SPANISH FORT – “Community service and exceptional sales growth” earned Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Spanish Fort the title of Alabama’s 2024 Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $1 Million to $5 Million category, said the former Retailers of…
FAIRHOPE – “Naming any business ‘kind’ begs for the community to find a reason to doubt, to debate the adjective itself,” said the judges for Alabama’s 2024 Gee Emerging Retailer of the Year award. “For Kind Cafe, there simply is…
Fairhope’s Kind Cafe named Emerging Retailer of the Year (Gulf Coast Media, Sept. 11, 2024) Member since 2022 Two Eastern Shore restaurants among Alabama Retailers of the Year (al.com, Sept. 11, 2024) When Alabama Retail or its members make the…
HUNTSVILLE AND ATHENS – ChurchStreet Family Restaurant & Hospitality Group, a multi-concept restaurant and hospitality group owned by Matt and Stephanie Mell with nine locations in Huntsville and one in Athens, is Alabama’s Retailer of the Year in the Annual…
ATHENS and MADISON – Mother and daughter duo Dawne Douthit and Jessica Douthit Clark began selling women’s apparel and accessories 13 years ago inside established used textbook stores, first in Huntsville then in Tuscaloosa. All five of Dawne’s children –…
ATTALLA – Wills Creek Clothing, a women’s clothing, gift and home décor boutique, in Attalla is the 2024 Alabama Retailer of the Year Customers’ Choice Award winner. The Alabama Retail Association will present Paige Ledbetter and Leigh Anne Kelley with…
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. 2024-213 By Rep. Margie Wilcox, R-Mobile As of Oct. 1, corporations no longer are required to file an annual report with the Secretary of State under Act No. 2024-213. Rep. Margie Wilcox, R-Mobile, the chief sponsor of the…
Act No. 2024-437 By Rep. Phillip Pettus, R-Killen As of Oct. 1, Alabama’s state income tax overtime exemption applies to overtime compensation as paid in accordance with the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act and as defined in collective bargaining agreements…
Act No. 2024 – 352 By Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur and Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Birmingham As of June 1, an eligibility to work form is no longer required for each 14- and 15-year-old employed, under Act. No. 2024-352. Previously, an eligibility…