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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

Local home delivery of sealed beer, wine and liquor in Alabama can begin Oct. 1

Beginning Oct. 1, Alabama law will allow licensed businesses within 75 miles of your home to deliver sealed beer, wine and liquor directly to you, if you are 21 or older. On Monday, April 12, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into…

House OKs year-round sales of novelty fireworks; bill returns to Senate for concurrence

In a Thursday vote of 63-24, the Alabama House rewrote a Senate bill that will allow year-round sales of novelty fireworks, such as party poppers, snappers, toy smoke devices and snake/glow worms. SB55 by Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, now goes back…

Mountain Brook Council can establish entertainment districts; Orange Beach bill ready for House debate; House OKs bill that boosts daily cap for off-premise sales

The Mountain Brook City Council can establish entertainment districts in the city’s Mountain Brook, English and Crestline villages, under Act No. 2021-214 by Rep. David Faulkner, R-Birmingham, which became effective April 15. Meanwhile, a bill allowing the city of Orange…