Le Vignoble on bringing award winning retailing to the south west

Le Vignoble in Plymouth is a buzzy wine boutique and lounge keen to educate its consumers and turn them into life-long wine connoisseurs

Analysis: Majestic's acquisition of Naked Wines

Majestic Wines' acquisition of Naked Wines, and the appointment of Rowan Gormley as its new chief executive, will see the launch of a new international multi-channel wine retailing group. 

Harpers Wine & Spirit to join Agile Media

Harpers Wine and Spirit and Harpers.co.uk have, from the beginning of April, joined Off Licence News at Agile Media.

Majestic Wines acquires Naked Wines and names Rowan Gormley chief executive

Majestic Wines has bought Naked Wines for £70 million and named Rowan Gormley chief executive officer of the new combined group.

The Coop sees profit boost as business continues to turn around

Supermarket price deflation attributed to CPI in the UK hitting zero for the first time

The supermarket price wars that have been plaguing the retail sector for months have been a contributing factor to the Consumer Price Index falling to zero for the first time on record, according to British Retail Consortium.

UK shop prices fall 2.1% in March, as deflation settles in for "near future"

Retail deflation deepened to 2.1% in March, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index, released this morning.

Oxford Wine Company set to open second cafe

The Oxford Wine Company is launching a second wine café in Oxford.

Aldi overtakes Waitrose to become Britain's sixth largest supermarket

Aldi has overtaken Waitrose to become the sixth largest supermarket in Britainwith 5.3% of the market, according to Kantar Worldpanel's retail figures released today.

The New Zealand Cellar crowdfunds to raise money for first shop

Online retailer The New Zealand Cellars has launched a crowdfunding project to raise funds to open its first retail shop.

M&S fourth quarter figures buck retail trends

Marks and Spencer Group fourth quarter financial results were released today showing total UK sales increased 2.7% and food sales increased 3.7%.

Free Run Wines adds first Aussie winery to portfolio

Free Run Wines is adding its first Australian wine producer, Morambro Creek to its portfolio from next month

Bancroft wines restructures and strengthens the team as profits rise 10%

Bancroft Wines is restructuring to create four wine divisions dedicated to its key sales channels.

Dufry to acquire majority stake in World Duty Free Group in "milestone" deal

Dufry's, a leading company in the travel retail sector, has reached a deal to acquire a 50.1% stake in World Duty Free Group (WDF) from Edizione.

Naked Wines research finds consumers preferring higher alcohol wine

Naked Wines, the online wine retailer which crowdfunds independent winemakers through its customer base of over 250,000 'angels', has found that its consumers are favouring higher alcohol wines.

Coravin targets in home use as it starts to builds a Nespresso-style community

Coravin, the gadget that allows you drink wine without opening the bottle, is looking to broaden its reach in the UK through as it targets in-home users.

Kingsland rolls out new insight to help retailers segment the category better

Kingsland wine is rolling out a new insight 'tool' that is says gives a complete mapping of UK wine consumption.

ACS criticises new health report and calls for positive measures to support the high street

The Association of Convenience Stores has called for more support for the high street in response to yesterday's Royal Society for Public Health's report.

Research questions government's "billions of units of alcohol" removed from market claim

A new study has questioned the government's claim that it has removed billions of units of alcohol from the market.

Tesco faces potential multi-billion pound UK shareholder claim

Tesco is facing a potential multi-billion pound class action lawsuit in the UK by a not-for-profit organisation representing its shareholders, in relation to the profit overstatement it announced last year.