Company Profile
Updated: 02-NOV-09Brown-Forman Corp.
Exporter
PO Box 1080, Louisville, KY 40201-1080, United States
(502)585-1100, (502)774-6633 fax, http://www.brown-forman.com
Primary SIC: Distilled & Blended Liquors, Primary NAICS: Distilleries
Description: Brown-Forman Corp. was founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown in Louisville, Kentucky. The company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 1933, and went public that same year. Brown-Forman manufactures, bottles, imports, exports, and markets a wide variety of alcoholic beverage brands. The most important brand in the company's portfolio is Jack Daniel's, which is the fourth-largest premium spirits brand and the largest selling American whiskey brand in the world. Brown-Forman's principal export markets are the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, Poland, Germany, Spain, Canada, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, South Africa, China, Japan and Russia. The company sells its brands in more than 135 countries. In 1920, Brown-Forman was one of only 10 companies given government license to bottle whiskey for medicinal purposes when the Prohibition Amendment was adopted. The company sells more than 35 brands of wines and spirits including Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Southern Comfort and Canadian Mist Blended Canadian Whisky. More
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What does Jim Beam exit say about Nascar? Spirits marketers endsponsorships, fueldebate about category.(NEWS)
Crain's Chicago Business; 10/5/2009; 1228 words; ...marketers. Fortune Brands Inc.'s Jim Beam and Brown-Forman Corp.'s Jack Daniel's announced within days of each...cut back on marketing in general. Tennessee-based Brown-Forman spent $22.2 million in measured media in 2008...
BROWN FORMAN REPORTS MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS BY 10 PERCENT OWNER BROWN (Kentucky)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/28/2009; 330 words; WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Brown Forman Corp. (BFA, BFB), Louisville, Ky...held by 10 percent owner Owsley Brown II, Louisville. On Sept. 15 the...disposition of 65,000 shares of stock. Brown now owns 160,092 shares of stock...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current); 9/4/2009; 566 words; ...firm's profits up as sales decline Liquor company Brown-Forman Corp. reported a 38 percent spike in first-quarter profit...drinks - signs of the struggling economy. Still, Brown-Forman reaffirmed its full-year profit forecast of $2...
Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (August 26 - September 2, 2009).
Business Wire; 9/3/2009; 1593 words; ...Source: EarthSure Renewable Energy Corp. ATLANTA -- NASCAR Driver Tony...UnitedHealthcare LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Brown-Forman Publishes Second Corporate Responsibility...27, 2009 02:51 PM) Source: Brown-Forman Corporation SAN FRANCISCO -- BLUE...
Brown-Forman 1Q profit rises on lower costs
AP Online; 9/2/2009; 962 words; Liquor company Brown-Forman Corp. reported a 38 percent surge in first...company's sales. Still, Brown-Forman reaffirmed its full-year profit...trading. Louisville-based Brown-Forman posted net income of $121.4 million...
Recent News Articles
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M2 Presswire - May 06, 2009 - Brown-Forman Corporation - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review.
M2 Presswire - March 28, 2009 - Q3 2009 Brown-Forman Corporation Earnings Conference Call - Final.(Broadcast transcript)
Fair Disclosure Wire - March 10, 2009 - Event Brief of Q3 2009 Brown-Forman Corporation Earnings Conference Call - Final.(Broadcast transcript)
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