India's premium liquor boom defies global slowdownIndia's demand for premium liquor is surging. This trend defies global patterns where consumers are buying less expensive options. Despite ...
India’s newest round of drinkers is rewriting the rules of the world’s biggest barYoung Indians are redefining their drinking habits not by drinking less, but by selecting superior quality alcohol. This notable shift towa...
Are Americans drinking less? New data says yes, but not by muchSurveys indicating a historic shift away from drinking, steep declines in alcohol sales, and falling drinking rates among young people have...
Bottoms up! India outdrinks key global markets in growth, whisky leads the wayIndia has achieved the highest growth in total beverage alcohol consumption among 20 key global markets for the third consecutive half-year...
India’s duty-free liquor sales outpace domestic market with 13% growth in 2024India’s duty-free liquor sales grew 13% in 2024, outpacing 6% growth in domestic stores, IWSR data showed. Whisky drove three-fourths of vo...
Non-alcohol is the only market segment with positive momentum in several markets including India - IWSRThe non-alcohol market segment is experiencing growth due to an increase in no-alcohol drinkers in key markets like India, China, the UK, a...
Big gin makers double sales, take fight to small peersBig companies' traditional gin brands, including Bombay Sapphire, Jaisalmer, Beefeater and Big Ben, regained market share in 2022 according...
Bars, restaurants are back to lure, but drinks are in the houseThe The pandemic-induced trend of Indians drinking more at home has not yet been fully reversed even as bars and restaurants have opened up...
Indian Gin’s out of the bottle & it’s creating magicSmall handmade batches of local gin now account for nearly half of the mass-premium gin segment in the country that have sales of about 168...
Indians drank more, gave liquor companies the high of a decade last yearSales of beer and spirits grew 18% by volume on low base, and are expected to rise at a fast clip over the next five years, says IWSR repor...
Chivas Regal walks past Johnnie Walker in India's premium blended scotch segmentJohnnie Walker Black has lagged behind the peer from the stables of Pernod Ricard in the five-year and 10-year compounded growth rates.
- Officer's Choice unseats Vijay Mallya's McDowell's from top slot
The McDowell's whisky, after reigning as the world leader for many years, has now been relegated to a distant third position.
- India ranks sixth in top 10 growth markets for imported spirits
Whisky was the largest-growing imported spirits category worldwide, led by Russia, Brazil, India, Mexico and Poland.
- McDowell's No.1 is World's No. 10 among biggest global spirits brands by volume
Indian whisky McDowell's No 1 has regained its place among world's 10 biggest global spirits brands by volume in 2010.
- Whisky consumption in India to grow 45% in five years
India, the largest whisky market in the world, could consume 190-200 million cases of whisky in five years, the International Wine and Spir...
- Alcohol consumption in India to grow by 8% this year
Consumption of alcoholic beverages in India is expected to touch 217.1 million cases in 2010, marking a growth of 8% from the previous year...
- India to witness three-fold increase in wine consumption
Wine consumption in India is set to treble by 2011 to touch 17 million litres per annum, according to a study conducted by UK-based Interna...