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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: State health order, mask mandate continue to 5 p.m. March 5; PPP loans reopen

Alabama is under a state of emergency (22nd, 21st, 20th, 19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, 15th, 14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd supplements) due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel human…

EMPLOYMENT LAW FORECAST: Leave legislation, regulatory changes and more litigation possible

By Whitney R. Brown, Esq. COVID-19’s arrival in March 2020 spurred Congress to enact paid leave programs on a scale previously unthinkable: Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL), which provided 80 hours of paid leave, and Emergency FMLA (EFMLA), which provided…

Member News: Semmes Pharmacy and two others first pharmacies to offer the COVID vaccine

What 3 Alabama pharmacies learned offering the COVID vaccine (al.com, Jan. 18, 2021) Featuring Semmes Pharmacy, Member since 2011 Semmes Pharmacy administering vaccines to Phase 1B group early (WKRG, Jan. 12, 2021) When Alabama Retail or its members make the…