The Control States Best Practices Awards 2015 Winners
For the first time, control state agencies leading the industry in innovation, education and enforcement are being recognized with the StateWays Control State Best Practices Awards. Each control jurisdiction was eligible to enter any...
Limited Resources, Maximum Results
Photo Above: West Virginia ABCA staff includes Beer Administrator Cindy Clark, Spirits Administrator Kim Hayes, Commissioner Ronald Moats and IT Director Randy Haynes (seated, left to right), as well as General Counsel Anoop Bhasin,...
How Advances in Store Security Can Benefit Your Business
One of the biggest issues facing beverage retailers, especially those in the small-to-mid size range, is shoplifting. This includes both internal and external theft.
While this challenge isn’t new, it also doesn’t appear to be...
2nd Annual Best Practices Awards Overall Winner: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has won our second annual Control State Best Practices Awards. StateWays honors the PLCB for leading the industry in innovation, education and enforcement. All beverage control agencies in the U.S. and Canada were eligible...
Jeffrey L. Painter Voted Incoming Chair-Elect To NABCA Board
Jeffrey L. Painter, chairman of the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Virginia ABC), was today voted chair-elect to the NABCA Board of Directors.
He will assume responsibilities of this position in May 2017, when...
The Wyoming Liquor Distribution Division Stays Ahead of the Curve
Headlines continue to proclaim that the U.S. economy is stronger than it’s been for nearly a decade. While that’s true for many states across the country, Wyoming faces a much harsher reality. The state...
Best Practices 2017 Best Retail Innovation: Pennsylvania LCB
Big changes arrived in the state of Pennsylvania on June 8, 2016. That’s when Governor Tom Wolf signed a new bill into law known as Act 39, which expanded many of the responsibilities given...
Protecting Municipal Assets
The years of Prohibition brought about a tremendous change within the liquor industry and one such change was the establishment of municipal liquor stores, which were started after Prohibition ended as a means for...
A Public Health Partner
Public discussion about control states usually centers around money and efficiency – are taxes too high or too low, should stores be open more hours, is privatization an option? But agencies aren’t just merchants,...
Raising Alcohol Awareness
April was first designated “Alcohol Awareness Month” in 1987, when the public information campaign was founded by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. For the past three decades, NCADD has sponsored the...
