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@MikeRatcliffe & @RolandPeens challenging your wine business to think out-of-the-box. Deep experience fast-tracking your profitability.🇬🇧🇿🇦 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
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Struggling to understand how to integrate AI into your wine business? Read this; "The End of Search, The Beginning of Research" by @emollick
@mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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How will luxury use AI in 2025? Brands are keeping the ball rolling when it comes to AI-driven developments. What trends are emerging this year? WBA can help. @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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Interesting read: “Wine Haunted by the Spirit of Premiumization” in @WineBusiness @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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The world of DTC Wine software just changed: "Commerce7 Acquires WineDirect's SaaS Division" - will be interesting to watch - probably a positive development. @RolandPeens @mikeratcliffe
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Read: What Gen Z Actually Thinks About Wine, According to Gen Z .
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Read: "Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm today announced completion of the acquisition of the Duckhorn Portfolio in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.95 billion!" - thats ZAR 37 billion! @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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Congratulations! “International Wine Associates (IWA) Celebrates 35 Years In Mergers and Acquisitions, Completing Over $75 Million In Transactions In Q4 2024” - what a record! @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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Artificial intelligence cemented itself in a number of luxury brand playbooks this year. But which brand deployed the tech the best? @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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This is a really big deal in the USA! Read: “Judge blocks Albertsons-Kroger $25 billion supermarket merger”
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BP is the first petrol station in South Africa to be given a liquor licence – and already faces calls for it to be blocked. @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens @BusinessTechSA
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Breaking news: Van Loveren wines announces the acquisition of a 'controlling stake' in Neil Ellis Wines!
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Is TikTok an emerging e-commerce behemoth? The TikTok Shop said it raked in over $100 million in sales on Black Friday this year. @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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More M&A consolidation in the South African wine industry - @OriginWine acquired the full portfolio of brands previously owned by Overhex Wines. Additionally, the @survivorwines portfolio was acquired by Van Loveren. @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens @SA_wine
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Read: “Is digital the key to Burberry’s brand comeback?”
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The exciting British wine industry - Domaine Evremond is a Champagne Taittinger investment in the rural village of Chilham in Kent - adjoining Chilham Estate a South African-owned wine project that WBA provides oversight on.
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RT @mikeratcliffe: Today the International Wine & Sprit Competition @theIWSC in London awarded 24 wine trophies to outstanding wines from 1…
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Breaking: "Butterfly to acquire premier North American luxury wine Company The Duckhorn Portfolio in $1.95 Billion (ZAR35b) transaction." A massive valuation? Or a bargain? @mikeratcliffe @RolandPeens
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Interesting move .. “Moët Hennessy buys minority stake in alcohol-free wine producer French Bloom.”
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