Majestic Wine launches click & collect service for Naked Wine orders

28th Jul 2015 14:34

(ShareCast News) - Majestic Wine has launched a click & collect service for its Naked Wines, an online crowd funded wine retailer.The new service follows a trial period in 22 stores in the UK, where 2,900 click & collect orders were placed. Following the trial, the service will be available in all the 213 Majestic Wine stores.The crowd funded wines will still be exclusively available to 'Angel' customers as the stock will remain separate from Majestic's products.Eamon Fitzgeralds, managing director of Naked Wines, which was acquired by the company in April, said: "We've seen a strong take-up from customers - particularly for those living in city centres and work full time."We have been looking for a solution for some time, and Majestic's national footprint and logistics expertise are ideal."The company's shares were up 2.61% to 433p on Thursday at 1345 BST.