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INDIA: SPI Group goes with Aspri Spirits for Stolichnaya in India
3 February 2012
SPI Group has consolidated distribution of its Stolichnaya vodka portfolio in the Indian market.
Comment - Spirits - Plymouth Gin: West is Best
26 January 2012
When Pernod Ricard said last week that it is updating the packaging for - and raising the price of - Plymouth Gin, there was a run on tonic water at Richard Woodard's local shop. It's taken a while, but the brand is back, and Woodard would like to celebrate.
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
13 January 2012
The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:
FRANCE: Pernod Ricard and Leclerc end 12-month price row
11 January 2012
Pernod Ricard will again sell its brands through French retailer E. Leclerc after the two groups settled a year-long dispute over prices.
FRANCE: Pernod Ricard to refinance debt
6 January 2012
Pernod Ricard is seeking to cement its investment grade credit rating by refinancing US$2.5bn of debt.
Product Launch - US, TRAVEL RETAIL: Pernod Ricard's Absolut Grapevine
3 January 2012
Pernod Ricard's Absolut Gräpevine
Comment - Diageo, Pernod Ricard Ten Years After Seagram
22 December 2011
Ten years on and the legacy of Pernod Ricard and Diageo's carve-up of Seagram is still being felt.
just the Ten - Top Analyses of 2011
21 December 2011
With the end of the year looming, just-drinks is running a series of 'Top Tens of the Year' in the run-up to Christmas.
just the Ten - Top Interviews of 2011
21 December 2011
With the end of the year looming, just-drinks is running a series of 'Top Tens of the Year' in the run-up to Christmas.
FRANCE: Pernod Ricard eyeing high-end absinthe push
16 December 2011
Pernod Ricard is seeking to breathe new life into absinthe by targeting its own namesake brand of the controversial spirit at the arts and fashion world.
FRANCE : Belvedere silent on Danzka vodka sale
28 November 2011
Belvedere has declined to comment on a French media report that it has finalised the sale of its Danish vodka brand, Danzka, to German counterpart GeVeMa for EUR20m (US$26.75m).
SWEDEN: Jonas Tåhlin becomes marketing VP at Absolut
10 November 2011
Pernod Ricard has confirmed the appointment of a new VP for global marketing at The Absolut Company.
FRANCE: Pernod Ricard refinances debt
21 October 2011
Pernod Ricard has taken advantage of upgrades in its credit rating to refinance debt via a US$1.5bn bond issue.
GLOBAL: Pernod Ricard toasts strong Q1 sales
20 October 2011
Pernod Ricard has beaten most analysts' estimates with a strong rise in first-quarter sales and has predicted a solid rise in profits for its full-year.
Research in Focus - 'The World’s Top Performing Spirits Brands' from The IWSR/just-drinks
19 October 2011
A new report incorporating the IWSR's spirits rankings and a just-drinks readership survey confirms Johnnie Walker’s status as the undisputed global brand leader in the spirits sector but also has some positive findings for brands such as Jack Daniel’s, Absolut and Captain Morgan.
GLOBAL: Diageo, Pernod Ricard dominate list of world's top performing brands
17 October 2011
Diageo and Pernod Ricard have dominated an inaugural list of the world's top performing spirits brands.
Comment - Spirits - When Innovation Goes Crazy
11 October 2011
Innovation in the spirits industry is 'a good thing'. But, Richard Woodard is worried that, of occasion, some spirits companies run the risk of disappearing up their own still pipes when they over-innovate.
FRANCE: Ratings agencies move Pernod Ricard upwards
5 October 2011
Standard & Poor's has joined Moodys in nudging Pernod Ricard into investment grade territory, but only on the proviso that the French drinks giant does not loosen its purse strings for a big acquisition.
The Future for Drinks - Part III: Emerging Markets Develop Expensive Tastes
29 September 2011
The penultimate part of this month's management briefing considers the emerging markets, and the position they will take in the future of our industry.
Product Launch - TRAVEL RETAIL: Pernod Ricard's Absolut Mode Edition
28 September 2011
Pernod Ricard's Absolut Mode Edition
Product Launch – TRAVEL RETAIL: Pernod Ricard's Absolut Gustafson
21 September 2011
Pernod Ricard's Absolut Gustafson
Focus - Travel Retail - Korean Air Steals March with Airborne Duty Free 'Showcase'
15 September 2011
This Sunday, the travel retail channel congregates in Cannes for this year's TFWA World Exhibition. Ahead of the six-day event, Simon Warburton looks at how the new 'giants in the sky' are giving airlines the chance to exercise their innovation muscles when it comes to travel retail.
Product Launch – TRAVEL RETAIL: Pernod Ricard's Absolut Crystal Pinstripe
14 September 2011
Pernod Ricard's Absolut Crystal Pinstripe
TRAVEL RETAIL: Diageo's Johnnie Walker rules the TR roost in 2010 - figures
13 September 2011
Johnnie Walker has strengthened its position as the biggest-selling spirits brand in the travel retail channel, ahead of next week's TFWA exhibition in Cannes.
FRANCE: Pernod Ricard makes "investment grade" at Moody's
8 September 2011
Pernod Ricard has attained an "investment grade" credit rating at Moody's, adding more evidence that the drinks giant is close to chalking off debt accrued via its purchase of Vin & Sprit.
In the Spotlight - Pernod Ricard Set to Party On
2 September 2011
Pernod Ricard has added the final sprig of zest to a cheerful week for the multinational spirits makers, and the party shows no sign of fizzling out just yet.
just The Round-Up - The week in drinks
2 September 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:
just On Call - Pernod Ricard Plans Absolut Push
1 September 2011
Pernod Ricard is planning to build on fresh momentum for Absolut vodka by launching one variant of the brand in a spate of new markets, following a strong set of full-year results.
just The Preview - Pernod Ricard Q3 & FY
31 August 2011
Pernod Ricard will report results for its fiscal third quarter and full year tomorrow (31 August). Here, just-drinks brings you highlights of the company's news in the three months to the end of June.
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