China’s beverage market is vast but also fiercely contested, particularly when it comes to bottled water that’s peddled in virtually every convenience store, eatery and supermarket across the country. China Resources Beverage (Holdings) Co. Ltd. (2460.HK) is a leading player in that space, providing a new investment alternative when it listed in Hong Kong last year alongside industry leader Nongfu Spring (9633.HK). But Nongfu, known for its aggressive tactics, hardly sat by idly in the face of such a challenge, and responded with its own strategic countermeasures to stop this upstart rival in its tracks.
manbetx3.0 内地饮品市场庞大,当中以饮用水的赛道最为激烈,去年华润饮料(控股)有限公司(2460.HK)成功在香港上市,一度让一哥农夫山泉(6823.HK)寝食难安,急祭出多项针对措施,务求要将对手扼杀于萌芽阶段。