StateWays
®
The Beverage Alcohol Merchandising Magazine for Control States
Volume 43, No. 6
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November/December 2013
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DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note
Dateline
Cover photography by John Montana
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Products & Packaging
Advertisers' Index
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CONTROL
STATES'
FISCAL YEAR IN
REVIEW 2013
TALKING
TOP SHELF
SPIRITS
An annual report providing the
latest data from the control states.
By Richard Brandes
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THE YEAR'S TOP
WINES
A selection of the top wines of the
year suggested by The National
Retailer Wine Panel from
StateWays' sister publication,
Beverage Dynamics.
By Richard Brandes
Particularly during the holiday
selling season, superpremium spirits
are drivers are overall profits.
Here's a short guide on how to
increase those sales.
By Robert Plotkin
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HOLIDAY
MERCHANDISING
Our 2013 review of some of the
holiday-themed point-of-sale materials
and value-added packaging available
to retailers this year.
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COMING NEXT ISSUE
• Mississippi ABC
Profile
• Irish Spirits
• Canadian Whisky
• Today's Chardonnay
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