How to read this definition
Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Can establish this activity
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
5 criteria
- 01Criterion
Include liquor stores, wine merchants, bottle shops, duty-free alcohol sellers, and other alcohol-focused consumer retailers.
- 02Criterion
Include supermarkets, grocery chains, warehouse clubs, and diversified retailers with documented direct consumer alcohol sales; materiality thresholds are client-policy overlays.
- 03Criterion
Include bar, pub, restaurant, nightclub, and food-service chains that directly sell or serve alcoholic beverages.
- 04Criterion
Include hotels, resorts, casinos, cruise operators, stadiums, and venues that directly operate alcohol-serving outlets; incidental-service thresholds are client-policy overlays.
- 05Criterion
Include e-commerce sellers and delivery platforms that act as seller, merchant of record, licensed retailer, or fulfiller for direct consumer alcohol sales.
Does not establish this activity on its own
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
5 criteria
- 01Criterion
Exclude production and wholesale from this screen when no separate direct consumer-sale or service activity is evidenced.
- 02Criterion
Exclude retailers and hospitality providers whose current operations do not sell or serve alcoholic beverages.
- 03Criterion
Exclude incidental alcohol exposure below the client’s selected revenue, outlet, or service-materiality threshold; factual sale remains recorded where evidenced.
- 04Criterion
Exclude online marketplaces that merely host third-party listings and do not act as licensed seller, merchant of record, payment controller, or fulfiller.
- 05Criterion
Exclude verified ceased alcohol retail or hospitality sales from current involvement while preserving historical involvement and effective dates.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.