GREENVILLE / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – John M. Wilson, president, chief operating officer and co-owner of two grocery stores in small south Alabama towns, today earned the Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales…
SCOTTSBORO / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Only one retailer in the world exists where the merchandise being unpacked on any given day could include a stuffed goose, moose antlers, vacuum-packed frogs or a $46,000 presidential platinum Rolex watch…
MONTGOMERY / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – “We’re about so much more than selling shoes, or getting people to be more active. We get up every day thinking about how we can use our time and our business to…
“It hasn’t been an easy thing to stay in business for 100 years, but it has certainly been rewarding,” said William P. “Buddy” Swift III, current owner of Swift Drug Co. Inc., a third-generation, family owned retail drug store in…
TUSCALOOSA / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Pursuing his high school sweetheart to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, had more allure for Jheovanny Gomez Zuluaga than pursuing drug cartel members as an undercover intelligence operative or going to college in his native…
MOUNTAIN BROOK / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Linda Flaherty, a grandmother of seven, began designing baby linens as a business venture 11 years before she even had her first grandchild. “I started out as a little cottage industry…
In the middle of the Alabama summer, we visited the Wrapsody management team during a retreat at Lake Martin. On the surface, it looked like a fun girl’s trip, but in the midst of the laughing and conversation, real work happened. …
Back-to-school means big business for Alabama’s retailers. For some, it’s second only to the holidays as the busiest shopping period of the year. Many stores count on a boost in business as parents get their children stocked up on clothing,…
“I’ve only done one thing in my life,” Terry Finley said surrounded by the objects of his chosen profession. What Terry does is sell books. “In 1972, when I graduated from high school, I went to work for George Johnston…
By Melissa Johnson Warnke Manager of Communication and Engagement The Alabama Retail Association has more than 4,100 members statewide. As we travel across Alabama, I always enjoy the chance to share the unique stories each of our members has to tell. Retail…