How Summer Trends are Shaping Up Ahead of Labor Day Weekend

Dear Client: The latest monthly scan data reports are out, providing a fuller read on early summer trends. Here's a look at how wine and spirits summer trends are shaping up ahead of Labor Day weekend in NielsenIQ-measured off-premise channels. SPIRITS VOLUMES OUTPACING SALES. Total spirits were down 0.3% in sales and up 3.4% in volumes for the 13 weeks ended August 9.  At the category level, the usual suspects are still in growth in the latest data set, with