Wine Business International

By Jim Boyce for Meininger's Wine Business International

Given its massive population, it’s no surprise that China offers a wide range of retail options.Foreign players loom large in the biggest retail format game – the hypermarket – although domestic ones provide increasing competition.

July 26^th 2012

Wine retail in the USA

By Larry Walker for Meininger's Wine Business International

The big news in the US wine market is the explosive growth in direct-to-consumer sales, largely through the Internet. According to Vin Quest, direct-to-consumer sales grew 12% to $3.4bn in 2010 and accelerated in 2011 with a projected growth rate of 62%.

May 31^st 2012

Wine retail in Germany

By Jürgen Matthäß

Even though the food retail sector is heavily dominant in the German wine market, large specialist dealers play an important role in the marketing of higher quality wines. The big food retail chains account for around 74% of the sales volume and about 53% of the value of wine sold in the German retail sector, including direct marketing by producers, but not including gastronomy

May 3^rd 2012

Wine retail in Russia

By Eleonora Scholes

Russia is an increasingly important place to do business. But although it looks simple to understand on the surface, it's more complex than it first appears.

February 23^rd 2012

Inside the tough Canadian monopoly

By Tony Aspler for Meininger's Wine Business International

It sounds like a dream outlet for wine makers – a monopoly run in an entrepreneurial way, supplying 100,000 enthusiastic and wine-loving customers. But getting involved with the SAQ requires nerves of steel.

September 15^th 2008

Warsaws vibrant wine store

by Tomasz Prange-Barczynski

The appearance of Canadian born oenologist and wine merchant Robert Mielzynski upended Warsaw’s wine scene, writes Tomasz Prange-Barczynski. His stylish warehouse, wine bar, restaurant and shop is now the wine heart of the Polish capital.

July 3^rd 2008

Nicolas: French multinational

by Jane Anson

With its red and yellow store fronts a familiar sight, Nicolas 400 outlets have a deep emotional and cultural resonance in France, as they trade upon the idea of a local merchant who offers a personal service to regular customers.

May 10^th 2008

The Denise empire

by Jenny Tan

The gap between high-end wine boutiques and supermarket wines in the Singapore wine retail scene was suddenly bridged when Malaysian wine retail chain Denise The Wine Shop, entered the market. Meininger's finds out more.

March 12^th 2008

Inside Sams Club

by Felicity Carter

American retailers like Costco offer people a way to buy products at close to wholesale prices. One of those is Sam’s Club, an independent division of the retailing colossus Wal-Mart. Sam’s Club representatives talk to Felicity Carter about their wine division.

February 2^nd 2008

The high end of Britains high street

by Andrew Catchpole

In a time when most UK high street retailers are shedding sales and profitability, Majestic is improving and expanding. Andrew Catchpole takes a closer look at why this particular company is doing so well, when all the others around it are suffering. He suggests it’s their philosophy that makes them different.

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