CLANTON – Adena Green, owner of Hope’s Chest Boutique & Gifts in Clanton, is the 2021 Silver Alabama Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales Less Than $1 Million category. Hope’s Chest Boutique & Gifts is one of 11…
HEADLAND – When driving along U.S. 431 in Headland, you can’t miss Todd Farms, just turn into the parking lot when you get to the 38-foot-tall red barn and the World’s Largest Syrup Bottle. While the combo general store/restaurant run…
MOBILE – Melissa M. Cross, president of McAleer’s Office Furniture in Mobile, today was named Alabama’s 2021 Silver Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales More Than $5 Million category. McAleer’s is one of 11 businesses honored as Retailers…
SPANISH FORT – In 2015, Steve Ascik and his wife, Alisa, opened Eastern Shore Ace Hardware in Spanish Fort as a second career after Steve’s 30-year run in the industrial and consumer products distribution industry. Today, Ascik was recognized as…
BAY MINETTE – Southern Gyp Boutique in Bay Minette, owned by Crystal Peavy, is the 2021 Alabama Retailer of the Year Customers’ Choice Award winner. The Alabama Retail Association presented Peavy and her team with their award today. Among 49…
MONTGOMERY, PRATTVILLE and AUBURN – “Our team takes to heart our slogan ‘Serve with Love’ each and every day,” said David and Jeff Barranco of Montgomery-based Chappy’s Deli,, a family owned and operated business. Besides David and his son Jeff,…
HOMEWOOD and HUNTSVILLE – In 2007, Sherry Hartley and Beth Staula began selling Alabama-crafted items as corporate gifts via an online store. The business partners have since added two brick-and-mortar stores with a third slated to open next year. A separate…
HOMEWOOD – “As a first generation business owner – building a business from the ground up is one of the hardest pursuits I’ve ever experienced,” said April McClung, owner and chief executive officer of Emily’s Heirloom Pound Cakes in Homewood….
Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday kicked off the school buying season in our state, and while Alabama shoppers have been steadily ticking off items on their lists, they still have more buying to do. Our state’s retailers have what parents…
With schools and colleges back to in-person learning in the fall, more Alabama parents are expected to take advantage of the savings associated with the state’s back-to-school sales tax holiday. Alabama’s 16th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday is July 16-18….