Sunny Days Ahead

Note: The following is a summary of a speech I gave to 50 A-B distributors at the Intervolve Best Practices Seminar in Raleigh, NC last night:The beer industry is flat-to-down, wine and spirits are growing, the cost of doing business is up, retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco want direct shipping, courts are overthrowing state 3-tier laws faster than you can say "two buck chuck," Corona is taking a huge price increase, Diageo wants equalization, budget-tight states are still looking at