With less than two weeks till the sold out event, Women in drinks is looking forward to celebrating International Women’s Day 2016 through its annual luncheon on Wednesday, 2 March 2016. “Tickets to the event sold out in early January with ticket holders swift in securing their seat to an event that is fast becoming an industry must do,” said Sandra Przibilla, CEO, the drinks association. Men are encouraged to attend and celebrate ...

This week, at Sydney’s Luna Park,Head of Commercial Excellence at Nielsen, Michael Walton, spoke at the latest drinks association Network Breakfast LIVE at the Drinks Industry Show. By Kate Albrecht Walton works to bring a client-centric approach to solutions at Nielsen and speaks at industry and supplier events regularly. He has been speaking to the drinks association for some nine years now and continues to bring bold and innovative new thoughts to the ...

This week marked one of the biggest events on the industry’s calendar - the drinks association’s 2015 Annual General Meeting. First established by a small group of liquor merchants in 1897, today the association’s Board of Directors represents a group of 28 of the industry’s most influential suppliers, who are driving the next big decisions. Following a significant year for our industry, this year’s AGM provided Directors with an opportunity ...

The drinks association is pleased to welcome global leader in human resource consulting and outsourcing solutions, Aon Hewitt as its newest Corporate Partner in 2016. Launched in late 2014, Corporate Partnerships offer mutually beneficial business opportunities that further the association’s aim of building stronger, progressive, competitive and valued services to the drinks industry. Rachael Finnemore, Partner − Head of Reward, says Aon Hewitt is looking forward to working with the ...

After a year filled with many challenges, the drinks association is thrilled to announce the appointment of its own Hope McMurdy into the newly-assigned role of General Manager. The role, which will commence 1 January 2016, is an exciting step for the association’s former Business Development Manager, as she ventures into the realms of senior management following a difficult year battling breast cancer. Her positive attitude and can-do approach to ...

Social and award images from the 2015 Australian drinks Awards can now be viewed here.

The drinks association’s Shopper Tracker service provides independent and objective metrics of shopper behaviour and the needs and perceptions surrounding behaviours in the off-premise. One of the biggest challenges in the drinks industry is in-house resource and capability to turn data into insights; in response to this, Shopper Tracker has developed a new online portal designed to deliver an easier-to-navigate experience to its subscribers. The new interactive portal provides users with ...

Jim Beam & Lion – Beer, Spirits & Wine Last night, Australia’s leading beverage suppliers, distributors and retailers congregated at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to celebrate the night of nights – the Australian drinks Awards. Atop the plethora of high achievers who took away awards on the evening, were the much-anticipated ‘Brand of the Year’ and ‘Supplier of the Year’ Major Award Winners. Awarded to the best performing brand ...

Global Head of Research in the Global Markets area of National Australia Bank, Peter Jolly, spoke at the latest drinks association Network Breakfast, held on Wednesday 12th August at Doltone House, Sydney. Jolly heads a team of specialist researchers from across the globe covering macroeconomics, credit markets, foreign exchange, and fixed income markets. Speaking to a captive audience of industry professionals, Jolly discussed at length about valuable fiscal circumstances – giving guests a ...

The drinks association is pleased to welcome social media experts OBVIAM on board as its eighth Corporate Partner. The company, which aims to improve customer experience via social media by listening, monitoring, and engaging with customers will be delivering a new social media platform to the drinks association, as well as engaging the wider drinks industry in the world of social media and how it can help businesses. Jay Pring, ...