Montgomery’s Name Dropper, Storkland named Retailers of the Year after 46 years in the community (Montgomery Advertiser, Sept. 12, 2023) Member since 1993 The Name Dropper/Storkland Named Retailer of the Year (Montgomery Independent, Sept. 12, 2023) Montgomery’s Name Dropper, Storkland named…
As it celebrates its 50th year in business, Unclaimed Baggage has been named to the Alabama Tourism Hall of Fame. “For 50 years, they have been the anchor for tourism in north Alabama,” said Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell. (Go…
Fourteen Alabama Retail Association member restaurants are featured in a cookbook released just in time for the 2018 holiday season. “Alabama Cravings: The Most Requested Recipes from Alabama Restaurants Past & Present,” by Season 8 Food Network Star runner-up Martie…
The wedding industry has undergone a great deal of change over the past 50 years. Few couples have witnessed that evolution more closely than Max and Mary Andrews, husband and wife owners of Andrews Bridal Shoppe in Dothan. The couple…
TUSCUMBIA / BIRMINGHAM – What started as two young girls’ dream is now the retail flagship store in downtown Tuscumbia. When they were children, first cousins Courtney Thompson and Meagan Richardson operated a pretend store. “We always wanted a store,”…
BIRMINGHAM – “From day one, we were blown away by how many people came in the door and the reviews we were getting,” said David Snyder, who with his wife, Andrea, founded Urban Cookhouse, a farm-to-fire-to-table, fast-casual restaurant. Since Urban…
RAINBOW CITY / BIRMINGHAM – Jodie Stanfield has been in the restaurant business for 32 years. While he has been associated with TGI Fridays, LongHorn Steakhouse and Applebee’s, mostly in the Birmingham market, he returned to his native Etowah County…
ALBERTVILLE / BIRMINGHAM – “We try to build our business on doing what is right and taking care of customers,” said Randy Hall, president of Hall’s RV in Albertville. When the business began, it was Hall and his son-in-law, Carl…
MOUNTAIN BROOK / BIRMINGHAM – For Katie Smith, business is “a family affair.” Her family has been in the paper business for generations. Her great-grandfather, Hugh Buchanan, started the Alabama Paper & Metalware Co. Inc. in 1926. That business stayed…
WARRIOR / BIRMINGHAM – McCurry Furniture, a third-generation family owned and operated furniture store in Warrior, celebrates 100 years in business in November. The Alabama Retail Association honored the store today as an Alabama Centennial Retailer. The McCurry family has…