Spirits Lifted During Pandemic, Liquor Receipts Show
Collections of the state’s 3% excise tax on liquor sales rose 25.4% during the 12-month period of March 2020 through February 2021, while beer excise tax collections grew 16.5%. read more >
Collections of the state’s 3% excise tax on liquor sales rose 25.4% during the 12-month period of March 2020 through February 2021, while beer excise tax collections grew 16.5%. read more >
A state Senate committee approves a bill that would allow liquor stores to deliver alcohol to customers. read more >
The Arkansas liquor industry will likely be asking the state Legislature to pass a bill permanently allowing the delivery of alcohol. read more >
The coronavirus pandemic will likely cause permanent changes in how businesses in Arkansas operate. One of those may be alcoholic beverage retailers. read more >
The voices of small-business owners in Arkansas betray their anxiety, even anguish approaching grief, as they fight for their future — and a future for their employees — in a world upended by a deadly pandemic. read more >
The Arkansas General Assembly can be a busy place when it’s in session, and sometimes new laws can get overlooked. One such is Act 571 of 2019. read more >
The online wine clubs’ come-ons are seductive: Shop at home, discover hard-to-find wines, open the box deposited at your door. Unfortunately, that delicious wine may be illegal. read more >
Liquor stores throughout Arkansas have seen total sales fall an average of 5.5 percent since expanded sales of wine in grocery stores went into effect Oct. 1, according to a report released Monday. read more >
Expanded wine offerings have taken a toll on sales at the state’s package liquor stores. read more >
The successful push by big grocers like Wal-Mart and Kroger to expand the selection of wine they sell in Arkansas wasn’t the first such effort and it won’t be the last. read more >
The battle has been lost but not the war. So says Francois Guilloux, managing partner of There Performance Group of Little Rock, a liquor store industry consultancy. read more >
Liquor store owners say a bill to let Wal-Mart and grocery stores sell a larger assortment of wine fundamentally changes their business model and will lead to the closure of hundreds of package stores in the state. read more >
A proposal in the Arkansas Legislature to allow grocery stores to sell more wines failed in the House on Monday, but is expected to be brought up again this session. read more >
