Strong US demand for Jameson helps beat market expectations

Chinese state crackdown on luxury gift-giving slows sales

Bottoms up for whiskey sales. Pic: Bloomberg

Irish distillers owner Pernod Ricard said continued demand for Jameson Whiskey in the US helped it record a three per cent rise in underlying sales in its first quarter.

Pernod said it expects sales to improve gradually this financial year in its main market of the US and in Europe.

The owner of Mumm champagne, Absolut vodka, and Ballantine’s whisky said China, where sales fell nine per cent in the past three months, ...