Genuine draft goes to the British Isles. (Miller Genuine Draft beer now available in the Great...

CCA Global Partners has formed a joint venture with Associated Independent Stores, the largest independent buying group in the United Kingdom, to create the largest network of floor-covering retailers in the British Isles. The new company, to be known as Flooring One, will have 235 locations in the United Kingdom ......

The Good Place Guide: Urban Design in Britain and Ireland By John Billingham and Richard Cole BT Batsford, 2002, ISBN 0 7134 8786 0, PB, 320pp., index, 12.99 [pound sterling] You always know that you've started in earnest on the 'Big New Project' when somebody proposes a 'best practice' study ......

Hong Kong's thirst for good beer has not been curbed by the uncertainty of 1997, when ownership returns to China. As residents prepare for the transfer, beer consumption is rising. Uncertain economic times have influenced residents to switch from higher priced alcoholic beverages to beer, enhancing the beer market. Also, ......

While overall consumption of beer is down slightly in Belgium, the market for specialty beers is growing. As a result, Belgium is importing more beer, despite its 113 breweries that produce more than 450 brands. Domestic Production Interbrew, which uses the slogan "The World's Local Brewer," is by far the ......

The traditional English pub as we know it may soon become just another chain-company concept competing for market share. The United Kingdom's pub industry has been surprisingly stable until recently, with few changes in pub ownership and little threat of new entrants. However, times are changing: "Now the Great British ......

More sophisticated consumer palates find satisfaction with local craft beers as import beer costs spiral upward.

Plastic beer bottles, lightweight glass, distribution efficiencies and more help the second-largest U.S. brewer enjoy the high life. As a sister company to Kraft Foods, Miller Brewing Co. also gets mileage out of the drive for excellence from its parent company, Philip Morris. During a private plant tour at its ......

By specializing and becoming the solution to a specific problem, you automatically become the most likely choice of consumers who are experiencing that particular discomfort. When customers ask for you by name, you've succeeded at genuine branding. The lack of branding is the single biggest reason most business advertising isn't ......