Wine retailer Majestic has announced the opening of a new retail site in Thame, Oxfordshire. The addition comes as the business prepares to open two more stores as well as two Vagabond wine bars over the coming months.
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From retailer to merchant to producer, Giles Cooke has spanned the wine trade. He talks Majestic, murder and McLaren Vale.
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Published: 11 February, 2025
Four new senior appointments have been made by the Majestic-owned wine bar business Vagabond, including the hiring of Jack Merrylees as head of marketing and PR.
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Published: 12 November, 2024
Vagabond Wines has appointed Christobell Giles as its new MD, signalling a new era for the wine bar business after it was rescued by Majestic out of administration earlier this year.
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Majestic Wine is set to roll out a new ‘shop local' function on its national website to allow customers to browse and buy from their local store.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
Majestic Wine has appointed Mark Capon to the newly created role of director of subscriptions.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
Majestic Wine has been recognised with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, as one the Best Places to Work in 2020.
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Majestic Wine has confirmed the opening of new stores in Henley and Beckenham later this year as part of a five-year growth strategy aimed at increasing sales by 10%.
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Majestic Wine has appointed a performance marketing agency to help drive revenue across its website and network of 192 stores.
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Published: 22 January, 2020
Majestic MD Josh Lincoln has left the business as part of a management reshuffle.
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Published: 25 September, 2019
Majestic Wine has revealed details of its first tasting event since its acquisition by US private equity firm Fortress for £95 million early last month.
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Published: 05 August, 2019
Harpers has teamed up with Wines Direct to exclusively reveal the winners of Wines Direct Consumer Awards 2019 (indies and large merchants) alongside new insight into shopping behaviours drawn from the responses of more than 1,700 consumers
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Majestic’s retail business is close to being sold to US private equity house Fortress for £100m, according to Sky News.
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Majestic has appointed former Tesco BWS director Robert Cooke as its buying & merchandising director, Harpers can reveal.
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Majestic Wine said this morning it is in advanced talks over a potential sale of its retail and commercial outlets.
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Published: 25 April, 2019
The recently announced rebrand of Majestic Wine to Naked Wines has begun with the company’s Wakefield store currently receiving a facelift.
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Published: 25 March, 2019
Majestic Wine is planning an overhaul of the business that will see the Majestic name disappear as part of plans to focus on its online and international reach via its Naked arm.
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Published: 09 January, 2019
Majestic Wine enjoyed a merry Christmas despite the “challenging market backdrop”.
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Published: 22 November, 2018
Majestic Wine has reported a £200,000 pre-tax loss for the six months to 1 October, down from a £3.1million profit for the same period last year.
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Majestic Wine will be showcasing a new store layout at next week’s Taste of London festival, with a view to rolling elements of it out across its 210 store estate.
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