Photos upon request BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association, in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business, today recognized 15 retail businesses with operations in 39 Alabama cities and 24 other states as Alabama Retailers…
GREENVILLE / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – John M. Wilson, president, chief operating officer and co-owner of two grocery stores in small south Alabama towns, today earned the Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales…
SCOTTSBORO / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Only one retailer in the world exists where the merchandise being unpacked on any given day could include a stuffed goose, moose antlers, vacuum-packed frogs or a $46,000 presidential platinum Rolex watch…
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…