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Pernod Ricard and the e-commerce platform Jumia strengthen their partnership
The two companies will develop innovative distribution strategies on the African continent
20-Dec-2018
Pernod Ricard, the world's second largest wine and spirits’ company present in 13 African countries, and Jumia, the leading e-commerce player on the continent, today announced the strengthening of their partnership. In this context, Pernod Ricard will invest into Jumia, thus becoming a strategic ...
The Consumer Goods Forum and Fair Labor Association Call for Greater Collaboration to Tackle Forced Labour Issues in Palm Oil Industry
12-Nov-2018
Malaysia and Indonesia are leading producers of palm oil, together accounting for 86 percent of global production and employing nearly 3.5 million workers, largely migrants from poorer neighbouring regions and countries. A new report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA), commissioned by The ...
Worldwide wine production increases by twelve percent
31-Oct-2018
Following a historic low in 2017, global wine production this year picked up sharply by twelve percent. According to a first estimate by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, the winegrowers brought 282 million hectolitres into their cellars - after 251 million hectolitres in the ...
Healthy growth for a safe and natural food supplement
26-Oct-2018
The global market for dietary supplements is estimated at 200 billion US dollars and mainly covers Asia as the main market, North America and Western Europe. In Europe, sales are concentrated in four countries: Italy (19 percent), France (15 percent), Germany (14 percent) and the United Kingdom ...
EU wants to curb plastic flood with bans
25-Oct-2018
Drinking cocktails with plastic straw?Picnicking with plastic cutlery? That should soon be a thing of the past - because the EU wants to ban certain plastic products to protect the environment and marine animals. The EU Commission presented a proposal to this effect in May. It also contains ...
Danone feels weaker demand for baby food in China
17-Oct-2018
The French food group Danone was held back in the third quarter by weaker demand for baby food in China. The depreciation of currencies such as the Argentine peso and the Brazilian real also had an unfavorable effect. Sales in the third quarter fell by 4.4 percent to6.2 billion euros, as Danone ...
Winegrowers expect exceptionally good champagne vintage
11-Sep-2018
According to French winegrowers, 2018 will be an exceptionally good year for champagne. Since April, the grapes have benefited from the high temperatures and other ideal conditions, the Comité Champagne association announced on Friday. The sugar content of the grapes is significantly higher than ...
Rising demand for cognac and whiskey drives Pernod Ricard - Euro loaded
30-Aug-2018
The growing demand for cognac and whiskey, particularly in Asia, has led to rising profits for the French manufacturer Pernod Ricard in the past financial year. Shareholders should therefore receive a higher dividend, as the world's second largest spirits group after Diageo announced in Paris on ...
250-year-old French wine sells for 103,700 euros
28-May-2018
A bottle of wine made in 1774 sold for 103,700 euros (122,000 dollars) at auction in France on Saturday, local media reported. The bottle of Vin Jaune (yellow wine) from the Jura region was made by winemaker Anatoile Vercel when King Louis XVI was on the throne, according to news agency AFP. It ...
Danone Completes Sale Of Part Of Its Stake In Yakult
29-Mar-2018
Danone said that it has sold a total of 24.60 million shares of Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., for an aggregate amount of JPY 175 billion gross proceeds, representing 1.3 billion euros. The companynoted that the proceeds from the transaction will be used to continue on its deleveraging path and to ...
