At the onset of the ongoing global pandemic, traditional on-trade channels saw sales fall to zero overnight. But what about the wider drinks trade and the interactions within it? Jo Gilbert asks if it's time to reassess tried – and maybe tired – formulas?
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When the on-trade starts to re-emerge it faces myriad challenges in this altered world, as Andrew Catchpole reports
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Despite the marked shift from on-trade to home drinking, lockdown could still leave a sobering £7bn hole in total UK alcohol sales, as Andrew Catchpole reports.
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Consumers have come to expect value from Chilean wine, says James Lawrence, so how can they be encouraged to trade up?
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Drinks companies are stepping out when it comes to the no and low category. Lucy Britner looks at some of the more innovative offers.
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As lockdown continues and consumers settle into new ways of life, will the nolo category get more of a look in? Lisa Riley reports
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For this year's Innovation Focus, Harpers once again surveyed the trade to uncover the latest business-improving innovations in the drinks world. Andrew Catchpole reports on the findings.
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When the health crisis forced the on-trade to shut down overnight, drinks suppliers had to think on their feet to keep their businesses going. Jaq Bayles reports
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Moving to online sales has saved more than one drinks retailer in recent weeks and all the signs point to the model continuing, finds Andrew Catchpole.
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With drinks fast evolving to meet consumer trends, design and packaging has an ever more important role in communicating change, writes Andrew Catchpole
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The global pandemic and changing consumer behaviour that accompanies it have presented myriad challenges when it comes to NPD, as Lisa Riley reports
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With the on-trade on lockdown, indies have reaped rewards from the pandemic, but will they be able to hang on to their new customers once restrictions are lifted? Lisa Riley investigates.
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As the UK’s attention moves to how lockdown restrictions will ease, Chris Losh ponders the future new normal when it comes to the on-trade.
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Andrew Catchpole shines the spotlight on Chile’s most famous region for quality reds
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The current health crisis will hit the maturing gin market hard at time when competition is at its peak with buyers rationalising ranges and it may be only the very strongest that will survive, says Jo Gilbert.
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The coronavirus (Covid-19) has opened up a new world of B2C engagement for businesses offering a lifeline to consumers stuck inside their homes, as Jo Gilbert reports.
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With little to celebrate, it’s unlikely consumers will be reaching for the Champagne any time soon, but the category has weathered storms before, says Chris Losh.
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As lockdown happened, Lisa Riley looked at how the on-trade adapted to create opportunities in an alien situation.
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When finished wreaking havoc on the trade, the pandemic will accelerate change in its wake. Andrew Catchpole reports.
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Shanghai-based Emilie Steckenborn gives a glimpse of life on the ground as China rises from lockdown
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