Consumer Currents — issue 9
CATEGORY ANALYSIS
KPMG - May 25th 2011, 00:00
It’s an uncertain world. The old reliable drivers of the global consumer industry have gone, yet the new patterns of global consumption have not quite taken shape. This means that consumer companies are having to plan and build for a new kind of consumer economy, without knowing for sure what that new economy will look like.
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Best Consumer-Stock Gain Seen Ending on South Africa Valuations
06/02/2012 - 09:15
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The world’s best-performing consumer stocks have become the lowest-rated by analysts after valuations of South African retailers and food producers climbed to the most expensive levels on record.
HCI’s offer for KWV is unfair, say directors
31/01/2012 - 08:19
The independent members of the KWV board have told KWV shareholders that the R8.50 a share offer from Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) is not fair.
Retail September trade growth seen at 6.5%
15/11/2011 - 10:33
Growth in SA’s retail trade sales at constant (2008) prices for September is expected to lose momentum to a decrease of 6.5% year on year (y/y), from a y/y growth of 7.1% in August, according to a survey of leading economists by BusinessLIVE.
SA upbeat over free-trade pact with South American bloc
15/11/2011 - 10:16
Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, says SA stands to accelerate its share of exports with South America’s largest economies, through a free-trade agreement with Mercosur due to come into force next year
Wheat Shippers Battle for Sales as Global Grain Glut Expands: Commodities
14/11/2011 - 09:26
France may lose its place as the second-biggest wheat exporter after failing to win more than a dozen tenders in Egypt, the world’s biggest buyer, as shipments from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan overwhelm markets.
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