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# Bev/Al Wholesale Sales Fell 1.8% in November
- URL: https://bevnews.net/bev-al-wholesale-sales-fell-1-8-in-november/
- Published: 2023-01-10T16:09:40.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-10T16:09:40.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Economy

Alcohol beverage wholesalers saw their sales fall 1.8% in November from a year ago and their inventories rise 22.6%, the Census Bureau reported.

That 1.8% decline year-to-year was in sharp contrast to the 8.7% increase bev/al wholesalers logged a year earlier. Bev/al wholesalers inventories also rose at a faster pace than did other wholesalers. Merchant wholesalers as a group saw their inventories up 20.9% from November 2021.

The No vember increase in inventories could be attributed to building stocks for the crucial holiday selling season, but given the well-known decline in sales of beer and wine stocks, at least some of the weakness reflects a decline in the bev/al sector.