Japan: Asahi Breweries reports 2% increase in January beer sales

Japan’s Asahi Breweries reported a 2% increase in its total beer sales in January with new genre beer category sales up 14%.

Regular beer volumes declined by 2% and low-malt happoshu beer sales dropped by 3% last month.

The company said its Clear Asahi brand’s total sales registered a 21.5% increase in demand last month.

05 February, 2016