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This Packaged Facts study analyzes the dynamic $3.7 billion U.S. market for bottled water, which is the fastest growing sector of the overall U.S. beverage market. This Packaged Facts report reveals that the popularity of products in PET packaging is driving most of the recent expansion of the category. The report provides product descriptions and coverage of market size and growth (with sales projected to the year 2003), market composition, leading marketers, the competitive situation, new product trends, advertising and promotion, and more. Individual sections are available.

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Scope and Methodology

As noted, supermarket sales shown in this report are based on data provided by Information Resources, Inc. Estimated retail sales for the commercial/home-delivered segment are based on published data in trade journals and on interviews with representatives of trade associations, industry watchers, and industry participants themselves. Periodicals that were among the main sources of information on the topic of bottled water products included Beverage World, Beverage Industry, Bottled Water Reporter, Beverage Digest, Food and Beverage Marketing, Water Conditioning and Purification, Progressive Grocer, Supermarket Business, and Supermarket News. Articles were also consulted that were listed in the indexes of Business Periodicals, the Readers’ Guide, F&S, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Interviews were conducted with representatives of the marketing and public relations departments of many of the major competitors in the industry. The Web sites of a number of companies were also consulted via the Internet. Interviews were also conducted with representatives of trade organizations such as the International Bottled Water Association (Alexandria, Virginia) and the National Beverage Packag-ing Association (Alexandria, Virginia).

Data for the consumer tables were provided by Simmons Market Research Bu-reau (New York, New York).

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