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  • drinks
    • Alcohol in Space
    • Alcohol + sugar + cream = Cream Liqueur
    • Alcohol + Tech
    • Beer and Football
    • Best Examples of Alcohol Flavoured Foods
    • Craft Watch
    • Disgusting Drinks from Around the World
    • Do you recognise these ‘Fictional’ Drinks brands from Hollywood films and TV?
    • Drink Books
    • The Celebrity Liquor Index
    • The Drinks brands in the Dragon’s Den
    • The Drinks Industry Rich List 2020
    • The Most Popular Alcohol Subscription Boxes
  • Whisky
    • How to Plan your own Whisky Festival
    • How to Buy a Scotch Whisky Cask…
    • How to start your own Whisky Club…
    • The Auld Art of Coopering
    • Facebook Whisky Groups
    • Interesting Facts & Figures about Scotch Whisky
    • Scotch Whisky Videos
    • The Scotch Whisky History Timeline
    • The Top Whisk(e)y Podcasts
    • Whisky Maps
    • Whisky Websites
    • Whose own label whisky is it anyway?
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retail,
Aug 19th

The World’s Top 25 Travel Retailers 2020

retail,
Aug 7th

The World’s Top 25 Travel Retailers 2019

retail,
Jul 7th

New Drinks Magazine: Global Drinks Intel.

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retail, travel,
August 19th

The World’s Top 25 Travel Retailers 2020

The latest rankings have been revealed by The Moodie Davitt Report, through their annual guide measured by 2019 sales prior to the Covid-19 crisis. This is a must read report with plenty of detailed information

retail, travel,
August 7th

The World’s Top 25 Travel Retailers 2019

The latest rankings have been revealed by The Moodie Davitt Report, through their annual guide measured by 2018 sales. This is a must read report with plenty of detailed information and insight – the link

drinks, retail,
July 7th

New Drinks Magazine: Global Drinks Intel.

This is a new trade digital and print magazine for the global drinks industry launched in March 2019. Focusing on the wine and spirits sector, the publication aims to be a one-stop shop for the

retail,
June 2nd

Another Google search for Duty Free…

Once more, I have decided to look out for Duty Free Comparison websites available with the help of Google after looking at this back in 2016. It is a topic that I am approached again

retail, travel,
June 2nd

Guest Blog: The Future of Inflight Retail – Part 3

Vimal Kumar Rai is a travel retail and aviation expert, and in the 3rd part of this guest blog, he continues to reflect on the future of inflight retail given the recent announcements of more

retail, travel,
May 21st

Amazon is now selling flights…starting in India

Powered by India online travel agency Cleartrip, Amazon has begun offering domestic flights in India. As reported by Skift, “Airlines such as Vistara UK, GoAir, SpiceJet, and Indigo were among the carriers offering flights through

retail,
May 21st

Guest Blog: The Future of Inflight Retail – Part 2

Vimal Kumar Rai is a travel retail and aviation expert, and in the 2nd part of this guest blog, he continues to reflect on the future of inflight retail given the recent announcements of more

retail,
May 12th

Guest Blog: The Future of Inflight Retail – Part 1

Vimal Kumar Rai is a travel retail and aviation expert, and in this guest blog, he reflects on the future of inflight retail given the recent announcements of more airlines ceasing their onboard retail offering.

retail,
April 16th

Insights from the NPD Travel Retail Liquor Event

The event recently held on 10th April 2019 in London and organised by the NPD Travel Retail was aimed at showcasing the power of data-driven insights. The conference had speakers from NPD Travel Retail such

retail,
April 16th

How can the Summit of the Americas show improve?

Following the lead from the anonymous contributors to The Americas Duty Free & Travel Retailing March 2019 issue, I was interested to reflect on the reformatted Summit of the Americas show at the new venue

retail, travel,
March 12th

KLM to stop in-flight duty free shopping

The Dutch carrier has announced plans to phase out inflight duty free sales, blaming the rise of internet shopping and competition from airport retail sales. Duty Free/Tax Free sales will end during July 2019 on European Flights,

drinks, retail, travel,
February 24th

Highlights from Viking Line Whisky Fair 2019

The latest event took place from 14th to 17th February and here is a selection of pictures with some of the best moments. For a previous Inside the Cask blog post on the ‘Viking Line

retail,
February 11th

The Reduction of Single-use Plastics in Retail

There are a growing number of examples, led by retailers and brands, on new ways to reduce single-use plastics. This follows a shift in the public awareness of the topic and the subsequent problems caused

retail,
February 10th

The Top 10 worst plastic polluters worldwide

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé were the most frequent companies identified in 239 cleanups and brand audits spanning 42 countries and six continents, according to the Break Free From Plastic movement. Over 187,000 pieces of plastic

retail,
February 1st

5 Ideas to Improve Airport Duty Free

Here are just some ideas that could be tested to help generate incremental sales, attract new shoppers, increase penetration at stores, change the way Airport Duty Free is perceived and in the process, also provide

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