Point-of-sale (POS) system provider Arryved has acquired Craftpeak, which offers website development and e-commerce capabilities for craft beverage producers.

From actors to musicians to the world’s richest man, high profile figures have built their own category within the alcohol industry: celebrity spirits. But as celebrity-owned or endorsed brands become the norm, what makes them succeed or fail?

Isaac Arthur and Cody Fague, the founders of Indianapolis-headquartered CODO Design, break down the beer branding trends to watch in 2022 and beyond, following the release of their annual branding trends review.

Strong demand for ready-to-drink offerings and millennial consumer buying trends helped the global beverage alcohol market to bounce back from the previous year’s losses, according to a report by alcohol industry data company IWSR.

Night Shift Brewing is spreading its wings this summer with the addition of three new Owl’s Nest beer gardens in the Greater Boston area, opening throughout June.

New Belgium Brewing, in partnership with HospitableMe, a firm specializing in diversity, equity and inclusion training, will launch the Poured For All Initiative this fall, a free safety and inclusion training program for all bars and restaurants aimed at welcoming underrepresented communities into craft beer.

Bump Williams Consulting’s Dave Williams and Brian “BK” Krueger discuss the beer category’s soft trends ahead of the summer, the growth of ready-to-drink canned cocktails, opportunities with 19.2 oz. single-serve offerings, pricing conversations and much more.

The Beer Institute (BI) continued to urge President Joe Biden’s administration to lift Section 232 aluminum tariffs, in a statement released Monday.

Colorado-based Hoplark has appointed former DRY Soda president and CMO Betsy Frost as the company’s new chief commercial officer.

A California superior court judge signed an order Monday approving bidding procedures and setting forth the schedule for the auction of San Diego craft brewery Modern Times, according to Orange County Superior Court of California court records.

Six months after taking the helm as president of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Brewers Collective, Andy Thomas shared his views on how the world’s largest beer manufacturer’s craft beer division is approaching the summer selling season and the rest of the year.

Two of the biggest names in beverage-alcohol data are joining forces. Global data giant NielsenIQ announced today it has acquired on-premise data firm CGA, in which it initially invested in 2009.

Cowen is lowering its fiscal year 2023 estimates for Boston Beer Company, analyst Vivien Azer wrote in a report today, noting the financial services firm has become “increasingly skeptical” that Boston Beer will meet its guidance of +4%-+10% shipment and depletion growth.

In the on-premise channel, bars and restaurants have earned more than $12,000 on average from the sale of cocktails in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the 12 weeks that ended October 22, reported CGA, which focuses on on-premise retail occasions.