The Alabama Retail Association is the state’s leading legislative and regulatory advocate for retail and small businesses. More than 4,300 businesses are members of the association. Most of that membership also participates in Alabama Retail Comp, a self-insured workers’ compensation…
Shoppers in Alabama should spend about $362 million more during the holidays this year than last year. During the holiday shopping months of November and December, Alabamians will buy more than $12.4 billion in goods, based on the Alabama Retail…
Lynn Bradakis wanted a special frame for a photo of her 6-month-old daughter, Taylor. When she couldn’t find what she wanted in any store, she designed and made the frame herself. When her friends saw her creation, they asked Lynn…
When April and Lacy McClung’s two sons had the opportunity to be student ambassadors to China and Europe, they didn’t know how they would pay for the trips, so the family held hands as Lacy prayed. April recalls that after…
This year’s Shop Alabama for the Holidays campaign kicks off in the city of Florence. The Alabama Retail Association will begin its statewide shopping initiative and holiday hashtag campaign, #DoubleYourGift, during Florence Mayor Steve Holt’s State of the City program….
Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made endorsements in Alabama’s appellate court races for the 2020 election cycle. “The Alabama Retail Association believes these candidates understand retailers and will give retailers’ interests a fair hearing,”…
Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association today recognized 17 retail businesses with operations in 23 Alabama cities as Alabama Retailers of the Year or Centennial Retailers. Together, these businesses…
MONTGOMERY – “Adams Drugs competes with national chains and somehow makes it work,” said the Retailer of the Year judges, who chose owners Mike and Lee Vinson for the 2019 Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year award in the Annual…
DOTHAN – Jim Whaley opened his first tire store in 1986 on the Montgomery Highway in Dothan when he was still in his 20s. That first store had five employees. Thirty-three years later, he operates seven stores in five cities…
VESTAVIA HILLS – Jamie Pursell, proprietor of Leaf & Petal garden centers in Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook and Birmingham, is the 2019 Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. Pursell was…