Editor’s Note: Throughout the current pandemic, small Alabama retailers and other businesses have limited operations in ways that comply with the state’s stay-at-home order to keep at least a reduced number of Alabamians employed. Their primary concern continues to be…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Retail Association PAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s federal political action committee, this week made endorsements in two Alabama congressional races. In advance of the March 3 primary, the Alabama Retail Association’s PACs have made endorsements in the…
Spending in Alabama during the holiday months of November and December reached an all-time high in 2019. Estimated taxed sales in our state totaled $13,251,574,690.54 in those two months, a jump of 9.79% over 2018 holiday sales estimates. That growth…
MONTGOMERY – From Friday, Feb. 21, to Sunday, Feb. 23, Alabama will observe the state’s ninth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. The Alabama Retail Association encourages Alabamians to restock emergency supplies in homes, workplaces and vehicles during this three-day tax…
In 2020, Alabama Retail Comp will return $7 million to participants as part of its annual retrospective return. “We are pleased to announce that we are, once again, making a significant return to participants,” said Rick Brown, fund administrator and…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2020. Their terms of office begin Jan. 1. The officers for 2020 are: Chairman: Todd Noden, president, Books-A-Million, Birmingham-based, Alabama and 30 other…
Jimmy Wright, president of Wright’s Market in Opelika, has been elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. His two-year term begins Jan. 1. Wright began his grocery career in 1973 at age 12 as a bagger at the…
This year’s Shop Alabama for the Holidays campaign kicks off in the city of Florence. The Alabama Retail Association will begin its statewide shopping initiative and holiday hashtag campaign, #DoubleYourGift, during Florence Mayor Steve Holt’s State of the City program….
Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made endorsements in Alabama’s appellate court races for the 2020 election cycle. “The Alabama Retail Association believes these candidates understand retailers and will give retailers’ interests a fair hearing,”…
Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association today recognized 17 retail businesses with operations in 23 Alabama cities as Alabama Retailers of the Year or Centennial Retailers. Together, these businesses…