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Who We Are...

convenience_store.gifThe Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association (OWMA) is a statewide trade association that has represented the wholesale distributors of Oklahoma for 66 years.  More than 92 percent of the member wholesale houses are small, family-owned businesses serving their own and neighboring communities in Oklahoma and surrounding states.

In the early days of the association, wholesalers sold primary tobacco and candy products.  Today they are widely diversified, offering products such as:

  • Dry, refrigerated and frozen groceries  
  • Beverages
  • Snack foods
  • Institutional foods
  • Paper products
  • Health and beauty care products
  • Automotive products
  • Cleaning supplies 

Our customers include:

  • Oil retailers
  • Convenience stores
  • Drug stores 
  • Mass merchandisers
  • Gift shops
  • Liquor stores
  • Military installations
  • Airports
  • Schools
  • Campgrounds 
  • Service organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing homes
  • Motels
  • Restaurants
What We Do...
  • tobacco.gifTobacco distributors act as tax collectors for the state of Oklahoma, affixing the tax stamps we purchase from the state to the packages of cigarettes and other tobacco products we sell to the retailer, thus collecting the excise tax for the state.

  • The Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association actively monitors legislation at the state capitol, primary focusing on business issues.

  • The OWMA is also involved in supporting efforts to prevent youth from purchasing tobacco products.
Association News
OK-Thousands of bills expire with sine die
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Author :  Erin Boeckman 
Date :  05/27/2008

(OK) A few thousand bills were filed, but only a few hundred succeeded during the 2008 legislative session.

Before the second half of the 51st Legislature began in February, 2,551 bills had been filed - 1,334 bills and resolutions in the House and 1,207 bills and resolutions in the Senate.

As the 2008 session progressed, committee and house deadlines rendered final verdicts on more than 3,600 bills, according to eCapitol's records. These bills ultimately failed legislative deadlines.

Thus far, 259 bills - 141 Senate bills and 118 House bills - have received the governor's approval this year. In 2007, the governor signed 364 bills - 179 House bills and 185 Senate bills, according to eCapitol's records.

 

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