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"The future isn't to get concerned about monolithic brands like Bacardi and Smirnoff, but to encourage and focus on the innovators" - Interview - Amber Beverage Group CEO Seymour Ferreira 30 Oct 2018

Andy Morton

Amber Beverage Group is a good example of a mid-tier alcohol company. Part of the SPI Group, the company employs around 2,000 across its production sites in the Baltics, Russia, Mexico and the UK. It also distributes global brands including its own Riga Black Balsam and Moskovskaya vodkas across the world. According to CEO Seymour Ferreira, Amber prides itself on having global reach while remaining small enough to be as agile as a start-up. Earlier this month, just-drinks sat down with Ferreira to talk about how to compete with the giants of the industry, the difficulties of finding good distributors and why cannabis and low-alcohol offer attractive growth for the future.

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"The consolidation of the spirits industry is not over" - just-drinks speaks to Pernod Ricard's CEO of EMEA & LatAm, Gilles Bogaert 17 Jul 2018

Lucy Britner

Earlier this month, Pernod Ricard's former MD of finance, Gilles Bogaert, moved to head up the group's Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin America division. just-drinks sat down with Bogaert at the company's Capital Markets Day in China to talk about the job transition, the future of M&A and how data has changed the business.

If you read only one thing... - This week's must-reads on just-drinks 16 Nov 18

Olly Wehring

Here's a look at the biggest stories and the best content from just-drinks this week.

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Can Q4 make up for Concha y Toro's flat sales in 2018? - results data 16 Nov 18

Olly Wehring

A second consecutive quarter of flatlining sales sees Concha y Toro hoping for an uptick in the final three months of 2018.

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Withdrawal agreement bodes well for GI protection as UK approaches EU exit 15 Nov 18

Keith Nuthall

Europe's wine and spirits exporters will be able to rely on their geographical indication protections within the UK, even after the country's departure from the European Union next year.

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International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018 - The Trophy Winners, Wine 15 Nov 18

Olly Wehring

Last night, the International Wine & Spirit Competition rounded off its 2018 awards. Here are the competition's wine trophy winners for this year.

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International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018 - The Trophy Winners, Achievement, Business, Packaging & Retail 15 Nov 18

Olly Wehring

Last night, the International Wine & Spirit Competition rounded off its 2018 awards. Here are the competition's achievement, business, packaging and retail trophy winners for this year.

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The future of cannabis in the drinks industry - FREE report from just-drinks FUTURES 14 Nov 18

just-drinks.com editorial team

The future of cannabis in the food and beverage industries will be worth billions, according to the latest report from FUTURES - the new insights service from just-drinks.

Feeling Blue on Monday? Help is at hand 15 Jan 18

Olly Wehring

It may not be scientific, but the third Monday in January has been coined 'Blue Monday' - the most depressing day of the year. Dreamed up in the UK by a psychologist commissioned by a holiday company 14 years ago, there's method in the madness: Lousy weather, post-Christmas blues, last pay-day feels ages ago, next pay-day barely on the horizon...

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The (temporary) return of Paul Walsh to the drinks debate 27 Apr 17

Andy Morton

Paul Walsh just can't stay away from the drinks industry.