date:Feb 21, 2014
neral water and Activia yoghurt reported earnings on Thursday, saying growth will accelerate this year after weakness in Europe and Asia woes weighed on its performance in 2013.
With much of its business rooted in lower-growth Europe, Danone has long targeted emerging markets like China as future growth streams. According to business consulting firm Frost Sullivan, China's dairy market will nearly double to about $89 billion in 2017 from 2012.
Danone's China sales of early life nutrition prod