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Published: 28 March, 2024
After over one hundred years of being a wine-front merchant, a spirits fascia bearing the name Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR) is days away from opening to the public on the hallowed pavements of St James’.
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Published: 04 March, 2024
Andrew Catchpole drops in on ‘H’ at east London’s very individual Wapping Wines.
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Published: 07 February, 2024
Daniel Lambert Wines, Waitrose and The Wine Society were among some of the big winners at The French Champion Awards organised and hosted by Business France.
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Published: 15 January, 2024
Meet our 50 Best Indies 2024, celebrating the most dynamic and quality focused merchants in this ever-vibrant sector
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Published: 12 January, 2024
Today we conclude the rollout of our 50 Best Indies 2024 results with a recording of the live unveiling of our Top 10 indie merchants, who joined us at Wild by Tart in London, unveiling the best in the business in the UK.
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Published: 12 January, 2024
To round off 2023, Andrew Catchpole heads to new indie Chanctonbury Wines, where young gun Rob Maynard has swapped restaurant life for shop retail.
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Published: 11 January, 2024
This week we continue the rollout of our 50 Best Indies 2024 results, celebrating the top merchants from across this dynamic and ever-engaging sector
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Published: 10 January, 2024
This week we continue the rollout of our 50 Best Indies 2024 results, celebrating the top merchants from across this dynamic and ever-engaging sector.
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Published: 09 January, 2024
This week marks the launch of our 50 Best Indies 2024 results, celebrating the top merchants from across this dynamic and ever-engaging sector.
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Published: 09 January, 2024
Berry Bros. & Rudd has appointed a spirits curator to oversee its growing portfolio, which now includes a soon to be opened new spirits shop.
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Published: 08 January, 2024
This week marks the launch of our 50 Best Indies 2024 results, celebrating the top merchants from across this dynamic and ever-engaging sector.
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Published: 10 November, 2023
Despite the challenges facing independents, businesses are optimistic that new buying strategies will please consumers. By James Lawrence.
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Published: 02 November, 2023
The Good Wine Shop has expanded to a fifth site, taking over a former Oddbins site in St Margarets, Twickenham.
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Published: 15 September, 2023
Jo Gilbert reports on the results of Harpers’ latest survey, where we asked independent retailers to let us know which cost pressures are affecting them most – with inflation and duty unsurprisingly leading the charge.
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Published: 30 August, 2023
Harpers’ latest survey canvassed the UK’s independent retailers to ask which cost pressures are affecting them most and to what extent. Now, the results are in – and we can the report that price rises have become a necessary evil for the majority of businesses.
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Published: 17 August, 2023
Harpers wants to hear from indie retailers as to how the 1 August duty rises – and associated costs – are impacting business.
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Published: 14 August, 2023
From ‘classics’ to new contenders, Chris Losh sizes the trends at the high end.
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Published: 02 August, 2023
Cotswolds indie Vinotopia’s latest ‘luxury’ wine destination is a rather posh barn. Andrew Catchpole takes a peek.
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Having celebrated its crowning as the number one merchant in Harpers' 50 Best Indies list 2023, The Oxford Wine Group has announced it will open a brand-new city centre venue later this year.
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Midway through 2023, Harpers is taking stock of yet another turbulent year for the drinks trade, with plenty of highs and lows, so far. We continue our series with, Archie McDiarmid, manager, Luvians Bottleshop, to find out how the year has gone so far and what the remainder may bring.
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