DOTHAN / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Mark and Susan Anderson, chief executive and chief financial officers of Eagle Eye Outfitters in Dothan, have earned the Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales $5 Million…
CULLMAN / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Southern Accents was in the architectural antiques and salvage business long before it became popular. Garlan Gudger, who currently owns and operates the family business, says he can’t remember a time when…
CLANTON / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – When life handed the Gray family lemons, or in this case, storm-battered peaches, a little creative marketing and a can-do attitude turned some “ugly fruit” into the proverbial lemonade – the beginnings…
BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Marguerite Ray, owner of Marguerite’s Conceits in Mountain Brook, today earned the Silver Alabama Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales Less Than $1 Million category. The fine bed and bath linens, gift and accessory…
HUNTSVILLE / BIRMINGHAM – Lisa Jackman makes popcorn a cool gift to give. “She doesn’t wait for you to figure it out,” said the Alabama Retailer of the Year judges. Jackman has found “different ways to market her business beyond just…
MONTGOMERY / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – “We’re about so much more than selling shoes, or getting people to be more active. We get up every day thinking about how we can use our time and our business to…
GADSDEN / BIRMINGHAM – What started in 2013 as a single push cart on the streets of downtown Gadsden by year’s end will grow to 30 retail stores across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas as well as product placement…
MOBILE / BIRMINGHAM – For five generations spanning 100 years, Greers have owned and operated Autry Greer & Sons Inc., now doing business as Greer’s Markets. The Mobile-based grocer has 32 stores – 19 in Alabama, 10 in Mississippi and three in Florida. Three…
“It hasn’t been an easy thing to stay in business for 100 years, but it has certainly been rewarding,” said William P. “Buddy” Swift III, current owner of Swift Drug Co. Inc., a third-generation, family owned retail drug store in…
AUBURN / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Auburn-based Scarlet & Gold is the Alabama Retailer of the Year Customers’ Choice Award winner. The lifestyle and gift retailer garnered the most votes in a Facebook contest, receiving 964 of the…