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Slow Summer Sales Defines Busy Winter Sales
It is hot out there! Summer is in full swing and the 4th of July just passed, so that would be the theoretical middle of summer. Kids are at camp; lazy days are here, and adult beverage sales are slower...
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How to Play the Changing Distributor Landscape
Graduation season has come and mostly gone, and it has made me think of how many “graduations” I have been selling wine, beer and spirits. I graduated college in 1992 and my son just graduated high school....
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What Did Steve Jobs Know About the Booze Business? A Lot!
We spend a lot of time at BevStrat looking at what other CPG businesses can teach adult beverage. The booze business is famously known for being behind the times, generational, and VERY slow to adapt....
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What I Learned at WSWA 2019
The supplier, the wholesaler and the consultant world descended on Orlando, Florida last week for the annual WSWA convention. It was a collection of people everybody knew, and people hardly known and I...
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WSWA Convention Survival Guide
Every year, over a four-day period, the adult beverage world descends on one special location for the WSWA convention. Makers come from all over the globe to meet with distributors, other brands, and all...
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Diving Head First into the Booze Business
Spring is springing and summer is not far behind. Backyard events, concerts, and all sorts of warm weather activities. including swimming. Currently I am leaving Miami having spent the last few days, seeing...
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What I learned at VinExpo New York 2019
We came to VinExpoNY. We saw VinExpoNY. We left VinExpoNY. As usual it was filled to the brim with suppliers that are incredibly eager to sell into the USA. While visually less crowded then last year,...
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How the Booze Business Is Just Like the Oscars
Like most of Earth I watched the Oscars last night. Beside the plausible deniability of a Bradly Cooper and Gaga relationship, there was something else that became clear to me. Amidst the multiple nominees...
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Off Premise and On-Premise Battle Royale
I have seen things. I have been on the front lines, and it was horrific. The fight was between budgets and brands. The fight was between trying to catch a buyer and having said buyer sneak out the backdoor...
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2019 Is the Year of the Independent Brand
Happy New Year to all. We at BevStrat are so happy to put 2018 in the books. We feel that 2018 was the year that the convergence of sales teams, brands, distributors and importers all came together and...
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