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Preview of the Year 2012 – Part III: Spirits
31 January 2012
The spirits category is up next in this, the third part of just-drinks' first management briefing of 2012. Here, Spiros Malandrakis and Jeremy Cunnington, alcoholics drinks analysts at Euromonitor International, ponder the future for the stronger stuff.
Preview of the Year 2012 – Part IV: Wine
31 January 2012
The final part in Euromonitor's preview of 2012 for now - soft drinks & water will be covered in the coming days - concerns itself with wine. Spiros Malandrakis and Jeremy Cunnington, alcoholics drinks analysts at Euromonitor International, ponder the coming year.
US: Brown-Forman set to pay quarterly dividend
25 January 2012
Brown-Forman has confirmed details of its latest dividend payment.
Comment - US Spirits to Show More Momentum for 2011
24 January 2012
We have yet to see the official figures on the US spirits market in 2011, but the signs suggest that renewed momentum in premium has been maintained.
Product Launch - US: Brown-Forman's Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
19 January 2012
Brown-Forman's Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
TRAVEL RETAIL: Brown-Forman expands sales team
11 January 2012
Brown-Forman has expanded its travel-retail sales team due to growing sales in the distribution channel.
Review of the Year 2011 - Wine
23 December 2011
The final part of just-drinks' December management briefing, looking back over the past 12 months, reviews what 2011 meant for the global wine industry. Ben Cooper reports.
Review of the Year 2011 - Spirits
22 December 2011
Part three of our final management briefing of the year looks back at how 2011 has treated the spirits industry.
just On Call - Brown-Forman toasts US whisk(e)y boom
9 December 2011
Brown-Forman's CEO has voiced his excitement at a resurgent whisk(e)y market in the US, driven by consumers' taste for luxury and innovations around flavour.
NETHERLANDS: Gruppo Campari follows partners out of International Marques venture
9 December 2011
Gruppo Campari will follow William Grant & Sons and Marnier-Lapostolle out of the three companies' International Marques distribution venture in the Netherlands, having announced a switch to Brand New Day.
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
9 December 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:
US: Jack Daniel's drives Brown-Forman as H1 figures rise
8 December 2011
Jack Daniel's has helped to drive Brown-Forman to rises in sales and profits for the first half of its fiscal year, but could not prevent the group from trimming its full-year guidance.
US: Brown-Forman appoints Joan Amble to board
21 November 2011
Brown-Forman has confirmed an addition to its board of directors.
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.
CHILE: Fetzer lifts Concha y Toro sales in Q3
12 October 2011
Concha y Toro's newly-acquired Fezter Vineyards has propped up the Chilean winemaker's sales in its third fiscal quarter, as the peso currency continues to pressure exports.
US: Coca-Cola retains world's biggest brand spot - research
5 October 2011
Coca-Cola has retained its spot as the world's most valuable brand, according to consultancy group Interbrand.
just the Facts - The World's Top Drinks Brands
5 October 2011
Consultancy group Interbrands has published its list of the top 100 brands in the world by value this week. Here, just-drinks picks out the best performers from the drinks sector.
Product Launch – TRAVEL RETAIL: Brown-Forman's Finlandia Platinum
5 October 2011
Brown-Forman's Finlandia Platinum
Research in Focus - Can Any Wine Company Gain 5% Global Volume Share?
4 October 2011
The global wine industry remains highly fragmented. In a recent Euromonitor International global briefing, entitled 'How Wine Companies Can Become Global', Jeremy Cunnington looked at why, and whether it can change.
just The Round-Up - The week in drinks
30 September 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week.
US: Former Brown-Forman CEO passes away
27 September 2011
The former chairman and CEO of Brown-Forman, Owsley Brown II, has died.
Product Launch - US: Brown-Forman's Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper
22 September 2011
Brown-Forman's Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper
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.
US: Concha y Toro appoints Fetzer duty-free director
8 September 2011
Fetzer Vineyards has appointed Bruce Losee as director of transportation, travel retail and the Caribbean.
CHINA: Cognac pips whisk(e)y in 2010 - Research
5 September 2011
Cognac producers are reaping the rewards of entering China's international spirits market early, according to recent research.
just The Round-Up - The week in drinks
2 September 2011
The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:
US: Brown-Forman toasts strong Q1
31 August 2011
Brown-Forman has reaffirmed its full-year profits and sales guidance after making a strong start to its fiscal year.
Comment - Spirits - Diageo Eyes the Big Prize?
26 August 2011
Diageo's Paul Walsh isn't short of people telling him what to do with his company's money. So, on the back of a strong set of full-year results, Richard Woodard decided to have a nose around the Diageo stable to see what is still missing.
Comment - Wine - Gerard Depardieu: The New Face of Wine?
18 August 2011
Has wine entered a new age of romanticism, shunning the regimental order eschewed by multinational corporate machines? Chris Losh considers the recent rush to sell assets, including Brown-Forman's sale of Fetzer to Concha y Toro - and wonders what Gerard Depardieu might make of it all.
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