MONTGOMERY/BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business will honor 15 retail businesses with stores in 39 Alabama cities as Retailers of the Year or Centennial Retailers on Tuesday, Oct….
MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s 11th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, and ends at midnight Sunday, Aug. 7. The state’s four-percent sales tax is waived throughout the state, while sales taxes levied by 293* cities and…
Alabama’s local retailers support the Alabama Department of Revenue’s efforts to enforce the state’s sales tax laws equally. In a direct challenge to the 1992 Supreme Court Quill decision that has allowed online retailers to evade collecting state sales taxes, the…
Alabama Retail Association Chairman Ricky Bromberg has been honored as one of the five finalists for the America’s Retail Champion Award, which a South Dakota ranch supply owner won. “It’s important to get involved in your trade association, whether it’s on…
MONTGOMERY – The National Retail Federation is recognizing Alabama Retail Association Chairman Ricky Bromberg, president of Bromberg and Co. in Birmingham, and Board Member Terry Shea, co-owner of Wrapsody in Hoover and Auburn, for their contributions to advocacy. They are among…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and the Alabama Retail Association in their continuing partnership to limit driver license fraud today presented the Driver License Examiner of the Year Award to Eric Lucas and Driver License Specialist of the Year Award to Cynthia Ash….
Alden Holley says the customers at his Selma hardware store tend to wait until after an emergency to buy needed supplies. “We do get some sales (during the state’s severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday). We make a section. People come…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has made endorsements in the upcoming primary and special elections. In advance of the March 1 primary, Alabama Retail Association has made endorsements for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and Alabama Supreme…
MONTGOMERY – From Friday, Feb. 26, to Sunday, Feb. 28, Alabama observes its fifth 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 holiday. Certain…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2016. Their terms of office begin Jan. 1. The officers for 2016 are: Chairman: Frederick W. “Ricky” Bromberg, president Bromberg & Co. Inc, Birmingham; Vice Chairman: Jacob…