[webheart]

The sales they are talking about are the sales of the distributors to the retailers. The supermarkets and liquor stores have their standing orders so they will fill the inventory to a certain level. At the start of the crisis there was some inventory depletion to be replaced automatically so initially the sales don’t look as bad right away.

[zeugma]

The sales they are talking about are the sales of the distributors to the retailers. The supermarkets and liquor stores have their standing orders so they will fill the inventory to a certain level. At the start of the crisis there was some inventory depletion to be replaced automatically so initially the sales don’t look as bad right away.

Exactly.

[82nd Bragger]

What crisis are you referring to?