date:Jun 14, 2012
Reporting its full-year 2012 results for the year to April 30, spirits giant Brown-Forman posted net sales up 6% to $3.6bn (2.86bn) while operating income fell 8% to $788m.
Ben Marmor, Brown-Forman director of investor relations, said thatprimary growth driverthe Jack Daniels family underpinned net sales gains in Western Europe: the UK, Germany, France and Spain.
He said the company wasparticularly proudof taking market share and growing its business in a region where most countries are seeing