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Expert: - 1/13/2011


Question
hi i want to import wine and vodka from Europe, how much is going to cost me importers licence in Florida and how much it is going to be to start distribution company, i was trying to find answer online but did not find exact answer.

Answer
Hi,

Go to myflorida.com or review my earlier posts on this matter to find out the details for the agency that does the licensing.  

As to the cost of starting a distribution company, it's not easy to give you an exact number.  It would take me days to process; and you'd have to complete a diagnostic.  I'd need to know about what you already have, what you need to buy in, your level of knowledge, the cost of goods, your selling price, existing customer base, promotion budget...  

Do you have a budget already in mind?  

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Over 27 years experience, with 17 in international FMCG in back office operations and in field sales and data collection, including design, development and deployment of Handhelds, Marketing Equipment (Service, Tracking and Return on Investment), reporting and Vending management. Have participated on the launch of operations in new markets, and re-engineered the back office in several countries.

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Designed and led the development and deployment internal ERP system for Pepsi used in On-Premise/Vending in 13 markets. Designed 2 handheld systems, the latest is now deployed in 4 markets internationally. Re-engineered the back office functions (settlements, despatch, invoicing, credit control, etc) for over 20 snack, confectionary and beverage operators. Developing software: Progress, VB, Access, C, Sybase, SA

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Innovative-Selling Solutions; SalesSuite

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State University of New York - BA Economics NYU - Courant - Graduate work - Computing

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PepsiAmericas PepsiCola International PepsiCola Company British Steel British Telecom Britvic (Pepsi's bottler in the UK) AT&T BellSouth Mars Overseas Bottling Pepsi France Matutano (Frito-Lay Spain) Frito-Lay Pepsi Foods International Chase Manhattan Bank Kidder Peabody National Power SmithKline Beecham Mars Overseas Bottling (Pepsi Azerbaijan) A&P Bottling (Pepsi Serbia & Montenegro) Iberia Bottlers (Pepsi Georgia)

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