Crown Gets New VP Marketing, A Talk with Craig Purser, and A-B Sells Most of Tsi

This just in. Crown Imports chief Bill Hackett just announced in a memo to distributors that Jim Sabia has been named exec vice president marketing for the importer. Most recently Jim lead marketing at Constellation Spirits followed by 17 years with Coors. He also has an MBA in Marketing Strategy from Regis University.Recall that Crown's former exec vp marketing, Tom McNicols, left last year after years of consistent "beach in a bottle" marketing. It will be interesting to see if