Alabama Retailer of the Year Award:
The Alabama Retail Association is accepting nominations for the 2025 Alabama Retailer of the Year until Friday, May 16, 2025.
Now in its 25th year, the Alabama Retailer of the Year awards recognize outstanding retailers who demonstrate a combination of sound business practices, innovation, and a commitment to their communities, customers, and employees. Retailers may offer a wide range of products, including food, clothing, gifts, hardware, outdoor equipment, furniture, pharmaceuticals, jewelry, apparel, shoes, and more.
Nominee Criteria:
- Must operate or manage a retail business in Alabama
- Must have been in business for at least five years
- The business must collect state and local sales taxes
After the nomination period ends, nominees will receive an entry form. Judges will select winners based on the completed entry forms. Award categories include Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Emerging Retailer.
Gold winners can only be recognized once within a sales category. All other previous winners can be nominated in subsequent years.
Emerging Retailer Award:
In memory of the late Alabama Retail board member and UAB professor Mickey Gee, the Gee Emerging Retailer of the Year Award goes to an innovative and effective Alabama retailer who has been in business for at least two years, but less than five years. The award will only be presented in years when the Retailer of the Year judges feel there is a candidate worthy of the Gee name. To nominate someone for this award, simply complete a Retailer of the Year nomination form and indicate in the section about why you are nominating them.