For those of you with long memories, yesterday’s (26 March) initial media reports of deal talks between Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman – and then the subsequent confirmation by the two companies – probably brought to mind previous mega-deals in spirits, including Suntory Holdings’ purchase of Beam in 2014 or, perhaps more pertinently, the 2005 takeover of Allied Domecq or the 2000 purchase of Seagram.
FTC rebukes trade bodies over influencers’ aspartame, sugar posts
The Federal Trade Commission said any “material connection” between endorser and marketer should “be clearly and conspicuously disclosed”.
Henry Mathieu November 16 2023








