Bitter beers and 'safecations'

The global alcohol industry might not recover until 2024

While news headlines are highlighting that consumers are buying more alcohol from stores to drink at home, that hasn’t been enough to offset the huge gap created by restaurant, bar and sporting venue closures. The global industry isn’t expected to return to 2019 consumption rates for at least another few years. A new report from research firm IWSR Drinks Market Analysis is predicting double-digit declines in 2020 for total global alcohol consumption, which is down from the 0.1% uptick in volume and 3.6% growth in value they saw in 2019.

What researchers found out about bitter beer

We all have those friends who are die-hard IPA fans. Check out Pennsylvania State University's sensory researchers’ findings on whether customers can distinguish bitterness in beer and if that affects their enjoyment of the brew.

Summer 2020 is the year of ‘safecations’

The pandemic has upended the way cities and states market themselves as summer travel destinations. Tourism marketers are balancing the tricky line of asking out-of-staters to visit due to safety concerns and attempts to limit the spread of the virus. Some tourism officials are encouraging people to explore and rediscover places close to where they live instead.

Consumers resume activities, online grocery shopping ‘past its peak’

According to a new report by Coresight Research, consumers are starting to transition back to pre-pandemic behaviors. Dining in a restaurant jumped into the top four activities that consumers have done in the past two weeks. Additionally, the proportion of respondents who have bought groceries online in the past two weeks declined from 31% last week to 29% this week.

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The global alcohol industry might not recover until 2024

What researchers found out about bitter beer

Summer 2020 is the year of ‘safecations’

Consumers resume activities, online grocery shopping ‘past its peak’

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