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Retail Asia13/02/2024

PepsiCo has appointed Kyle Faulconer – its current CEO for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) – to a wider role, including responsibility for IndoChina Foods. Faulconer moved from the US in 2021 to join the company as its new leader in the ANZ market. According to Wern-Yuean Tan, chief commercial officer and CEO for Apac […]

Retail Asia14/07/2023

The World Health Organization reaffirmed its recommended intake of aspartame Thursday, but the agency’s classification of the sweetener as a possible carcinogen could still scare away diet soda drinkers and lead to new beverage formulas. Soda consumption has fallen over the past two decades as consumers have switched to drinking more water or picking beverages with less […]

Retail Asia12/01/2023

Coca-Cola Vietnam set a world record for the largest Vietnamese Tet meal table with the participation of 1,000 multi-generation families in Ho Chi Minh City on January 8. The meal was recognized as a record-setting event by the World Records Union (Worldkings). This record honors the tradition of family reunions over Tet meals and conveys the message […]

Retail Asia27/09/2022

For years, brands have been perfecting personalization strategies that resonate with consumers and make them feel like individuals. For many B2C brands like PepsiCo, classic personalization has meant plugging simple forms of data like email, names, addresses or recent purchases into outbound channel communications to ensure touchpoints are viewed as timely, relevant and contextual. Tim Glomb, VP of Content […]

Retail Asia30/08/2022

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is partnering with the University of California Berkeley (UCB), US, to develop methods of converting captured carbon (CO2) into sugar. The collaboration hopes its work will slash the emissions of some of the world’s most polluting supply chains. Established between CCEP Ventures and UC Berkeley’s Peidong Yang Research Group, the project […]

Retail Asia05/05/2022

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Coca-Cola has appointed Matthias Blume as its new VP of marketing, ASEAN and South Pacific. Based in Singapore, Blume will lead the company’s marketing and brand initiatives across Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and serve on the company’s senior leadership team in the region. He was most recently the frontline director […]

Retail Asia25/02/2022

The cola category has been around for over a century. While it’s had its share of flavor and packaging innovation, one thing has remained the same since the category’s inception – the bubbles. Pepsi is taking on its most ambitious feat yet, reimagining the cola experience with a massive innovation – Nitro Pepsi. Nitro Pepsi […]

Retail Asia11/02/2022

The Coca-Cola Company on Thursday said it will aim for 25% of its packaging globally to be reusable by 2030, a move hailed by environmental groups who have called out the soft-drink maker for worldwide plastic pollution. Coca-Cola is a top target for consumer, investor, and environmental groups concerned about petroleum-based plastic single-use bottles clogging […]

Retail Asia20/04/2021

Shareholders at Coca-Cola Amatil have voted “overwhelmingly” to approve Coca-Cola European Partner’s $13.50 per share takeover offer. The vote was held at 10 am on Friday, April 16, and saw 97.6 percent of shares proxy vote in support of the takeover – representing about 62 percent of total shareholders in CCA. Only 0.9 percent of […]

Retail Asia26/02/2020

PepsiCo is poised to purchase Chinese online snack vendor Be & Cheery owned by Haoxiangni Health Food Co. PepsiCo had proposed the Be & Cheery acquisition before the coronavirus outbreak began in China. Valued at US$705 million, the acquisition will help PepsiCo strengthen its position in Mainland China as the company suffers slowing business growth […]

Retail Asia19/02/2019

Processed food prices rose in January, with soybean paste, sugar and cola all jumping up around 10 percent compared to a year earlier. The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) said Monday that 18 of 26 major processed foods measured both in 2018 and 2019 cost more in January than the previous year. The highest price hikes […]

Retail Asia10/10/2018

Coca-cola bought Costa Coffee for GBP3.9 billion (US$5.1 billion) recently. As a result of the deal, the US-based fizzy drink company will gain a strong cafe presence across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. So far, Costa has about 2,400 coffee shops in the UK, 1,400 coffee shops in 31 international markets, and more […]

Retail Asia11/04/2016

Bacardi has made several personnel changes to its Asia Pacific Global Travel Retail (GTR) division. The company said late last week that Irving Holmes Wong, formerly regional director of Asia Pacific for Bacardi GTR, would take on the newly-created role of managing director for Bacardi Greater China (domestic), from a base in Shanghai. He will be replaced by Vinay Golikeri, […]

Retail Asia17/08/2015

As one of the most popular destinations in the world, Bali represents Indonesia on the global scene. To contribute in keeping Bali’s beaches clean and safe, Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia and Quiksilver are holding Bali’s Big Eco Weekend 2015 from August 14-16, inviting local communities, the government, visitors and industry players of Bali to renew the […]

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PepsiCo makes new leadership appointments across ANZ

PepsiCo has no plans to change portfolio after WHO aspartame warning

Coca-Cola Vietnam sets record of Vietnamese Tet table with the most participants

PepsiCo expert reveals how to leverage technology to future-proof personalization

Coca-Cola teams with Berkley University to convert CO2 to sugar

Coca-Cola names new regional marketing VP

PepsiCo launches the world’s first-ever nitrogen-infused cola

Coca-Cola, the world’s worst plastic polluter, makes reusable pledge

Coca-Cola Amatil shareholders approve European takeover

PepsiCo plans to buy Chinese snack Be & Cheery

Cola, sugar prices shoot up 10% in Korea

The digital opportunity for Coca Cola at Costa Coffee

Bacardi shuffles Asia Pacific Travel Retail pack

Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia and Quiksilver Continue to Preserve Bali’s Beach Ecosystems