Whether India is an emerging market, our answer depends on which liquor product we are talking about. Surely, for whisky India is a mature market, not an emerging one, However, in the case of wines, it is absolutely an emerging Read More
‘India set for dramatic growth across categories’
Sudip Majumder – President, International Division, SV Distributor Pvt Ltd India is considered as an emerging market in the alco-beverage world. Most of the international alco-beverage players have their shop in the country. Initially they entered India with an Indian Read More
Enriching exchange at Spiritz ThinkPad
The Indian alco-beverages industry is passing through a difficult time, though it had never been easy for it all these years. With GST set to roll out from April 2017, the industry’s woe-list is set to expand because liquor has Read More
‘Moderation a better option than prohibition’
Ravindran V, Sr Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Amrut Distilleries According to the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, prohibition is a state subject. It is left to the states to implement prohibition totally or partially. In the Read More
‘Ease of doing business to boost liquor industry’
Rajnish Singh, Head – External Affairs, Moet Hennessy India Pvt Ltd The service sector is contributing 25% of our GDP and predominantly we being an agrarian economy, there washardly any scope for the manufacturing sector. So the Make in India Read More
‘Pain, turmoil for industry post-GST’
Shobhan Roy, Director General, AIBA I would like to visualize the scenario post- April 2017 when GST will have been implemented. What is going to happen to the liquor industry? The liquor industry will not have benefits from the input Read More
‘Let’s focus on experiential drinking’
Praveen Krishnamurthy – AVP (Platform Marketing), HipBar What we actually see nowadays is a shift from just brands to experiential drinking. It’s not much about the alcohol anymore. It’s actually about what is the experience we are actually going through Read More
‘Flirting with brands to create a sense of individuality’
Ashwin Balivada, Executive Director, Cheers Group Out of seven billion people in the world, about three billion people drink. And, among the drinkers, 30% people are below the age of 30 which is one billion people, trying to change the Read More
The path is somewhere in between’ Mukesh Khetarpal, Founder – Indus Corporation
India has this colossal problem of excessive drinking. Unfortunately, one-third of the Indian liquor consumers indulge in hazardous drinking. Such people drink because they want to get drunk. So, hazardous drinking is surely a social problem. There are so many Read More
USL’s Cocktail Mixing Masterclass
With festive season kicking in, there is no better way to celebrate the extravaganza than blend cocktails. Many of us enjoy the concoctions at social gatherings which leave us with ever-lasting aroma, texture and taste on the palate. One such Read More