A termination notice does not finish the handoff. The KRIS–Winebow dispute highlights the contract terms brands and wholesalers need for continued sales, compensation, trademark use, and control of websites and social accounts. Includes sample language addressing performance during the transition and the transfer of digital brand assets.
A retailer’s return can become a distributor’s inventory problem. This October 2026 review of Illinois’ announced hemp deadline explains why suppliers and wholesalers need clear pickup dates, lawful destinations, and responsibility for unsold THC beverages.
Arkansas’s Kirkland Signature wine dispute puts private-label branding and wholesaler appointments on a collision course. We examine the majority, the dissent, and the distribution questions suppliers and wholesalers should resolve before signing their next agreement.
Maine required Tito’s to use its control-state warehouse system, then treated the inventory as a tax connection. The decision gives alcohol suppliers a reason to review bailment terms, retained title, and the tax consequences of mandatory distribution arrangements.
Supplier oversight can reach management, marketing budgets, and day-to-day operations. The Dichello–Anheuser-Busch dispute offers a starting point for reviewing those provisions and documenting compliance.
A wholesaler’s spoiled-beer claim after Disney’s 2020 closure illustrates how loss-of-market and other policy exclusions can determine coverage.
This March 2020 post reproduces essential-business provisions affecting Illinois alcohol, cannabis, restaurant, and distribution operations.
A Delaware spirits dispute examined whether purchase invoices and franchise law established exclusivity without an agreed quantity.
Southern Glazer’s amicus brief supported Total Wine’s challenge to Connecticut alcohol pricing restrictions, including post-and-hold rules.
Major Brands’ amended pleading survives a second dismissal attempt in the 2019 Missouri franchise dispute over Jägermeister distribution rights.
Stardom Brands’ beer-payment dispute illustrates why wholesalers should promptly document objections to invoices and disputed order quantities.
An Illinois Supreme Court decision examines cure rights when buyers revoke acceptance, with implications for defective beverage ingredients.
