date:Aug 21, 2014
it in the first half that topped estimates.
Across the globe, beer companies are under pressure as drinkers shift to rival craft brews and increasingly trade up to spirits. The recent political tensions between Russia and its western trading partners has added to difficulties in a country where government measures to reduce drinking have been hurting sales for longer than a year. Russia represents more than a third of Carlsbergs total selling volume.
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