Diageo looks to luxury to drive growth Retail The past three years have been challenging for the global alcohol giant Diageo. The group booked a windfall during the pandemic years as stuck-at-home consumers splashed out on high-end alcohol to drown their sorrows, but this explosive growth soon evaporated. Diageo, best known for its Guinness and Johnnie Walker scotch whisky brands, struggled against the [...]
Diageo: Guinness maker warns tariffs could offset recovery hospitality Drinks giant Diageo has cautioned on the effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on its business, which outperformed analysts’ expectations this year after a significant contraction last year. US tariffs, “whilst anticipated”, could “impact [our] building momentum,” the Guinness-maker’s chief executive Debra Crew said, adding that the levies clouded the company’s ability to predict what would [...]