Develop a Partnerships Strategy

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The Company

Name	ReserveBar LLC
Tagline	Good Spirits. Delivered.
HQ	Connecticut
# Employees	100-500
Growth Stage	High-Growth Startup
Website	https://www.reservebar.com
Description	ReserveBar (www.reservebar.com) is the leading e-commerce platform for luxury spirits and champagne in the U.S. We enable consumers (as well as companies) to order the most esteemed bottles of alcohol in the world with the convenience of shipping across the United States for both self-consumption and gifting. The delivered beverage alcohol segment of the industry is in the earliest stage of growth. Currently, 50% of all alcohol is sold off-premise, and only 1.8% of sales is fulfilled via e-commerce and delivery or shipment. By way of comparison, over 14% of retail sales involve e-commerce and delivery, and off-premise dining and flowers are well over 20%. ReserveBar is close to closing an acquisition that will increase it's size significantly, while adding retail distribution with on-demand fulfillment ability (i.e. under and hour vs. shipment), and a more robust tech stack including an app. This is truly an exciting category poised for explosive growth!
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The Case Assignment

Develop a Partnerships Strategy

Case Synopsis

Develop the strategy and approach to establish critical partnerships for RB so that it can “own” the most valuable business driving relationships in the category.

In addition to selling directly to the consumer, there are a number of potential partnerships and corporate approaches that would represent significant volume opportunities, and would also prevent competitors from accessing those sales opportunities.

Some of these include:

Corporate gifting and incentives
Provisioning partners (e.g. AirBnB, timeshares, yacht clubs, etc.)
Gifting businesses and platforms (e.g. Touch of Modern, 1 800-Flowers)
Real Estate Companies
Licensing initiatives for custom products (NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA, Entertainment properties, musicians, etc.)
Kiosk deployment for digital purchases in logical foot-traffic venues
Events, conferences, festivals