Guinness brewer Diageo toasts good 貿易（する）ing as にわか景気ing 人気 of tequilas gives it some fizz but 警告するs of squeezed sales to come

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Johnnie Walker owner Diageo has 記録，記録的な／記録するd a modest 増加する in half-year sales and 利益（をあげる）s on the 支援する of rising 生産性.

Operating 利益（をあげる）s at the Captain Morgan rum 製造者 rose 0.5 per cent to £2.4billion in the six months to the end of 2019 while 歳入s jumped 4.2 per cent to £7.2billion.?

Diageo was 上げるd by 6 per cent 逮捕する sales growth in North America and Asia 太平洋の, with the two 地域s 構成するing 77 per cent of all 逮捕する 歳入s and £42million out of the £50million in operating 利益（をあげる）.

Diageo was the largest distillery company in the world until it was overtaken in 2017

Tequila 収入s 急に上がるd by nearly a third 全体にわたる, with the North American market seeing a 35 per cent rise on the 支援する of the 増加するing 人気 of its Don Julio and Casamigos brands.

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Ivan Menezes said: 'Diageo has 配達するd another good, 一貫した 始める，決める of results in the first half, with 幅の広い based 有機の 逮捕する sales growth across 地域s and 部類s.?

'We have continued to 増加する 投資 behind marketing and growth 率先s, while 拡大するing 有機の operating 利ざやs.'?

In the UK, the company was 強化するd by sales growth for Tanqueray, offsetting a slight 拒絶する／低下する in Gordon's sales.?

It also 回避するd a 可能性のある strike by Diageo 労働者s in Scotland after a two-year 支払う／賃金 取引，協定 was agreed at the last minute that 含むs a 3 per cent 支払う／賃金 増加する in the first year.

The 会社／堅い 警告するs that '現在進行中の 不確定' in the 全世界の economy could 原因（となる） 歳入 growth in the coming year to be at the lower end of 予測（する）s though.

Two of Diageo's most famous brands 含む Guinness beer and Johnnie Walker whisky

関税s of 25 per cent were 課すd on 選び出す／独身 malt Scotch in October by the US 政府 in 返答 to EU 補助金s 存在 given to 航空機 製造者 Airbus.

にもかかわらず that, 逮捕する scotch sales to North America still rose わずかに. Ewan Andrew, 長，率いる of 全世界の 供給（する） and 調達 at Diageo, called on parties 伴う／関わるd in 貿易（する） 論争 影響する／感情ing the scotch 産業 to engage in 'de-escalation.?

He told BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: 'My 関心 would be for the broader 産業 and for those smaller players in the 産業.

'権利 now I am sure it has had an 衝撃 on some of their 商売／仕事s but if it were to 増大する, that really would be difficult for Scotland.

In August, Diageo bought a 大多数 火刑／賭ける in the 非，不，無-アル中患者 spirits 商売／仕事 Seedlip

'So what's good for Scotch is good for Scotland, and that's why we would encourage a de-escalation so that it doesn't 衝撃 thousands of 職業s 権利 out into farming and 田舎の communities.'?

In August, Diageo, whose other brands 含む Smirnoff vodka and Baileys liqueur, bought a 大多数 火刑／賭ける in the 非，不，無-アル中患者 spirits 商売／仕事 Seedlip, a 急速な／放蕩な-growing startup created by Ben Branson in 2015.

Seedlip was 最初 brewed by Branson in his kitchen, but by the time Diageo 購入（する）d its 大多数 株, it was 存在 供給（する）d to over 7,500 出口s in 25 countries and hundreds of Michelin-starred restaurants.

Diageo has 徐々に moved deeper into the 非，不，無-alcohol market in 最近の years because of the growth in teetotalism の中で young people.?

The 全世界の アル中患者 （水以外の）飲料s market is 予報するd to 拡大する by $240billion between 2017 and 2025 によれば 連合した Market 研究

研究 published in the BMC Public Health 定期刊行物 in 2018 設立する the 割合 of abstemious 16-24 year olds rose from?18 per cent in 2005 to 29 per cent in 2015.

Even so, rising sales abroad should 相殺する this move to temperance の中で British 青年. The 全世界の アル中患者 （水以外の）飲料s market?is 予報するd to 拡大する by $240billion between 2017 and 2025 によれば 連合した Market 研究.

Diageo was the largest distiller in the world until 2017 when it was overtaken by Chinese company?Kweichow Moutai.

Both 会社／堅いs could be 厳しく 影響する／感情d by the coronavirus 突発／発生 in 中国 though. Nigel Frith, a 上級の market 分析家 at asktraders.com 答える／応じるd to today's results 令状ing:?

'Just two weeks since the first 事例／患者s of coronavirus were 発表するd and we are already 星／主役にするing to see the 可能性のある 衝撃 that the deadly bug is going to have on companies across the globe.?

'中国 is also a 重要な market for Diageo where it has 小売 出口s for Johnnie Walker and owns the brand Shi Jing Fang, sales there are 推定する／予想するd to be eroded and 意味ありげに. With no 調印するs yet of the spread of the ウイルス slowing, this could just be the tip of the iceberg.'?

株 in Diageo fell 2.9 per cent today to 3.021p.

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