Tag Archive: retail
Pennsylvania Senate Narrows Privatization Focus
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett’s push for total privatization of the state’s wine and spirits retail monopoly appears to be on ice, with state senators suggesting they could support some loosening of alcohol retail restrictions but not a mandatory sell-off of the state’s retail and wholesale infrastructure. Continue reading →
Posted in News on May 16, 2013Mainstream Retailers Embrace Growlers As Trend Grows
Driven by the surge in craft beer sales, growler stations are becoming a national retail trend in liquor stores, supermarkets, c-stores, drug stores and other channels. Continue reading →
Posted in News on May 14, 2013News Briefs for May 13, 2013
•Whole Foods CEO Walter Robb has said his company will explore a potential acquisition of some parts of Tesco’s Fresh & Easy retail chain, which has been on the block since late last year and has already attracted suitors, according to Tesco. Continue reading →
Posted in News on May 13, 2013News Briefs for May 6, 2013
•Wine prices in American restaurants have been on the rise over the last six months, according to a study done by independent firm Restaurant Sciences. Continue reading →
Posted in News on May 6, 2013Interview: Francesca Schuler, BevMo’s Chief Marketing Officer
Editor’s Note: BevMo, already one of the biggest beverage alcohol retailers in the United States, is rapidly becoming even bigger. The Concord, California-based chain now operates around 130 stores in California, Arizona and Washington, having opened 15 last year alone. Five of those units were in Washington, where BevMo is rapidly expanding following the privatization of the state’s spirits business in 2012. Shanken News Daily recently caught up with BevMo chief marketing officer Francesca Schuler to discuss BevMo’s progress. Continue reading →
Posted in News on May 2, 2013Wine Spectator Looks at New York’s Proposed Wine Sales Restrictions
Wine Spectator digs into two thorny regulatory issues that could impact the fine wine market in New York state—the “at-rest” bill being considered in the New York legislature that would require wines distributed in New York to be warehoused in the state for at least 24 hours; and the New York State Liquor Authority’s declaratory ruling that sets forth ground rules for third-party wine sellers like Amazon, Facebook, Gilt and Lot18, as well as wine clubs like those of the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Williams-Sonoma. Continue reading →
Posted in News on April 26, 2013
