Diageo bucks downward trend as half-year sales register lift – results data

Half-year sales up 1% at US$10.9bnTroublesome 'Latin America & Caribbean' region up 5%, North America flat, Asia Pacific at -3%Don Julio and Guinness soar, rest of 'key brands' post declinesDiageo has returned to the black in the first half of its current financial year as sales in the six months to the end of December came in up by 1%.The slight rise, announced today (4 February), follows marked declines reported recently by spirits peers Moët Hennessy (-8%) and Rémy Cointreau (-21.5%) from the final quarter of 2024 and Diageo's -0.6% sales performance in its previous financial year. I