Insights: Implications of the entry point for wine into the UK
The supply chain for wine is often long and complex and one of the most important decisions is where to bring the product into the UK.
Read more...The supply chain for wine is often long and complex and one of the most important decisions is where to bring the product into the UK.
Read more...At the first Think Indie, Drink Indie event, successful merchants shared best practices and avenues to consider when looking to expand. Here is the first of a four part series covering different areas independent merchants should consider in expanding their businesses. Topics covered included why wholesaling is good for indies, how the hybrid model can be great for retail, what to consider when expanding online and the how to maximise the value of events.
Read more...With products facing ever-increasing competition for shelf space, Angela Mount looks at how brands are cutting out the middlemen
Read more...At the first Think Indie, Drink Indie event, successful merchants shared best practices and avenues to consider when looking to expand. Here is the first of a four part series covering different areas independent merchants should consider in expanding their businesses. Topics covered included why wholesaling is good for indies, how the hybrid model can be great for retail, what to consider when expanding online and the how to maximise the value of events.
Read more...As the pound-to-Euro exchange rate takes a battering, bulk buying from the eurozone has suddenly become a less attractive prospect. What kind of impact will this have on both sides of the Channel?
Read more...How are on-trade outlets measuring the health of their business today?
Read more...Wine preservation technology encourages consumers to engage with new wines, but are they practical to the point of impersonal?
Read more...In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, financial news for the drinks trade, Q&As, and opinion stories.
Read more...With consolidation rife and buying patterns changing are the roles of UK wine distributors changing?
Read more...In just 10 short years, Generation Riesling's young producers have created game-changing momentum.
Read more...Following the referendum vote and the UK voting to leave the European Union, currency has been in a state of flux. What could it mean for the trade in the long term?
Read more...In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, financial news for the drinks trade, Q&As, and opinion stories.
Read more...As one of Italy's best known DOCGs Montalcino is slowly remodulating to changing consumer habits and patterns of demand.
Read more...The revolution in Languedoc-Roussillon winemaking is one of the most dramatic in France's wine industry in recent times.
Read more...In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, financial news for the drinks trade, Q&As, and opinion stories.
Read more...In today's digital age with so much business and information changing hands electronically, the digital trail that is left behind is hard to erase. Similarly, authenticity and transparency with customers and consumers is becoming increasingly important.
Read more...Ahead of our Think Indie, Drink Indie symposium on July 12, Harpers took the temperature of the sector with a far-reaching survey, revealing a generally positive outlook for the future of the independent trade, but with several common challenges.
Read more...We've covered a far-reaching spread of issues, insights, interviews and profiles in these pages along with focuses on the sparkling wine category, gin, British beer and the contrasting, but in some ways complementary, wine offers of Chile and Argentina. We also examine what the word 'craft' means to consumers and ask whether it can be better applied to wine to engage millennials.
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