Salut/Hi Richard Neidich,

le/on Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:33:07 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

>I could agree with the parallel strategy. However that might mean double
>inventory and stores carrying multiple's of cork and stelvins might have no
>choice but to reduce selection.

>> to choose freely, perhaps through some kind of parallel marketing
>> strategy.
>> Cork closures through wine merchants etc and screwtops through
>> supermarkets.
>>
>> Just as I'd not want to force you to buy screwtops if you don't want to,
>> I'd
>> hope that you would encourage winemakers to make both styles of closure
>> available.

Which is why I suggested that diferent closures should be sold through
different types of outlet.

But I doubt many shops would buy less than 12 of a wine, and could perfectly
well buy 6 under stelvin and 6 under cork.
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