The Alabama Retail Association will accept nominations for the 2023 Alabama Retailer of the Year and the Alabama Centennial Retailer awards through Friday, April 14. In its 23rd year, the Alabama Retailer of the Year awards recognize outstanding retailers…
In 1943, retailers came together to form this association to give retailers a voice when public policy is made. Being the advocate for retailers with government decision-makers at the state and national levels is the Alabama Retail Association’s core function….
Alabama Retail Comp will return $7.5 million in 2023 to participants as part of its annual retrospective return. “We are pleased to make a significant return to participants,” said Rick Brown, fund administrator and Alabama Retail Association president. “Every dollar…
Chad Wester, co-owner of Boll Weevil Soap Co. in Enterprise, has been elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. His two-year term begins Jan. 1, 2023. Since 2017, Wester and his wife Kendra have owned the natural soap…
Video announcement Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association this year honored 12 retail businesses with operations in 22 Alabama cities as Retailers of the Year. Together, these businesses employ…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made its 2022 endorsements for the Nov. 8 General Election. Alabama Retail Association PAC, Alabama Retail’s federal political action committee, also has made endorsements for the U.S….
OPP – Joe and Kelli Richburg know that if you want people to shop with your business, you must offer them service that they can’t get anywhere else. “Taking care of customers is what sets us apart,” Joe Richburg said…
ENTERPRISE – “Our goal is simple: Make the best possible body products but deliver them with an unprecedented retail experience,” said Chad Wester, who with his wife, Kendra, own Boll Weevil Soap Company on Main Street in downtown Enterprise, just…
HOMEWOOD – Babbie Styslinger, owner of At Home Furnishings, a furniture, home décor, clothing and accessory retailer in Homewood, is Alabama’s Bronze Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. At Home Furnishings is…
HOMEWOOD – S.G. Shaia, a Lebanese immigrant, began peddling notions and household goods in 1905 in Jefferson, Shelby and Walker counties. In 1922, he moved his family from the southside of Birmingham to lots he purchased on a dirt road…