New economic modelling shows that a VAT hike in South Africa is going to hit the country in more ways than just higher prices ...

SARI-SARI stores, or the neighborhood mom-and-pop stores, saw Filipinos feeling the brunt of the increasing prices of ...

Sari-sari stores saw a drop in sales of cigarettes and liquor last year, falling by 22 percent and 17 percent, respectively, ...

For decades, the sales patterns in the Philippines' sari-sari stores have offered a reliable micro-level view of consumer ...

As for Tanduay Rum and Emperador brandy, sari-sari store sales of these two liquor brands slipped 17% to a GMV of P102 million in 2024. Sari-sari store owner Anabel Desuyo said high inflation and ...

A software company’s report showed that sari-sari stores saw a drop in sales of cigarettes and liquor in 2024 amid inflation and sin taxes. In a statement it issued last Thursday, The Pack Solutions ...

Brandy attracts an excise of $97.41 for a litre of alcohol, meaning a 700ml bottle with an alcohol content of 40 per cent will be slapped with an excise of about $27. Other spirits with alcohol ...

Then, after moving to Las Vegas — so-called 'Sin City' — to attend a dental ... I followed the rules, never drinking alcohol or even coffee because of the buzz from the caffeine.

The beer industry has warned that the above-inflation increase in excise duties will drive more financially-constrained alcohol consumers ... sees the surge in sin taxes as a significant barrier ...