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Harry is joined by Alex Koral, editors Jenn Litz-Kirk and Jordan Driggers, to talk all things direct-to-consumer in our series on bev-alc e-commerce.
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00:00 Intro - hilarious banter.
01:15 alex koral of shipcompliant gives overview of what they do.
02:45 states where beer can ship dtc.
07:30 beer is heavy relative to its price.
08:30 will distribs block dtc of beer?
10:45 does more dtc mean more taxes?
12:40 allowing usps to deliver alcohol.
14:15 folks don't want the federal govt in the bev-alc distribution business.
15:20 quantifying how big beer dtc got during the pan.
17:00 are distillers going dtc?
18:40 dealing with underage issue / signing for packages.
20:20 can you build a beer business on just dtc?
21:45 using dtc data to get distribution.
23:05 most suppliers want to be compliant.
24:50 harry remembers when shipcompliant was founded.
26:45 does having the home-delivery apps out there (drizly, instacart, gopuff, etc) help normalize dtc for consumers?
27:30 differentiating dtc between drizly model and third party carrier shipping.
28:55 def there are things to still be worked out.
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