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Beer Sluggish Going into Holidays

The US domestic beer industry is experiencing continued sluggishness going into the holidays this year, with October estimated domestic shipments down 2.1% amid tougher comps. That puts year-to-date shipments up 1.1%. We're getting word around the country that November sales are generally slow, and discount/coupon activity seems to be fairly active in the last week or so. Distributor inventories also appear to be on the high side.ALL EYES ON A-B. A-B's investor conference is later today, and we'll be donning

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