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Best Demand Forecasting Software for Belgian Craft Breweries
Belgium's brewing sector exports roughly 70% of its beer production, making it one of the most export-dependent beer industries in the world. Yet export volumes
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for Craft Breweries
The US craft beer market has plateaued at around 13% market share — and with 9,000+ breweries competing for the same 12–15 tap handles at any given bar, demand
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for Michigan Craft Breweries 2026
US craft beer volume is estimated to have fallen around 5% in 2025 compared with 2024, based on Brewers Association midyear and year‑end analysis, extending a m
Read guide →Best Inventory Visibility Software for Beer Distributors
The average beer distributor manages 800+ active SKUs across multiple temperature-controlled warehouses, with freshness windows that make stock rotation non-neg
Read guide →Best Inventory Visibility Software for Craft Breweries
US craft beer production fell 5.1% in 2025 — the sharpest single-year decline on record — with 481 brewery closures and only 300 new openings. In a market contr
Read guide →Best Shipment Tracking Software for Craft Beer Producers and Breweries: 2026 Guide
Craft beer retail dollar value fell 3.6% to $27.8 billion in 2025 while production declined 5% to 21.86 million barrels, according to the Brewers Association ye
Read guide →Best Smart Replenishment Software for Colorado Beer Distributors
Colorado’s craft beer landscape is maturing, not booming: brewery closures have outpaced openings nationally for two successive years, and Colorado alone saw se
Read guide →How to Reduce Stockouts in Craft Beer Distribution
A craft beer stockout isn't just a missed sale — it's a tap handle your brewery partner can lose permanently, an account that fills with a competitor's product,
Read guide →How to Reduce Stockouts in Craft Breweries
Craft beer production fell 5.1% in 2025 to 21.9 million barrels, retail dollar value slipped 3.6% to $27.8 billion, and 481 breweries closed. In a contracting m
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Best Demand Forecasting Software for Bordeaux Wine Exporters
Bordeaux exports fell 4.5% in volume to 16.6 million cases in 2024, while export value slipped 1.4% to €5.28 billion — the lowest volume since 2017 but with rel
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for Burgundy Négociants
Burgundy’s exports returned to growth in 2024, rising 8.9% in volume and 9.3% in revenue to nearly €1.645 billion, even as the 2024 harvest was down more than a
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for California Wine Distributors: 2026 Guide
California winery inventory sat at roughly 19 months of forward supply at the close of 2025, down from above 20 months in 2024 and still above historical norms.
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for California Wineries
California's 2025 crush was 23% below the five-year average — the equivalent of 72 million fewer cases. For winery ops teams planning 2026 allocations, demand f
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for Champagne Maisons
Global Champagne shipments fell to 266 million bottles in 2025, a 2% decline and the lowest level in 20 years excluding the pandemic year of 2020. France accoun
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for Marlborough Wine Exporters
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is effectively New Zealand’s export brand: Sauvignon Blanc makes up about 85% of the country’s wine exports and Marlborough is the d
Read guide →Best Demand Forecasting Software for UK Wine Importers
UK alcohol duty rose 4.3% on 1 February 2026, and the wine easement that covered 11.5% to 14.5% ABV — roughly 80% of the UK wine market — ended the same day. Ev
Read guide →Best Inventory Visibility Software for Barossa Valley Wine Producers
Australian wine exports declined by 8% in value and 6% in volume in the year to December 2025, dropping to A$2.34 billion and 613 million litres, with average e
Read guide →Best Inventory Visibility Software for California Wine Distributors 2026
California’s 2025 grape crush came in at 2,759,202 tons, a 6.2% decline from 2024, with red wine varieties down 10.8% and average red wine grape prices falling
Read guide →Best Inventory Visibility Software for Oregon Wineries
Oregon's 2025 crush came in at roughly 58,000 tons — down 13% from 2024 and the second consecutive below-average vintage. For Willamette Valley producers managi
Read guide →Best Promotional Planning Software for New York Wine Importers
New York is the largest U.S. import market for European wines, and 2026's tariff environment has forced importers to rethink every promotional plan. With EU win
Read guide →Best Shipment Tracking Software for Australian Wine Exporters
Australian wine exports fell 8% in value to $2.34 billion AUD in the 12 months to December 2025, with China down 17% in value and volume after the post-tariff r
Read guide →Best Shipment Tracking Software for Burgundy Wine Importers 2026
Burgundy shipments rebounded in 2024, with export volumes rising 8.9% and export revenue growing 9.3% compared with 2023, taking total export revenue just under
Read guide →Best Shipment Tracking Software for Tuscany Wine Exporters 2026
A temporary 10% Section 122 import surcharge on most goods entering the United States took effect on February 24, 2026, for an initial 150-day period, replacing
Read guide →Best Shipment Tracking Software for Washington Wine Distributors
Washington's wine industry ships 22+ million cases annually across some of the most geographically varied distribution territory in the US — from dense Seattle
Read guide →Specialty Food
Best Demand Forecasting Software for Specialty Food Distributors
A specialty food distributor managing 500+ SKUs across artisan cheese, charcuterie, specialty condiments, and seasonal items lives or dies by demand forecasting
Read guide →Best Inventory Management Software for Perishable Food Distributors
Perishable food distribution is the highest-stakes inventory management challenge in the food supply chain. A pallet of artisan cheese past its optimal window i
Read guide →Best Supplier Coordination Software for Specialty Food Producers: 2026 Guide
The specialty food industry reached $219 billion in annual sales in 2025, according to the Specialty Food Association, but it runs on a supply chain infrastruct
Read guide →Best Supply Chain Software for Specialty Food Importers
The $220B US specialty food market is booming, but specialty food importers are carrying more operational complexity than ever: 20%+ tariffs on EU goods, FDA FS
Read guide →How to Reduce Stockouts in Specialty Food Distribution
The average fill rate for perishable food supply chains sits at 92%, which sounds close to perfect until you calculate what the missing 8% costs: for a specialt
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