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Covid-19

The Alabama Retail Association and Alabama Retail Comp are both fully operational and serving our members. View the latest coronavirus news, orders, guidance and resources for Alabama businesses.

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Officers

2020-2021 Officers (See also Directors)

Todd Noden

Chairman

Books-A-Million, Birmingham-based

Jodie Stanfield

Vice Chairman

Local Joe's, Rainbow City, Albertville and Southside

Bob Akers

Treasurer

Davis Direct, Montgomery

Jacob Shevin

Immediate Past Chairman

Standard Furniture, Alabama and Tennessee

Michael Gee

Executive Committee Designee

The Pants Store, Leeds-based

Rick Brown

President

Alabama Retail Association

Jennifer Henderson

Secretary

Alabama Retail Association

COVID-19: AG clarifies Montgomery business order; interim guidance and applications for SBA forgivable loans; nonessential businesses closed statewide; city and county curfews; tax and UC relief

Alabama is under a state of emergency (5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd supplements) and the United States under national emergency status due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel human coronavirus. Click here for emergency rules and actions taken…

Alabama Small Business Development Center Network offers webinars on forgivable COVID-19 loans and more

The Alabama Small Business Development Center Network is conducting webinars through the end of the week that will cover: the updated process for applying for the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan; the $10,000 forgivable advance; and the Paycheck Protection Program…

Retail Report: Alabama receives added funding for coronavirus response as first positive test in state emerges

At 10 this morning, the state and the city of Montgomery announced that a city resident has tested positive for the coronavirus. The cities of Montgomery and Pike Road have canceled all city-sponsored events. The state is asking all state…