Import statistics for June and 2nd Qtr. 2010 are now available in the Member Resources section.

We learned on Wednesday August 18, 2010 that our dear friend and colleague, Harry Wiles passed away after a brief hospitalization.  Harry has been the executive director of American Beverage Licensees.  ABL represents on and off premises retail beverage alcohol licensees throughout the US.  

Privitization is an issue for importers.  If you click on this "issue" highlight you will see an interesting analysis by the trade association for control state administrators, NABCA.  On August 5 the Washington Post published a current assessment of the political and budgetary factors that impact on Virginia.  Virginia controls spirits sales through over 300 retail stores.  Replacing the revenue stream generated by this system, roughly $250M per year, remains one of the fundamental constraints facing the Governor.

[Members Only] The Chicago Executive Committee meeting on July 29 included a presentation of current market conditions by Nick Lake from the Nielsen Company. Login to download Nick's PowerPoint presentation.

The NABI Executive Committee will be holding its July meeting at the Crown Imports offices in Chicago, IL. Retiring NABI Board member and past officer, Mike Kelly, has been invited to Chicago to join the Executive Committee for their meeting. Members login to learn more!