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Asia Cocoa Grindings Climb As Dismal African Crop Boosts Demand

Cocoa processing in Asia rose 2.8 percent in the second quarter as a smaller West African harvest spurred grindings of the chocolate ingredient in other re...

Spanish Wine Exports To Asia Increased By 20%

Spanish wine exports to Asia during May 2016 registered growth of 20 per cent compared to the same month last year. China was the main reason for this i...

Auchan Opens Hypermarket In Tajikistan

Auchan has opened its inaugural hypermarket in Tajikistan, Reuters reports. The news of the event was announced to the media by the communicat...

Pernod Ricard Makes Changes To Asian Management

Pernod Ricard has implemented a management shake-up at its Asian arm, creating a number of new positions in the process, as a means of driving growth for i...

Nestle Ramps Up Online Sales to Bolster Turnaround in China

Nestle SA is banking on e-commerce sales to revive its struggling Chinese business, as the Swiss food company grapples with slowing growth and new shopping...

Japanese Whiskey At $920 A Bottle Driving Rice Farmers To Drink

Japan’s burgeoning whisky business is driving rice farmer Hiroshi Tsubouchi to hit the booze. With domestic rice consumption sliding, Tsubouchi, 3...

Spar's Global Sales Grow 3.5 Per Cent To €33 Billion

Spar International has announced global retail sales for the year ending 31 December, 2015 of €33 billion, representing an increase of 3.5 per cent on...

Asia's No. 2 Cigarette Maker Drops After Closing India Factories

ITC Ltd., Asia’s second-largest cigarette maker by market value, slid the most in about three weeks after shutting cigarette factories in protest aga...

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Cheaper US Beef Seen Curbing Asian Demand For Australian Meat