Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Taking ownership of the wine in the bottle

Published: 18 July, 2018

Own-label is on the rise, adding the lion’s share of value growth to the wine category in the UK. Jo Gilbert reports

Tesco and Carrefour enter strategic alliance

Published: 02 July, 2018

Tesco and French retail giant Carrefour have announced their intention to enter into a long-term strategic alliance.

Sainsbury’s and Asda confirm £12bn merger and hint at 10% price cuts

Published: 30 April, 2018

Sainsbury’s and Asda have confirmed they are to merge creating a supermarket powerhouse with combined revenues of £51 billion, overtaking Tesco as the number one player in the sector.

WSTA strengthens board with two new appointments

Published: 07 February, 2018

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has added two new members to its board - Tesco’s commercial director, Kari Daniels and The Wine society’s Robin McMillan.

Team Tesco talks shop

Published: 20 November, 2017

After two years of regrouping and a recent restructure, Tesco gives Angela Mount a taste of what’s to come

Tesco resumes dividends following 7th consecutive quarter of growth

Published: 04 October, 2017

Tesco has offered up the firmest confirmation yet of its turnaround since the business was rocked by an infamous accounting scandal three years ago.

Tesco adds sparklers to its range

Published: 29 September, 2017

Tesco has added four new sparkling wines to its Finest own-label wine range this month, created in partnership with world renowned producers.

Tesco launches Copestick Murray collaboration

Published: 20 July, 2017

Tesco is launching historic Hungarian wine Talisman Bull’s Blood into the UK market via a partnership with distributor Copestick Murray.

A dozen new wines join Tesco's Finest portfolio

Published: 28 June, 2017

Tesco has added 12 wines to its Finest own-label brand just a few months after extending the portfolio with a 10-strong collection of old-world wines.

Tesco and Felix Solis collaborate on low ABV range

Published: 21 June, 2017

Tesco has launched a new range of low alcohol wines which it intends to become a staple on its shelves.

Tesco fined £129m for overstating profits

Published: 28 March, 2017

Tesco has finally reached an agreement with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and will pay £129m fine following 2014's damaging accounting scandal.

The battle for the retail shelves

Published: 23 March, 2017

The latest Nielsen retail reports make for interesting reading. Supermarket own-brand wines showed growth of 12.6% in the 12 weeks leading up to January 28, 2017, an escalation from 5.5% year-on-year growth, while brands lost 3% share.

Supermarket sweep: A week in review

Published: 17 February, 2017

On the international stage, the big news this week has been dominated by an increasingly maddening number of acronyms and portmanteaus - CETA, Brexit, TTIP - as the top echelon of global businesses and governments on both sides of the Atlantic make decisions which will impact the immediate future of the trade.

The week that was: top news, Q&As and opinion on Harpers.co.uk

Published: 03 February, 2017

In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have put together a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.

Tesco buys Londis and Budgens owner Booker for £3.7bn

Published: 27 January, 2017

Tesco is set to merge with Britain's biggest food wholesaler Booker in a £3.7bn deal to create "the UK's leading food business".

Performance review: An early look at the multiples' Christmas trading

Published: 12 January, 2017

In retail head offices across the country, buyers will be analysing this year's trading, investigating highs and lows, and providing the traditional Christmas post-mortems.

Alcohol one of the fastest growing categories in the multiples this Christmas

Published: 10 January, 2017

Sales of beers, wines and spirits saw an +5.7% uplift over the Christmas trading period, putting it behind only confectionery as the biggest driver of festive growth.

Discounter growth dips to lowest point since 2011

Published: 16 November, 2016

Sales growths across discounters Aldi and Lidl have hit their lowest level in five years as the supermarkets - led by Tesco - continue to fight back.

The Unilever effect - Four months on from Brexit, is the trade beginning to feel the bite?

Published: 14 October, 2016

As Brexit and the drop in the value of the pound takes it's toll on Tesco, what's next for retailers?

Another rise in sales as Tesco recovery continues

Published: 05 October, 2016

Sales at the UK's biggest grocery retailer have now risen for three quarters in a row following an all time low last year as it struggled to fend off stiff competition from the discounters.