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    OLN Beer Report 2009


    We take the temperature of the beer market with a full analysis of the biggest sellers.

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    OLN Market Report 2010


    Find out the state of play in the trade with OLN's exclusive Market Report 2010.

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    OLN Brands Report 2010


    Look at brands that top the off-trade chart in all the major categories with OLN's exclusive Brands Report.

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All the latest on the issues that affect the trade, from legislation to price wars, from test-purchasing to business moves.

  • Last chance for independent retailers to secure a place on a buying trip to Rioja

    Author: Rosie Davenport

    Published: 10th Mar 2010

    Independent retailers have until this Friday (March 12) to register their interest in attending a buying trip to Rioja as part of a major Off Licence News promotion with Wines of Rioja.

  • 'Minimum price means illicit trade' – Sainsbury's

    Author: OLN news team

    Published: 10th Mar 2010

    Leading retailers have warned that minimum pricing in Scotland could drive the alcohol market into the hands of illicit traders.

  • Get your entries in for New Wave Spain Awards

    Author: Rosie Davenport

    Published: 10th Mar 2010

    Wines From Spain is calling on all Spanish wine importers, distributors, agents and retailers to enter this year’s New Wave Spanish Wine Awards, the UK’s only competition dedicated to Spanish wines.

  • Tesco offers limited parcel of McGuigan's premium wines

    Author: Rosie Davenport

    Published: 10th Mar 2010

    Australian producer McGuigan Wines has teamed up with Tesco to offer its online shoppers a limited parcel of wines from its premium portfolio.

  • '300 jobs at risk from minimum price' – W&M

    Author: OLN news team

    Published: 10th Mar 2010

    Whyte & Mackay has told a committee of MSPs that a minimum price of 50p per unit on alcohol would cost 300 jobs in its business.

  • Gallo invests in five core brands

    Author: Laura Clark

    Published: 10th Mar 2010

    E&J Gallo Winery will continue to focus its marketing and promotional efforts in the UK on five core brands in a bid to drive “sustainable, profitable growth throughout 2010”.

  • Coca-Cola and Diageo in joint campaign

    Author: Nicola Collenette

    Published: 9th Mar 2010

    Coca-Cola Enterprises and Diageo are hoping the launch of their “biggest joint marketing campaign” will drive spirit and mixer sales and increase basket spend.

  • Caution over February retail rebound

    Author: OLN news team

    Published: 9th Mar 2010

    The British Retail Consortium has urged shops not to get too carried away by sales figures that show strong growth in February.

  • Laithwaites supports Chilean producers

    Author: Nicola Collenette

    Published: 8th Mar 2010

    Laithwaites Wine has said it will donate 5% of sales on all Chilean wines during March to the Chilean Embassy earthquake appeal.

  • Molson signs environmental protocol

    Author: OLN news team

    Published: 8th Mar 2010

    Molson Coors UK has become the first brewer to sign up to a new protocol on the sustainable use of resources for its products.