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Can Women Boost Britain’s Battered Beer Market?

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August 15, 2008 One Comment

British women are the target of a new marketing push that aims to prop up flagging beer sales in the UK, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Beermakers like Coors and Diageo, which owns Guinness, are hoping women, a largely untapped group of potential beer customers, will be drawn to sweeter, lighter new beers they’ve introduced. 

But that strategy alone may not be enough to boost beer sales, Graham Page of Nielsen told the Journal. 

“[Women] don’t consume the volume [of beer] — and that is crucial — that men do,” Page noted.

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  • Stephanie said:

    Maybe they don’t consume as much, but–since many women are the primary food buyers in their households–maybe their preferences will influence what is consumed at home. Which could be significant!

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