Alabama toy shop owners prepare for the holiday rush (My Economy, NPR Marketplace, Nov. 22, 2024) Fantasy Island Toys, Member since 1994 When Alabama Retail or its members make the news, we’ll link the articles below. Email Nancy Dennis when…
Celebrate the joy of giving this year by shopping down the street or around the corner. Spend your holiday shopping, dining and leisure dollars locally throughout this holiday season and watch your gift multiply. Help Alabama businesses thrive. Local stores…
Holiday spending should be on par with or slightly under last year – $18.5 billion. Alabamians spent 2.8% more during November and December 2023 than they did during the same period in 2022. For all of 2023, Alabama retail sales…
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2021, KIND CAFE IN FAIRHOPE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH LOCAL AND STATE AWARDS In Alex Pikul’s experience, “it takes a village to make a business work.” So it has been with Kind Cafe in Fairhope, which…
WITHIN SIX MONTHS, THE 72-YEAR-OLD BUSINESS MOVED ITS MONTGOMERY STORE & OPENED SECOND LOCATION IN WETUMPKA After more than 70 years as a retailer in Montgomery, Tucker Pecan Co. has entered a new phase. In October 2023, owner David Little…
While Christie Howell was a student at Auburn University, she worked part time for the downtown Auburn gift store, Wrapsody. At the time, Wrapsody was a two-store chain that began in Hoover in 2004. The downtown Auburn store opened in…
Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act Act No. 2023-531 The Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act, creating the enhanced crimes of retail theft and organized retail theft took effect Sept. 1, 2023. Act No. 2023-531 (SB206) by Sen. Clyde Chambliss, R-Prattville, and…
Act No. 2024-339 By Rep. Chip Brown, R-Mobile Sens. David Sessions, R-Grand Bay, and Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro Effective Oct. 1, 2024 Country-of-origin labeling requirements for restaurants and grocery store delis received final approval on the last day of the 2024…
Video announcement Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below The Alabama Retail Association this year honored six retail businesses with operations in eight Alabama cities as part of its Retailers of the Year awards program. Together,…
HOMEWOOD – David and Leah Knight, owners of Homewood-based Bandwagon, are Alabama’s 2024 Gee Emerging Retailers of the Year. The sports boutique specializing in custom community apparel as well as lifestyle apparel for toddlers through adults opened in 2021. It caters…