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...The maker of Johnnie Walker and Tanqueray reported a jump in annual sales earlier this month with consumers happy to pay for premium spirits....
...Like companies in the luxury goods sector, the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky has a big exposure to China and Asia Pacific....
...There was a contrast with his employer at the time, Diageo, the world’s biggest distiller and owner of global brands like Johnnie Walker scotch and Smirnoff vodka....
...And Diageo, owner of Johnnie Walker and the world’s largest distiller, will hope that its tagline rings true in Africa’s roughly $13bn beer market....
...Analysts at Morgan Stanley forecast a rise of 8.5 per cent in organic sales against the 2 per cent fall in the first half....
...Morgan Stanley expects earnings of $3.25 when Apple reports....
...The ambition is to overtake Diageo, producer of Johnnie Walker scotch and Smirnoff vodka, as the world’s largest drinks group by sales....
...Morgan Stanley predicts 55m iPhones and 26m iPads were sold in the quarter....
...Morgan Stanley was the adviser....
...Ahead of results next week, Barclays was down 1 per cent to 313¼p after Morgan Stanley cut forecasts on lower investment bank revenues....
...“If Johnnie Walker whisky doesn’t sell well, then you’ve got the Nigerian beer business to fall back on,” she says....
...The maker of Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff lost 2 per cent to 782p on turnover about twice the average....
...James Mason, who played Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita, was born in Huddersfield....
...Morgan Stanley said: “There is scope for premiumisation, but that is not the same as pricing growth on the mainstream product base.”...
...Johnnie Walker has harnessed tremendous growth as a result of price increases, additional investment, a focus on premiumisation and success in Latin America and Asia....
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