MONTGOMERY – In the midst of her 20th year communicating the message and mission of the Alabama Retail Association, Public Relations Director Nancy King Dennis retires. “I’m grateful to have been able to tell the courageous and inspiring stories of…
Through November, holiday spending in Alabama is on track to slightly exceed last year’s $18.5 billion. November 2024 taxed sales grew 3.3% in our state over November 2023. Alabamians spent 2.8% more during November and December 2023 than they did…
Alabama Retail Comp will return $7.5 million in 2025 to participants as part of its annual retrospective return. “We are pleased to make a significant return to participants,” said Rick Brown, fund administrator and Alabama Retail Association president. “Every dollar…
Mark Anderson, owner and chief executive officer of Eagle Eye Outfitters in Dothan, has been elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. His two-year term begins Jan. 1. Anderson and his wife, Susan, opened Eagle Eye in 1999…
Video announcement Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below The Alabama Retail Association this year honored six retail businesses with operations in eight Alabama cities as part of its Retailers of the Year awards program. Together,…
HOMEWOOD – David and Leah Knight, owners of Homewood-based Bandwagon, are Alabama’s 2024 Gee Emerging Retailers of the Year. The sports boutique specializing in custom community apparel as well as lifestyle apparel for toddlers through adults opened in 2021. It caters…
ATTALLA – Wills Creek Clothing, a women’s clothing, gift and home décor boutique, in Attalla is the 2024 Alabama Retailer of the Year Customers’ Choice Award winner. The Alabama Retail Association presented Paige Ledbetter and Leigh Anne Kelley with the…
SPANISH FORT – “Community service and exceptional sales growth” earned Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Spanish Fort the title of Alabama’s 2024 Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $1 Million to $5 Million category, said the former Retailers of…
FAIRHOPE – “Naming any business ‘kind’ begs for the community to find a reason to doubt, to debate the adjective itself,” said the judges for Alabama’s 2024 Gee Emerging Retailer of the Year award. “For Kind Cafe, there simply is…
HUNTSVILLE AND ATHENS – ChurchStreet Family Restaurant & Hospitality Group, a multi-concept restaurant and hospitality group owned by Matt and Stephanie Mell with nine locations in Huntsville and one in Athens, is Alabama’s Retailer of the Year in the Annual…