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Investor activism
US state leads pushback against company moves to thwart proxy fights
...While many bylaw changes after the universal proxy rule were innocuous, some companies took the opportunity to add new provisions, said Rollo Baker, a partner at Quinn Emanuel....
January 9, 2024
FT Magazine
The future of vaping looks a lot like cigarettes
...The likes of Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International all have their own vaping brands, with names such as Veev and Vuse....
August 10, 2023
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
FirstFT
FirstFT: Today’s top stories
...Diageo, the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Tanqueray gin, said it expected sales for the year to the end of June to be at the lower end of expectations....
January 30, 2020
Life & Arts
Edinburgh Diary: Alec Russell on festivals, satire and Brexity Britain
...But Philip Hammond? Theresa May? Civil servants may have toasted the new stability, but for sketch writers and stand-ups this may be an arid autumn....
September 2, 2016
Retail & Consumer industry
Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia demands greater supplier discounts
...Diageo, the world’s largest distiller and owner of Johnnie Walker scotch whisky, in March also abandoned a plan to lengthen payment terms....
August 5, 2015
Currencies
Diageo sales boost hit by currency weakness
...Philip Gorham, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, said Diageo was an underperformer that could fall prey to activist investors if it failed to cut costs — beyond the £200m under way....
September 23, 2015
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
Companies
Corporate diary: September 21 — September 25
...Its annual results are also a valedictory for retiring chief executive Philip Bowman, who was seen by some as tasked with preparing the manufacturer of industrial seals, medical devices and security detectors...
September 20, 2015
Retail & Consumer industry
Diageo backs down on extended payment terms
...Diageo, which makes Johnnie Walker scotch and Guinness beer, said on Friday it would commit itself to a maximum 60-day term to pay small suppliers in the UK, instead of 90 days....
March 13, 2015
Sport
F1 teams combine forces to harness commercial opportunities
...With the Philip Morris deal due to expire at the end of 2015, even the biggest brand in the sport is having to revise its commercial approach....
March 13, 2015
Retail & Consumer industry
Watchdog warns UK stores over Tesco probe
...Last week, Diageo, the world’s largest distiller and owner of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, said it would in future look to new contract terms and take 90 days to pay suppliers instead of 60....
February 5, 2015
European companies
Corporate chiefs’ predictions for 2015
...Price is now the number one driver of store choice [and] loyalty is being challenged in ways never seen before,” says Mr Philips....
January 1, 2015
Life & Arts
Art Basel Hong Kong’s new film section
...“I grew up with Hong Kong films from middle school,” he says, fondly recalling the “comedies, gangster movies and love stuff” made by directors such as Johnnie To and Stephen Chao....
May 9, 2014
Retail & Consumer industry
China crackdown on consumption hits Diageo sales
...Philip Morrisey, analyst at Berenberg, described the first-half numbers as “a perfect storm, but these results should mark the low”....
January 30, 2014
US & Canadian companies
Cocktail revival develops tastes for premium US spirits
...Bacardi seems to us an unlikely deal candidate, given its brand positioning and private, family ownership, while Brown-Forman is an option, in our view,” according to Philip Morrisey, analyst at Berenberg...
January 16, 2014
Retail & Consumer industry
Suntory looks to join the big shots
...“The return of M&A illustrates the generic attraction of spirits company franchises,” said Philip Morrisey, analyst at Berenberg....
January 13, 2014
FT Live
Outstanding Directors Exchange
Fostering trust for steadfast leadership
Wednesday, 12 JuneHarvard Club of New York City, West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA
Companies
Companies diary: January 27 – January 31
...The latter is a direct challenge to the maker of Johnnie Walker in its biggest market....
January 26, 2014
US & Canadian companies
The Week Ahead: January 28 - February 3
...Analysts are looking for the maker of Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky to lift organic operating profit by 8.6 per cent, pre-exceptionals, to £2bn....
January 27, 2013
Mergers & Acquisitions
Case study: Diageo’s Africa finance chief discusses opportunities abroad
...“It is true to say we have stepped up our focus in terms of emerging markets,” says Philip Jenkins, finance director at Diageo Africa....
March 27, 2012
European banks
Globalisation cuts both ways
...Reporting results for the year to June, Diageo saw sales of Johnnie Walker whisky rise 20 per cent in Brazil, for example....
September 15, 2011
Retail & Consumer industry
Emerging market thirst boosts Diageo
...In Europe sales fell 2 per cent with all of Diageo’s major brands registering declines, even Johnnie Walker, which has been the best-performing product in the Diageo portfolio this year....
August 26, 2010
PeoplePrivate equity
Kaupthing onto a good thing
...A one-time adviser to Sir Philip Green and Sir Tom Hunter, he is one of three new hires for the firm under new chief executive Jonathan Fry....
May 22, 2007
LexWorld
Cigarettes and alcohol
...Thailand’s plans threaten to scotch next year’s Johnnie Walker Classic golf tournament in Phuket and the Bangkok Rock Festival....
November 24, 2006
UK schools
A hard title to live up to
...He reports directly to Gerard Kleisterlee, Philips’ CEO, but has only a staff role in the big technical divisions like such as medical systems and semiconductors....
August 28, 2005
US downturn
London higher as Reckitt and Vodafone please
...Philip Dorgan of Panmure reiterated a “sell” recommendation, “given the lack of bid support, the seasonality of the business and little spice in terms of the possibility of share buy-backs.”...
July 25, 2005
Oil
Philip Coggan: Don’t let oil prices get you down
...Like economic versions of Johnnie Cochran, O.J. Simpson's lawyer, the duo seem to insist that “if it does not fit, you must acquit” oil of the charges....
August 6, 2004

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