Palardy, Nathan, authorCostanigro, Marco, authorCannon, Joseph, authorThilmany, Dawn, authorBerning, Joshua, authorBayham, Jude, authorCallaway, Jeff, author2025-08-112025-08-112023-02-03Nathan Palardy, Marco Costanigro, Joseph Cannon, Dawn Thilmany, Joshua Berning, Jude Bayham & Jeff Callaway (2023): Beer sales in grocery and convenience stores: a glass half-full for craft brewers?, Regional Studieshttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/241581We study how regulatory changes influence the market dynamics underlying business location decisions by investigating how a 2019 law introducing full-strength beer into grocery and convenience stores in the US state of Colorado impacted craft brewers a year after implementation. A state-wide survey reveals that the new channels brought limited change to how craft breweries sell beer. Access to grocery stores advantages larger craft breweries, while smaller breweries face significant logistical barriers. Analysis of mobile phone geolocation data reveals a modest reduction in visitation to liquor stores. Results suggest that the policy change will not impair Colorado's ability to draw craft beer investment.born digitalarticlesenghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/alcohol distribution lawspolicy evaluationthree-tier systemstore trafficinterrupted time-series analysisstate-space forecastingTextThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2166914