Focus - The US spirits market
A raft of recent reports looking at the US spirits market have suggested that, while times are tough in the country, they could be a whole lot worse. Chris Mercer takes a closer look at the numbers to see how bad it is, and how bad it's going to get.
Focus - The US spirits market: The state of the union
3 February 2009
A raft of recent reports looking at the US spirits market have suggested that, while times are tough in the country, they could be a whole lot worse. Chris Mercer takes a closer look at the numbers to see how bad it is, and how bad it's going to get.
US: DISCUS calls for tax freeze on spirits
2 February 2009
Tax rises are a bigger threat than recession to the spirits makers in the US, the country's Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) has said in its annual review.
UPDATE US: Fortune Brands in confident spirits
30 January 2009
Fortune Brands chief executive Bruce Carbonari has said he remains confident that the group's spirits arm, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, can ride out recession, despite a tumble in sales and profit.
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