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Temporary Roster Available Online for 2016 Alabama Legislature

Temporary Roster Available Online for 2016 Alabama Legislature

The Alabama Legislature began its 2016 regular session Tuesday, Feb. 2. The Legislature made committee, rooming and phone changes right up to the session’s start and has more committee changes planned. The Alabama Retail Association each year prints a legislative…

Avoid Unnecessary Costs; Get Your Workplace Posters from ARA

Avoid Unnecessary Costs; Get Your Workplace Posters from ARA

With your Alabama Retail membership, you receive the workers’ rights posters that are required by federal and state law to be posted in your workplace. These posters can cost as much as $200 from other sources, but yours are absolutely FREE from Alabama Retail! Despite what poster companies…

Alabama Legislature basics for 2016: Q&A with ARA’s VP

Alabama Legislature basics for 2016: Q&A with ARA’s VP

When does the Alabama Legislature meet in 2016? Alabama lawmakers went into session Tuesday, Feb. 2.  They must meet no more than 30 legislative days (days when the Legislature is in formal session.  This does not include days when there are…

Check Your Mail for Our New Magazine, Alabama Retailer

Check Your Mail for Our New Magazine, Alabama Retailer

Retailers are people. They are your neighbor, your Facebook friend. They are who you ask advice about what to wear, what ingredients to use for your evening meal, what over-the-counter medicine is best when you have a cough, what color and kind of paint to use in…

Take Advantage of the Low-Cost Credit Card Processing ARA Offers

Take Advantage of the Low-Cost Credit Card Processing ARA Offers

“I literally get calls weekly from folks wanting to quote us credit-card processing rates,” said George Wilder, owner/president of The Locker Room, a 14-employee, men’s clothing store in Montgomery and Auburn. The Locker Room uses Huntsville-based processor CHECKredi®, the Alabama Retail Association partner that offers group negotiated rates typically reserved…

Member Spotlight: Getting to Know Alabama’s Retailers

Member Spotlight: Getting to Know Alabama’s Retailers

Retail is the backbone of Alabama communities. In fact, 1 in 4 people in our state work in retail – it’s the largest private-sector employer. Our more than 4,100 members sell food, clothing, furniture, medicine and other general merchandise. As part of our “Alabama…

Flooding, Tornadoes Put Alabama in State of Emergency

Flooding, Tornadoes Put Alabama in State of Emergency

On Christmas Day, the entire state of Alabama was placed under a state of emergency related to excessive rainfall and flooding. Alabama experienced record rainfall and record temperatures. Rivers in Alabama that exceeded the flood stage include the Pea, Alabama,…