Buzzy drinks: The Campari Group keep finding hits

11/1/22 7:00PM

Another drink?

‍The Campari Group’s spirit shelf is growing ever-wider after the Italian alcohol giant announced plans to take a 70% stake in Wilderness Trail Distillery, a Kentucky-based whiskey company for $420m.

Campari Group is looking to bolster its bourbon backline with the acquisition, branching out from the aperitif offerings they’ve been known for throughout their 162-year history, as the company seeks its next leg of growth.

‍Spritzes vs sbagliatos

‍Despite being founded way back in the 1860s, Campari Group has been remarkably prescient on modern tastes. Aperol has long been the standout tipple among the company's 50+ brands — the distinctive orange aperitif now accounts for over 20% of Campari’s revenue, with sales more than tripling since 2014.

The company, however, may be toasting a different drink from now on. Sales of Campari, the original liqueur named after founder Gaspare Campari, are now also rising and — thanks in part to a viral TikTok trend about a wrongly-made negroni variation known as a ‘sbagliato’ — are likely to continue to do so.

J. Edward Moreno11/4/25

Starbucks sells control of China business for $4 billion

Starbucks disclosed on Monday evening in a regulatory filing that it will sell control of its ailing China business to Boyu Capital for about $4 billion.

Under the agreement, Boyu will own a 60% stake in the China segment, which will become a joint venture between Boyu and Starbucks. The coffee chain will retain a 40% interest in the entity and will continue to own and license the brand and intellectual property.

Bloomberg reported earlier this year that the company was looking to sell its China segment. The American coffee giant has struggled to succeed in China, its second-largest market after the US.

Tom Jones

10/6/25

OPEC and others are boosting oil production as the race to catch up with the US goes on

This month’s 137,000-barrel-a-day boost is a little more modest than some expected.

Millie Giles

RED FLAG, GREEN FLAG

9/25/25

China, the world’s largest carbon polluter, has pledged to cut emissions for the first time

President Xi Jinping has announced that China is aiming to slash carbon emissions by up to 10% in the next decade.

solar power station on the rooftop of the factory

Claire Yubin Oh9/19/25

John Wayne Airport in Orange County tops the list of North America’s favorite airports

Despite a record year of passenger numbers, flight cancellations, and delays, a new survey has revealed that flyers have been increasingly satisfied about their experiences in North American airports.

According to this year’s North America Airport Satisfaction Study from data analysts at J.D. Power, overall passenger satisfaction scores were up 10 points (on a 1,000-point scale), largely from “improvements in food, beverage and retail and ease of travel through the airport.” The annual survey measures overall traveler satisfaction across the region’s airports in seven categories (in order of importance): ease of travel, level of trust, terminal facilities, airport staff, airport departure experience, food and retail, and airport arrival experience.

Here are the region’s favorites:

Millie Giles

DOT-COM BUBBLE

9/12/25

More than 40% of American adults now report being online “almost constantly”

While a new survey showed Japan has the greatest share of perpetually online people, there was a significant number reporting not using the internet at all.

Buzzy drinks: The Campari Group keep finding hits

More World

Starbucks sells control of China business for $4 billion

John Wayne Airport in Orange County tops the list of North America’s favorite airports

Latest Stories