: Liquor major United Spirits on Saturday posted 21.58 per cent increase in net profit at Rs.78.81 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. It had posted a net profit of Rs.64.82 crore for the same period of previous fiscal.
Net sales rose to Rs.2,287.89 crore from Rs.2,238.06 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a BSE filing. “During the quarter, the strategic end of the portfolio comprising the Prestige and Above brands at 9.4 million out of an overall volume of 30.9 million represents a 30 per cent salience of the category to the total,” it added. USL markets various liquor brands including Signature, Bagpiper, Antiquity, Royal Challenge in the country.
