CHINA’S fast-growing chocolate market is attracting a raft of international brands but local players may do better in the country’s smaller cities.

Chocolate sales in China reached Chinese Yuan RMB7.7 billion (US$1.13 billion) in 2009 according to Euromonitor, after growing by a compound annual rate of 10% since 2004.…