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.

Dedicated Wines looks to kick back against range cuts with new Les Incroyables wine range

Dedicated Wines is kicking back against wine range cutbacks in the major multiples by launching a new wine range, Les Incroyables, that it hopes will bring genuine interest to consumers and offer something different at a time of new product stagnation.

Groceries Code Adjudicator launches new supplier survey

The Grocers Code Adjudicator has launched a new survey which it says will provide a comprehensive perspective on supplier/retailer relations,

Tesco signs property swap with joint-venture partner on 21 stores

Tesco has signed a deal to regain full ownership of 21 superstores that it owned-jointly with a property investment company.

Budget Latest: WSTA's Miles Beale says Chancellor has given drinks industry "perfect result"

Miles Beale, chief executive, of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association has described the Chancellor's decision to freeze wine duty and cut spirits by 2% as "just about the perfect result" it could have hoped from its Drop the Duty campaign.

Budget 2015: Chancellor cuts duty on cider and spirits by 2% and wine duty frozen

The Chancellor George Osborne has today cut the duty on cider and spirits by 2%, frozen duty on wine and cut beer by a penny a pint for the third year running in his last pre-election Budget.

Prowein 2015: Bibendum PLB uses fair to showcase new multi-channel strategy

The recently combined Bibendum PLB company was able to showcase its new business strategy to the international wine industry at this week's Prowein with 120 of its producers taking part in the show.

Craft beer now used to calculate CPI as sales increase

Craft beer enters the mainstream as it goes in the basket used to calculate inflation for the first time.

Sainsbury's sees like-for-like sales down 1.9% in latest quarter

Sainsbury saw like-for-like retail sales fall 1.9% in the ten weeks to 14 March 2015, as it warned that food deflation is here to stay.

Enotria's move to new warehouse set to boost supplier's flexibilty

Industry welcomes Treasury plans to review business rates

Industry bodies have welcomed the government's ambitious review of business rates, which were laid out today by The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.