Specialty Retailer

Social Media Marketing: Seven Tips for Success

The Propane Education & Research Council put together seven tips to help you succeed in growing your customer base with social media. Your customers...
future of alcohol retail technology

What Will Alcohol Retail Technology Look Like in 2022?

Alcohol retail technology boomed during the pandemic. Growth rates for these ecommerce companies spiked, with many reaching triple digits. Fueling this was a large number of consumers,...
DoorDash

DoorDash Expands Into Alcohol Delivery

The latest entry into the fast-growing digital alcohol delivery space is DoorDash. The company announced this week its expansion into the delivery of beer, wine and spirits...

How Half Time Stays Ahead of the Alcohol Retail Curve

Alcohol ecommerce was still largely uncharted territory in the early 2010s when Half Time pushed heavily into online sales. The New York chain, which...

9 Alcohol Trends in 2021-22

Alcohol trends have shifted significantly in the past two years. The world of 2019 feels like decades ago. The generational pandemic of 2020 reshaped our lives...
Drizly App

What’s the Future of Alcohol Ecommerce after Covid-19?

The pandemic has changed how people buy alcohol with the rise of alcohol ecommerce. When the health crisis first hit in early 2020 — sweeping...
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The Top Alcohol Retail Tech Providers for 2020-21

Technology was already critical for beverage alcohol retailers before the pandemic. Now, as more consumers buy online and prefer quicker, efficient shopping in-person, having the right tech to...
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How Beverage Alcohol Retailers Used Technology in 2020

As part of our ongoing tracking of beverage industry technology adoption, the Beverage Information Group surveyed readers over the summer. The annual tech survey...
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Meet the core tools of a strong digital marketing campaign

You might be thinking, “In-store business has been good. Do I really need to market my dealership online?” The consumer landscape is shifting, transformed...
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Does your website content meet the priorities of your potential customers?

Online searches have increased dramatically in the last few months, and more searches for units and services mean more opportunities for you to connect...

Dealer takes social media engagement to mountainous heights

How important is social media engagement with current and future customers at Paul’s Lawn & Garden in Massillon, Ohio? As the OPE dealership celebrates...
On-premise Tech

On-premise Tech For The New Normal

Technology has become more important in beverage alcohol in recent years, for both on- and off-premise operators. But the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the push...

How COVID-19 Affects Alcohol Distribution

The COVID-19 pandemic upended our world, almost overnight. Suddenly, businesses of all manners had to change how they operated. This included beverage alcohol wholesalers and...

How Alcohol Retailers Have Evolved with COVID-19

Part 1 of this series covered what alcohol products consumers are buying now, three months into the coronavirus pandemic. In this second part, we look...

Tips For Improving Your Restaurant’s Digital Presence

By now most of us have had food delivered several times during this pandemic, either to support our favorite local joint or to provide...

5 Tips to Protect Against Cyber Threats

With many restaurants across the U.S. shifting to a delivery- or pickup-only business model to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a heavy...

An 800 percent increase in e-commerce queries from dealerships during COVID-19

As online traffic increases due to adapting purchasing habits with the onset of COVID-19, dealerships are finding value in a streamlined online presence and...

How Molly’s Spirits Leverages Data and Technology for Growth

It’s been less than five years since the first Molly’s Spirits opened in Denver’s Lakeside neighborhood. In that short amount of time, the store has quickly...

Choosing the Right Retail Technology

Technology solutions are increasingly critical in the brave new world of twenty-first century off-premise retailing. “A lot of big national players are expanding into what...

Exhaustive web leads study released

The good news? A recent study shows that U.S. motorcycle dealerships responded to customer web inquiries within 24 hours 91 percent of the time...