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Late last month, in Pernod Ricard's full-year results, the spirits company flagged a tough time for Absolut vodka. Richard Woodard surveys the wreckage and considers the brand's future.
On Thursday, Diageo will report its preliminary full-year results. Here just-drinks takes a look at how the group has fared in its final quarter, the three months to the end of June:
Mergers and acquisitions have to varying degrees been important in shaping the different alcoholic drinks categories.
After months of speculation, a buyer for Scotch whisky producer Whyte & Mackay finally emerged today (9 May). Philippines-based Emperador Inc has agreed to acquire the business from Diageo-controlled United Spirits for GBP430m (US$729m). Here, just-drinks offers a more detailed look at Emperador:
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Emperador's Scotch whisky unit Whyte & Mackay has secured listings for two single malt brands with Emirates airline.
Whyte & Mackay is poised to release a limited edition, 45-year-old iteration of The Dalmore.
Emperador's Whyte & Mackay unit has lined up permanent merchandising for The Dalmore in Global Travel Retail, as it looks to underline the single malt Scotch whisky brand's presence in the sector.
Emperador has released details of a new, permanent range of single malt Scotch whiskies.
Emperador’s Whyte & Mackay Scotch whisky unit has lined up a limited edition, no-age-statement expression of its Jura single malt brand.
Emperador is set to release a new blended Scotch whisky through its Whyte & Mackay division.
Emperador has released a new permanent extension of its Jura Scotch whisky brand in the US.
Philippine-based spirits group Emperador has posted an 11% jump in full-year sales as it launches its brandies in the US.
Emperador has lined up a sponsorship deal for its Whyte & Mackay blended Scotch brand with the British & Irish Lions rugby team.
Emperador's Scotch whisky unit, Whyte & Mackay, has released a 50-year-old expression of The Dalmore to mark master distiller Richard Paterson's 50th year in the Scotch industry.
Whyte & Mackay has lined up the roll-out of a 35-year-old iteration of its The Dalmore single malt Scotch whisky.
Emperador has launched an out-of-home advertising push for the Whyte & Mackay blended Scotch in the UK.
Emperador has created the role of rare whisky director at its Whyte & Mackay unit, with former Diageo executive Jonathan Driver the inaugural appointee.
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Whyte & Mackay, the Scotch unit of Emperador Inc, is to distribute rum cream liqueur brand RumChata in the UK, on behalf of American Tequila and rum producer Agave Loco Brands.
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Whyte & Mackay, the Scotch unit of Emperador Inc, is to distribute Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua's Flor de Caña rum in the UK and Ireland.
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Emperador Inc has unveiled the first label redesign in nine years for its Whyte & Mackay blended Scotch whisky brand.
Emperador Inc has confirmed it will make a bid for Suntory's Louis Royer Cognac brand.
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