Keeping up to date with the very latest and most pressing issues facing your business can be a challenge and, while there is no shortage of information in the public domain, filtering and prioritizing the knowledge you need can be time consuming and unrewarding.

Each edition of Issues Monitor pulls together and shares our firms’ industry-wide knowledge to help you quickly and easily get briefed on the issues that impact your sector.

The share prices of some of the world's largest companies are at an all time low, investor confidence has all but collapsed and the prospects for growth marked sharply downwards. Growth, as one of the victims of the 'credit crunch', naturally forms the focus of a couple of our articles as well as factors that are less influenced by the economic downturn such as the arrival of IFRS for some of the world's most important economies and the ongoing pressure for businesses to be 'sustainable'.

This issue of ConsumerCurrents focuses on the impact of the credit crunch on the luxury market, typically one of the most resilient segments of the global consumer market, and the anticipated invasion by Russia of its very own, domestic, luxury market.

A survey of manufacturers and retailers in Central and Eastern Europe.

This new Consumer and Industrial Markets survey examines Central European manufacturing company performance to see how they are faring against both their regional and international peers. It also explores how companies can take action and create an appropriate agenda for the future.