Both FedEx and UPS have increased their annual small package rate. The UPS rate increases took effect Dec. 29, 2014, while the FedEx rate increases took effect Jan. 5, 2015. As always, how much more expensive your particular small package shipments will…
MONTGOMERY – Raymond E. Cohen, founder and co-president of Cohens Electronics and Appliances Inc. in Montgomery, recently was elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Cohen’s term began Jan. 1 and his business has been an Alabama Retail member…
Alabama consumers will make $9.15 billion in taxed purchases during the 2014 holiday shopping season, the Alabama Retail Association projects. Our state experienced an almost 2.7 percent increase in retail sales through October of this year and has averaged 2.6 percent growth…
The Alabama Department of Revenue now has an online sales tax rate database on its website. Retailers can put a delivery address in the online lookup and get the sales tax rate for the various jurisdictions that apply to that address. Since the first day of 2014, a seller using…
During the Tuesday, Nov. 4, General Election, Alabama retailers can make their united voice heard. To make the retail vote count, be certain you and your employees have a valid ID and are prepared to go to the polls. Find your polling place…
In September of 2014, Gov. Robert Bentley created the Small Business Commission (Executive Order #47) to advise him on policies related to small business. The goal is to remove obstacles to the progress of small business in the state. “Small businesses are the engines of job…
MONTGOMERY/BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business will honor 13 retail businesses with stores in 48 Alabama cities as Retailers of the Year during the 2014 Alabama Retail…
The sales tax holiday is for everybody, not just those going back to school. It is everywhere. The state’s four percent sales tax is waived throughout the state. And most retailers carry one or more of the items covered. From…
Thank you for going to the polls Tuesday, June 3, and casting your ballots for candidates who are right for retailers. You truly made the retail vote count with 93 percent of our endorsed candidates, either elected outright, as party…
All 67 counties in Alabama have been under a state of emergency since 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2014, due to deadly tornadoes and flooding that followed the next day. The National Weather Service confirmed at least 18 tornadoes occurred in Alabama. Five…