West Europe Sports Drinks Report 2012

Synopsis
Published by Canadean, the West Europe Sports Drinks Report 2012 provides a detailed analysis of the sports drinks market in West Europe, with data at a regional and individual country level, including forecasts to 2015
Scope
Data includes consumption volumes (million litres & litres per capita) from 2006 to 2011, plus forecasts to 2015 by country.

Percentage market shares are provided for segmentation data, packaging data and distribution (2010 and 2011 actuals, plus 2012 forecasts).

Leading companies’ market shares for 2010 and 2011 are provided.

A market valuation is provided for each country and, where applicable, new products in 2011 are identified by country.

Supporting text includes commentary on current and emerging trends, segmentation, packaging, distribution, pricing/valuation and where applicable, functional products and private label
Summary
Why was the report written?
The West Europe Sports Drinks Report 2012 is an essential guide for anyone with an interest in the sports drinks market and forms part of Canadean’s best selling series of global soft drinks reports.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Ready to drinks sports drinks were the main segment in the category The battle between orange and other non-fruit flavor popularity increased during the year. The latter segment was driven by trendy flavors with intense colors such as ice blue in Spain.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
As consumers are attracted to the category’s convenience rtd options are expected to continue to dominate. In an effort to encourage cautious consumers to spend, average prices in the on-premise channel remained fairly stable during the year.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
The report comprises of data tables and supporting text, providing information at a regional and country level. The report is compiled from Canadean’s extensive global soft drinks databases which are researched individually by country using our specialist researchers ‘on the ground’. Comprising of 16 individual country profiles, plus a regional summary, the report provides an invaluable guide to the latest trends and forecasts in the sports drinks category.
Reasons To Buy
Before the recession the marketing strategies of the big sports drinks brands became broader and broader rather than focusing on their core customer group of athletes and sports professionals. In Austria, during the economic downturn these ‘rented customers’ switched to cheaper alternatives.

In France, Private Label penetration remains very limited in this category as sports drinks rely heavily on advertising and brand image.

Whilst sports drinks are performance enhancers due to their base formulation, currently no product in the region has had ingredients added for the purpose of general or specific health benefits.

Prices remained fairly stable with large differences between branded products and Private Label lines. While 50cl Private Label sports drinks typically cost around €0.29, 50cl branded sports drinks cost at least three times more in Germany.

The increase in soft drinks tax in Denmark will be another blow to prospects for the category.