SCOTTSBORO – The Alabama Retail Association will bring its third annual Shop Alabama for the Holidays tour to Scottsboro! Just in time for the busiest shopping weeks of the year, Alabama Retail will announce the statewide shopping initiative and new…
FLORENCE – The Alabama Retail Association has selected Florence as a 2018 host city for its third annual Shop Alabama for the Holidays tour! During the busiest shopping weeks of the year, Alabama Retail will continue the statewide shopping initiative…
By Rick Brown On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Alabama voters have the privilege and responsibility of choosing our state’s leaders for the next four years or more. There are a lot of races on the ballot, including ones for governor, Supreme…
Courtney Thompson and Meagan Richardson are living out their childhood dream. The women, both 34, are first-cousins, and as children, they always wanted their own store. In fact, they once operated a pretend store out of their grandmother’s home. Now,…
Photos upon request BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association today recognized 15 retail businesses with operations in 78 Alabama cities as Alabama Retailers of the Year or Centennial Retailers. Together, these businesses employ 2,278 people at 97 locations in Alabama….
MONTGOMERY / DADEVILLE – “It’s no wonder that Renfroe’s Market was recently voted the best grocery store in Alabama,” the 2018 Retailer of the Year judges said about the family owned business currently operating two stores in Montgomery and one…
TUSCALOOSA | NORTHPORT – “We are local. We are fresh.” Those two statements sum up B&W Foods Inc., which operates four Piggly Wiggly grocery stores, three in Tuscaloosa and one in Northport. All grocery stores “have the same can of…
JASPER / CULLMAN – Shannon and Dustin Beaty pray before they make major life decisions, including business decisions. One answered prayer began as a corner boutique in a pharmacy and has grown into two free-standing boutiques, one with an 800-square-foot coffee…
ALBERTVILLE – Nearly seven years ago, Dr. Steven Brindley, who owns Brindley’s Family Pharmacy along with his wife, Jessica, remembers filling only “about 20 prescriptions per day.” Fast forward to today, and the Albertville pharmacy has experienced so much growth,…
FAIRHOPE – Lisette Normann, owner of The Fairhope Store, always wanted to sell things she loves. Born into a family of retailers, she’d sell candies and snacks for fun as a child. Now, as an adult, she’s achieved her childhood…