The Chinese New Year period is key for drinks sales in the Far East, with the pre-festival sell-in period skewing quarterly sales and profit figures for spirits giants like Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Rémy Cointreau. Starting this year on February 1 and heralding the Year of the Tiger, the two-week Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) holiday period is the prime
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Australians haven’t been able to drown their sorrows at a pub during the coronavirus pandemic. Australian Tax Office figures show that pubs and clubs sold 40 million fewer pints of beer between July and September last year than they did during the same period in 2019 and before the COVID-19 hit. Brewers Association of Australia chief executive John Preston said
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Though dry January is now in full swing, just under half of all participants have said that they do not plan to fully abstain from alcohol over the course of the month, a new report has revealed. Morning Consult, a data analytics and consulting firm, ran a recent report on the participants of dry January this year and how they
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