Word: liquor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many packaged-goods makers would get excited over a 0.3% increase in sales, but for the liquor industry it's something to celebrate, albeit quietly. Yes, the figures say Americans increased consumption of whiskey, gin and other distilled spirits ever so slightly last year, breaking a 15-year decline. Some 135 million cases of the stuff went down, according to Impact, an industry trade journal. "With the economy being fairly buoyant, people are in a position to indulge themselves more," says Jamie Prusak, vice president of Schieffelin & Somerset, a liquor distributor. The increase also reflects--note all those lighted cigars...
...Originally [they were] planning to have a pub or a bar in Loker, but the complications of getting a liquor license and the coffee revolution made them change their plans," said former council presidential candidate Rudd W. Coffey...
...inspection of the Border Cafe that cited fire hazards and overcrowding has prompted the Cambridge License Commission to consider disciplinary action that might leave the establishment without its liquor license...
...Liquor advertising sought to return to television; it was said not to matter...
...racquet or putter for the loved one in your life? Say goodbye to the $2.9 billion in Christmas sales racked up by sporting goods and bike shops. Shun the glittering bauble? Jewelry stores sold $4.5 billion worth of glitter last December--more than 23% of their total. No more liquor, candy and the like? With retail stores making anywhere from 25% to 40% of annual profits during the holidays, a wholesale abandonment of gift buying would turn our retail shops into empty shells...