Brown-Forman hoping for double-digit lift in full year, but Q3 sales up only 5% – results data

Fiscal third quarter - to end of January - sees sales increase 5% to US$1.08bn For the nine months to end of January, top line rises 12%, totalling $3.18bn Full-year sales forecast to come in up between 8% and 10% Impairment charge of $96m taken on Finlandia vodka brand Brown-Forman has reported a third consecutive quarter of US$1bn+ in sales, although the group's growth rate slowed markedly in the most recent three-month period. Following on from H1's 17% top-line lift, posted in December, the Jack Daniel's owner has reported a year-on-year rise of 5% from the three months to