All Wines articles
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Berry Bros & Rudd to cut roles in response to ‘extremely challenging’ environment
The specialist retailer blamed growing costs, inflation and the increase in NI contributions for the cuts
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Gusbourne falls back on DTC as wine sales stutter
Direct sales now make up a third of the English wine maker’s revenue
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Naked Wines give investors first glimpse of possible turnaround
Naked has pivoted away from attracting customers through heavy discounting
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Virgin Wines raises a glass to ‘highly encouraging’ Christmas
Revenues increased 6.7% year on year over the six weeks to 27 December, with sales over the month as a whole up 9% compared with December 2023. The DTC wine retailer said it was the highest level seen since the peak period during the Covid lockdowns
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Chapel Down boss credits ‘deep’ promos for festive sales boost
Promotions helped Chapel Down boost off-trade sales in the second half of 2024
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Chapel Down hails ‘strong Christmas’ with off-trade sales recovery
Supermarket sales have improved after a dismal first half showing
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Aldi launches wine with sales ‘supporting the removal of plastic from oceans’
For every bottle sold, the equivalent of 10 plastic bottles worth of ocean plastic will be removed from the environment, according to the discounter
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Majestic hails ‘best-ever’ Christmas as shoppers leave booze shopping late
The retailer said new store openings had been key to its festive sales increase
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Interviews
How ‘customer-centric’ CEO Rodrigo Maza plans to revive Naked Wines
Naked Wines boss Maza is moving away from vouchers as he looks to retain ‘the right kind of customers’ – and achieve profitability
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Sparkling wine promotions ‘not a massive problem’ claims English winemaker Bolney
Promotions helped sparking wine and champagne enjoy healthy sales over the festive trading period
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Tesco rolls out secure champagne chillers to a further 50 stores
System helps to ‘create that bit of paranoia for would-be thieves’
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Over a third of UK drinkers now consuming low & no-alcohol products
Younger adults were still the biggest consumers of low & no products
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Societal pressure ‘holding back’ alcohol-free drinks sales, research finds
Gen Z adults reported the highest levels of societal expectations around alcohol consumption
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Aldi to limit supply of own-label crémant for duration of New Year’s Eve offer
The discounter said it expected to see ‘unprecedented demand’ for the tipple
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King Charles awards royal warrants to John Lewis, Tiptree and Ryvita
The King has renewed warrants for 386 companies which previously held the accolade for Queen Elizabeth II
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Berry Bros & Rudd sees sales and profits slide on ‘turbulent’ year
A ’challenging year’ in the US was partly to blame for the results
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Rankings
Alcohol - wine 2024: own label a ‘dynamo’ as brands flop
Still wine is the biggest success in own label across the whole of Top Products 2024
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Chapel Down battling to retain leading English sparkling winemaker title
Nyetimber is vying with Kent supplier Chapel Down for the top spot in grocery
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Chapel Down shares are fizzing as new CEO appointed
James Pennefather will take the reins of the group on 1 February, stepping into the role vacated by Andrew Carter who is heading to Yorkshire family brewer Timothy Taylor
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City snapshot: Consumer confidence hits four-month high ahead of Christmas
Consumer confidence has bounced back after recovering from pre-Budget jitters to hit a to a four-month high ahead of the festive period, according to a closely watched monthly survey. Plus, English wine producer Chapel Down has appointed a new CEO