Arkansas Code Title 3. Alcoholic Beverages § 3-2-412. Prohibition of dual distributorship

(a)(1) The creation of a dual distributorship is prohibited.

(2) An unlawful dual distributorship is created whenever any manufacturer designates as its distributor more than one (1) Arkansas liquor wholesaler in the state or wholesale beer permit holder to distribute the same brand of alcoholic beverage in the same geographical territory, whether a city, a county, counties, or the state.

(c)(1) For the purposes of this subchapter, a “brand” means the same product or substantially the same product as evidenced by the product label that must be filed with the division.

(2) Identical or substantially identical labels will be considered and treated as the same brand.