Are Distributorship Values in a ‘Bubble’?

July 21, 2011Are Distributorship Values in a 'Bubble'? Dear Client:Beer distributor consolidation has slowed to a crawl, with a few exceptions. Are beer distributorship valuations experiencing a bubble? Buyers and their consultants certainly think so. But perhaps "bubble" is the wrong word. Maybe 'slow burn' is more appropriate? Consolidation consultant Tim Coughlin at DMG Financial believes that the notion that distributorship values have reached untenable and unbankable sky-high stratospheric heights is simply wrong. Why? Well, look here: In this terrible