MOBILE – Melissa M. Cross, president of McAleer’s Office Furniture in Mobile, today was named Alabama’s 2021 Silver Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales More Than $5 Million category. McAleer’s is one of 11 businesses honored as Retailers…
SPANISH FORT – In 2015, Steve Ascik and his wife, Alisa, opened Eastern Shore Ace Hardware in Spanish Fort as a second career after Steve’s 30-year run in the industrial and consumer products distribution industry. Today, Ascik was recognized as…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Gov. Kay Ivey issued a supplement state of emergency Thursday, Sept. 2, to enable Ida evacuees from Louisiana and Mississippi to more easily obtain emergency prescription refills. Supplemental State of Emergency Under current law,…
Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday kicked off the school buying season in our state, and while Alabama shoppers have been steadily ticking off items on their lists, they still have more buying to do. Our state’s retailers have what parents…
At 10 a.m. Friday, June 18, eight Alabama counties were placed under a state of emergency related to Tropical Storm Claudette, based on a proclamation issued Monday, June 21. The storm impacted Alabama on Saturday, June 19. Governor’s Proclamation Baldwin,…
Alabama’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday is fast approaching, and retailers throughout the state are gearing up to welcome customers for a weekend of savings. The tax-free weekend starts at 12:01 a.m. the third Friday of July, and ends at…
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package the president signed into law March 11, 2021, included almost $29 billion in grants for restaurants, $7.5 billion for vaccine distribution, $48 billion for testing and contact-tracing efforts and $1,400 in direct payments to…
Businesses and private nonprofits in Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph and Shelby with uninsured damage or losses from the March 25-26 severe storms and tornadoes are eligible to apply for low-interest physical damage loans from the U.S. Small…
Taxed sales for March and April 2021 jumped almost 41% in Alabama from what was collected for the state in the same 2020 months, according to the latest numbers from the Alabama Department of Revenue. Every month since May 2020…
As summer begins and many retailers and restaurants seek to hire more staff, now is a good time for business owners and managers to refresh themselves on teen employment, the Alabama Department of Labor reminds us. Hiring teenagers benefits the…