Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end to summer and the summer shopping season. While some retailers are closing up shop and taking advantage of the long holiday weekend, others are enticing bargain shoppers to show up and help them…
MONTGOMERY – Melissa Johnson Warnke this week joined the Alabama Retail Association as manager of communications and engagement. In her new position, she will be an integral part of the Alabama Retail Association’s communication team, engaging members, the media and…
MONTGOMERY – Macey McLain has joined Alabama Retail Comp, the state’s most cost effective workers’ compensation fund for retailers and other small businesses, as a claims support representative. She joined the claims department Aug. 5 to provide support for ARC…
MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama’s 10th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, and ends at midnight Sunday, Aug. 9. The state’s four-percent sales tax is waived throughout the state, while sales taxes levied by 304…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the Alabama Retail Association in their continuing partnership to limit driver license fraud today presented the Examiner of the Year Award to Patricia South and Driver License Specialist of the Year Award…
Alabama more than doubled its projected sales growth for the 2014 holiday buying season, thanks to record sales in December. Taxed holiday sales in our state exceeded $10 billion in November and December, a jump of 5 percent over 2013 holiday sales. The…
MONTGOMERY – From Friday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 22, Alabama shoppers have the opportunity to purchase severe weather supplies tax free. The Alabama Retail Association encourages Alabamians to restock emergency supplies in homes, workplaces and vehicles during this three-day tax…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2015. Their terms of office began Jan. 1. The officers for 2015 are: Chairman: George Wilder, president, The Locker Room, Montgomery and Auburn; Vice Chairman: Frederick…
MONTGOMERY – David S. Marks III, founder and president of Marks Furniture Co. Inc., recently was elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Marks’ term began Jan. 1. Marks Furniture Co. Inc. has been an Alabama Retail member…
MONTGOMERY – Raymond E. Cohen, founder and co-president of Cohens Electronics and Appliances Inc. in Montgomery, recently was elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Cohen’s term began Jan. 1 and his business has been an Alabama Retail member…