The Costco Papers: An Analysis

As you recall, the general counsel of Costco, the big discount wholesale warehouse club based in Washington state, sent the Washington state assistant attorney general an ominous 18 page letter outlining what it believes to be a strong legal case for direct brewery-to-retailer shipments of beer and wine, bypassing the three-tier system in that control state.BBD asked our readers along with several experts to voice their opinions about the long and short-term consequences of this development. The consensus is that