INDIA: Diageo avoids 30 years of work with United Spirits deal - report

By James Wilmore | 7 January 2013

Diageo has circumnavigated many years of work building up a spirits distribution network in India by buying a majority stake in United Spirits, according to a senior executive from one of the Indian group's sister companies.

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Diageo has circumnavigated many years of work building up a spirits distribution network in India by buying a majority stake in United Spirits, according to a senior executive from one of the Indian group's sister companies.

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