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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
Alabama retailers want customers with disabilities to be able to move freely within and outside their business. What they don’t want is to be harassed by a lawyer trying to extort huge legal fees from them based on minor or nonexistent…
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…
As 2015 comes to a close and we look ahead to 2016, you should be aware of several state and federal policy changes that could have a bearing on your business: SALES TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATION Beginning Jan. 1, the only valid…
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,…
With less than a week until Christmas, retailers are hoping to see a cold snap to heat up the sales of winter weather apparel. Much of the country has experienced unseasonably warm temperatures in November and December. Retailers, who based…