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The Weapons of War Evolve to Address the Changing Nature of the Battle

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The old saw says, “never bring a knife to a gunfight”. The idea that it is foolish to enter into a battle situation with outclassed weaponry is not a new one.  It is an idea that can easily be applied to the fate of beverage distributors…
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How to become a “Preferred” Supplier within the Distributor Network

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Preferred Verb prəˈfərd liked better than another or others Synonyms: would rather have, favor, be more partial to What does it mean to be a “preferred” supplier at a distributor? When you achieve “preferred”…
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Beer Business Daily — What’s Driving Distributors to Embrace New Technology?

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Everyone’s favorite barley blogger, Harry Schuhmacher at Beer Business Daily posted a piece that really piqued our interest here at the GreatVines blog. Titled, “Distributors Cite Technology, Data Analytics as Change Agents Driving…
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Choose Your 3-Tier Distribution Adventure

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For the first GreatVines Infographic we thought we would explore the different paths that a supplier might take to get their products into market. Do you “outsource” all of your brand development and activation to your distributors or…
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Stop Depending So Much on Your Distributors

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There’s a popular but delusional belief in the wine industry that distributors will build your brand for you. Same goes for spirits and beer suppliers. It seems a reasonable assumption on the surface. After all, that’s how it’s been done…
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3 Key Objectives to Achieving Superior Sales in 2016: Mid-Year Spot Check

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In the early days of 2016, with Auld Lang Syne still ringing in our ears, we put forth a post designed to offer concrete steps that beverage producers should take toward making 2016 their best year of sales ever.  We offered three…
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GreatVines Makes Promotion Optimization Institute’s 2016 Vendor Panorama

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The POI Analysis Evaluates Leading Software Solutions for Retail Execution St. Helena, CA – Monday, July 7, 2016 – GreatVines was included in the Promotion Optimization Institute’s (POI) 2016 Retail Execution…
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Don’t Just Survey, Sell!

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Since the repeal of prohibition, suppliers have been conducting retail and on-premise surveys to gather information about their brands and competitors in the market. This market intelligence has been gathered, analyzed and presented…
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The “Programmarian” Explosion – GreatVines’ Evolutionary Linkage

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More than half a billion years ago, there was a quantum leap in the variety and complexity of life on Earth.  After eons of the unchanged supremacy of sponges and other simple life forms, a tipping point occurred which scientists…