Monthly Archives: June 2022

What We’re Reading —

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

How Anheuser-Busch Is Pushing the Beer Category to New Heights in Web3  Spencer Gordon, vp of connections and draftLine at Anheuser-Busch InBev, stopped by Adweek’s Social Media Week for a conversation on how Anheuser’s global brands are finding success and learning … Continue reading →

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Law Barring Out-of-State Retailers Selling to NC Residents Upheld

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

A federal appeals court upheld a North Carolina statute that bars out-of-state retailers — but not instate retailers — from shipping wine directly to North Carolina consumers.  The statute does not violate the Constitution’s dormant Commerce Clause, the court held. … Continue reading →

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PLCB Faces Heavy Penalties for Ignoring Legislative Directive on Direct Shipping

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

The Pennsylvania General Assembly directed the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to allow properly licensed companies to sell and deliver special orders directly to their customers without added handling fees. The legislation required the PLCB to implement a procedure for processing special … Continue reading →

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Oregon Shows Strong Growth in Wine Sales, Volume

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

Sales growth for wine in general was up 7.7% for table wine, but up more than 23% for wine from Oregon, according to a report by Danny Brager for the Oregon Wine Board. For 12 months ending January 2022, one … Continue reading →

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DISCUS, Scotch Whisky Association Toast End of Retaliatory Tariffs

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

Crippling retaliatory tariffs on on American Whiskey and Scotch Whisky in trade disputes wholly unrelated to the distilling sector have ended. Between 1997-2017, when there were no tariffs on distilled spirits between the US and UK, bilateral trade in whiskies … Continue reading →

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Heineken Confronts Growing Work Life Imbalance with New Global Campaign

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

With mounting societal pressure to be constantly busy, rapid adoption of new work technology and a global pandemic forcing a complete overhaul of where and when work gets done, workers have increased their average working day by 2.5 hours, according … Continue reading →

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