MONTGOMERY – Sid, Shea, Brian and Gina Schroll operate “Montgomery’s great cover-up for kids” and “the store with everything for your baby,” two stores in a single 15,000-square-foot building in south-central Alabama’s premier shopping area. The Schrolls. owners of The…
AUBURN, HOOVER and TRUSSVILLE – While Christie Howell was a student at Auburn University studying early childhood education, she worked part time for the downtown Auburn gift store, Wrapsody. At the time, Wrapsody was a two-store chain that began in…
AUBURN – Sarah Jane Levine, owner of Lily Jane Boutique in Auburn, has been named a Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales Less Than $1 Million category. “I am grateful to receive this honor,” said Levine,…
DAPHNE and SEMMES – In 12 years, JBT Power has grown from a two-person lawnmower shop to a 25-employee outdoor power equipment, utility trailer and tractor dealer with locations in Baldwin and Mobile counties. Gregg Wood, owner and president, says…
OPP – Joe and Kelli Richburg know that if you want people to shop with your business, you must offer them service that they can’t get anywhere else. “Taking care of customers is what sets us apart,” Joe Richburg said…
ENTERPRISE – “Our goal is simple: Make the best possible body products but deliver them with an unprecedented retail experience,” said Chad Wester, who with his wife, Kendra, own Boll Weevil Soap Company on Main Street in downtown Enterprise, just…
HOMEWOOD – Babbie Styslinger, owner of At Home Furnishings, a furniture, home décor, clothing and accessory retailer in Homewood, is Alabama’s Bronze Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. At Home Furnishings is…
HOMEWOOD – S.G. Shaia, a Lebanese immigrant, began peddling notions and household goods in 1905 in Jefferson, Shelby and Walker counties. In 1922, he moved his family from the southside of Birmingham to lots he purchased on a dirt road…
HOMEWOOD, CAHABA HEIGHTS and HUNTSVILLE – Amy Jason, founder and owner of Cookie Fix, is Alabama’s Gold Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $1 Million to $5 Million category. Cookie Fix is one of 11 businesses honored as…
FOLEY – Foley Fish Company, Baldwin County’s longest operating fresh seafood market, was founded in downtown Foley in 1921 by John Hesse. Today it’s owned by Tracy Ward, who purchased the company in 1999 from the second owners, Eddie and…