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Bacardi has acquired French premium vodka brand Grey Goose for an estimated $2bn (£1.09bn). The deal will allow Bacardi to fill a gap in its existing portfolio of drinks, which includes Bacardi rum and Bombay Sapphire gin. It already sells Eristoff vodka, a standard brand in continental Europe, and Turi, an upmarket vodka.

I applaud Harpal Rai’s stocking policy and achievements, but he is wrong when he says we are “not interested in supporting good off-licences in the independent sector” (MW June 10). Indeed Budvar as a brand feels most at home in the independent sector because it is itself independent. He does, however, identify a problem of […]

Ben Sherman, the fashion brand, has been sold by venture capitalists 3i and Enterprise Equity to US company Oxford Industries for &£80m.