Distillery 291 and online wholesale alcohol distributor, LibDib, have collaborated on a new series of online virtual conferences specifically designed to help American alcohol retailers navigate the latest market challenges in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
That consumers have relocated their lives online in response to the pandemic is an easily visible fact when you look at earnings reports that successful retailers are releasing.
In the absence of pubs and festivals, booze brands have had to seek out new ways of reaching consumers. Not too long ago, the world was on countdown to St Patrick’s Day, a global tribute to Ireland’s patron saint and a certified piss-up for sesh-heads across the globe.
AUSTRALIA - Online liquor business HelloDrinks has this week launched a Liquor Marketplace that aims to provide suppliers with a new revenue stream during a challenging time for the drinks industry.
Insight & Opinion - The three-tier system of alcohol distribution in the United States is changing under our feet. With tasting rooms, bars, restaurants, and event venues either closed or severely limited during the COVID-19 crisis, the industry is seeing a massive “channel shift” to off-premise and ecommerce sales.
Every culture that has developed social drinking rituals has also developed its own drinking toasts. Americans toast to good spirits with a hearty “Cheers.” In Turkey, it’s commonplace to toast “to honor” by proclaiming “Şerefe.” But the emerging changes and new trends in the alcoholic beverage market are best characterized by the ancient Celts’ “Sláinte,” meaning “to health.”
While many Americans continue to live under some measure of quarantine, people have been drinking more at home. With restaurants and bars unlikely to reopen soon (if at all), and a near-guarantee of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, it seems the living room bar is here to stay.
BOSTON, MA (May 14, 2020) – Drizly Group, parent company of Drizly and Lantern, the nation’s leading alcohol e-commerce marketplace and first on-demand cannabis e-commerce company in Massachusetts, respectively, today announced three additions to its leadership team.
Gin brand Hendrick’s has launched a social media programme to help bartenders return to work, called Pour it Forward.
Now key industry body Australian Grape & Wine (AGW) is reminding everyone involved in the industry that cash flow is essential to all businesses along the grape and wine supply chain.