Preparing for Post-Holiday Retail Sales
The gift-giving holidays are over, with many people staring down larger-than-usual credit card bills. Spending declines. January, February and March are months when many consumers par down their personal budgets — especially for shopping...
Drizly Partners with Shop Rite & Tobacco in Louisiana
Drizly, the nation's largest alcohol e-commerce marketplace, today announced a partnership with Shop Rite & Tobacco Plus, one of Louisiana's leading liquor retailers. The partnership will bring delivery of beer, wine and liquor in under 60...
Drizly Announces Alcohol Delivery Partnership with Spec’s in TX
The digital alcohol delivery company Drizly continues to expand its relationship with alcohol retailers nationwide. Today the company announced a new partnership with Spec's, one of Texas' leading beverage alcohol retailers.
The deal immediately adds 55 more...
How JJ’s Built an Experience-Based Retail Business
You can track the evolution of JJ’s Wine, Spirits & Cigars in three stages: JJ’s 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. That is how owner Tom Slattery thinks of his Sioux Falls, SD-based business, and how...
Recognizing the Best in Alcohol Marketing
Our 35th
annual Advertising & Promotion Awards celebrate the best design and
execution of branded content in the beverage alcohol industry. These are the
marketing efforts that most effectively and creatively earned the attention of
consumers, distributors and...
Alcohol Brands Partner with Food-Pairing App eMeals
As cell phones increasingly play a larger role in retail purchases both digital and in-person, some alcohol brands have partnered with an app that recommends alcohol and food pairings.
Alcohol companies including Bacardi, Jackson Family...
Pennsylvania Closes All Retail Liquor Stores to Control Coronavirus
In addition to restaurants and bars, the state of Pennsylvania has ordered all retail liquor stores closed in the fight against the spreading Coronavirus.
"This was a tremendously difficult decision to make," the Pennsylvania Liquor...
DISCUS Working with Politicians to Mitigate Coronavirus Impact on Alcohol Industry
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States released a statement this week highlighting how the organization plans to combat the Coronavirus impact on the U.S. alcohol industry.
"As bars and restaurants across the country...
Here’s What Consumers Are Buying from Drizly During the CoronaCrisis
In an age of social distancing and self-isolation, many people have opted for at-home deliveries rather than risk infection by traveling to local stores. This move has increasingly included at-home alcohol orders.
Drizly, the leading...
The Dangers of Driver Theft for Beverage Alcohol Retailers
Theft by delivery drivers is a threat to any beverage alcohol retail business. This problem can take on many forms, and often appears as every-day procedure.
On our sister publication Beverage Wholesaler, which covers the...