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Daily Archive: July 11, 2013

Two Years After Sale, Piper-Heidsieck Retrenches With Value Strategy

Acquired from Rémy Cointreau for nearly $600 million in July 2011, French luxury group EPI’s Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck are in the process of reintroducing themselves with a focus on generating value through premiumization. Continue reading →

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News Briefs for July 11, 2013

•Proximo Spirits has named The Kirkwood Group to handle Jose Cuervo Tequila in Canada. Continue reading →

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Craft Brewing And Distilling News for July 11, 2013

•New Ulm, Minnesota-based August Schell Brewing has released Star of the North, the company’s first beer in the new Noble Star Collection of Berlin-style wheat beers. Continue reading →

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