ABL Announces Business Seminar: “Digital Success — It’s in Your Own Backyard”

Bethesda, MD - May 21, 2013 – American Beverage Licensees (ABL) announced today that it will host “Digital Success — It’s in Your Own Backyard,” a seminar on eCommerce outreach as part of the ABL Annual Conference on June 9, 2013. Beverage Media has been providing communication services to the industry in both print and online [...]

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NTSB Recommends Lowering BAC to .05

Statement Of John D. Bodnovich Executive Director, American Beverage Licensees (ABL) On NTSB’s recommendation to pursue a national .05 BAC per se limit. May 14, 2013  “Today’s recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board to arbitrarily redefine drunk driving does not address the problem at its core and would dilute current efforts to stop repeat [...]

ABL Announces Alcohol Industry Leaders Roundtable

Bethesda, MD – April 29, 2013 – American Beverage Licensees (ABL) announced today that it will host leading alcohol industry representatives for a roundtable discussion about key alcohol industry issues at the ABL Conference on June 10, 2013.  Moderated by ABL Executive Director John Bodnovich, ABL will welcome the views of distillers, brewers and wholesalers, [...]

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ABL Celebrates Tavern Month This May

This May, America’s Beer, Wine and Spirits Retailers invite you to join the millions of hardworking men and women of the bar and tavern industry to celebrate the 60th Annual Tavern Month. The American tavern is one of this country’s longest-standing and best-known institutions of American social culture, exemplifying an entrepreneurial spirit and the fierce [...]

Statements on NTSB Recommendation to Lower the BAC to .05

Statements American Beverage Institute Washington, D.C.—Today the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officially recommended that policymakers lower the legal threshold for drunk driving from 0.08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.05 percent as part of its “Safety Report on Eliminating Impaired Driving.” The American Beverage Institute (ABI), a restaurant trade association with over 8,000 [...]

New York State Liquor Store Association Selects Statewide Leadership for 2013

Albany– The New York State Liquor Store Association has elected its Leadership Team for the 2013 Membership Year.  The following individuals were elected to serve: Thomas Edwards, Owner of Fox and Hound Wine & Spirits in New Paltz, was elected President. Steve Carpenter, Owner of the Liquor & Wine Warehouse in Plattsburgh, was elected Vice [...]

Project RAD: Responsible Drinking Advocates Emphasize New “Lifeline Law”

INDIANAPOLIS –Central Indiana advocates for responsible drinking are emphasizing Indiana’s new Lifeline Law as the holiday season is set to begin. Ray Cox, owner of Elite Beverages and member of the Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers (IABR), and Natalie Roberts, Senior Vice President of Monarch Beverage, joined with State Senator Jim Merritt and Attorney General [...]

Center for Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Regulation Policy National Survey

The Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP) has released national survey results regarding alcohol regulation. “Americans overwhelmingly agree that alcohol is a unique product that is not like other consumer goods, which is why they believe it needs to be treated differently,” said Patrick Lynch, former Rhode Island Attorney General, former president of the National Association [...]

The Banks Who Cried Wolf: Latest Bank Fee Survey Shows Consumer Fees Not Related to Swipe Fees

MPC press release via Pymnts.com Contrary to the litany of industry arguments, the monthly service fees banks charge consumers are in fact not related to debit swipe fees, said the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) today after analyzing new data released by moneyrates.com and Bankrate.com. Since the passage of the Durbin Amendment, the nation’s banking and credit card industries have contended [...]

Small businesses express growing concern over antitrust settlement

Via BankCreditNews.com: Visa and MasterCard recently agreed to a $7.2 billion settlement that would allow retailers to charge consumers a “checkout fee,” but some small business owners claim that these fees would only complicate a struggling retail market. “This [settlement] was clearly negotiated by a bunch of attorneys who don’t understand how competitive the environment [...]

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