Congratulations to the Alabama Retail PAC candidates who won their party’s nominations in Tuesday’s runoffs. Please make plans to support them in November. Thanks for making the retail vote count. STATEWIDE SECRETARY OF STATE PSC PLACE NO. 2 …
On July 7, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange issued an opinion interpreting Act 2013-283, Alabama’s broad gun law, to Claude McCoy, the attorney for the Chambers County Commission. The primary focus of the opinion was whether counties could mandate an…
Retailers Want a Resolution Before the Next Holiday Shopping Season WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small business owners from Alabama and throughout the country are in Washington, D.C., to meet with their senators and members of Congress to present their case on…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Public Safety and the Alabama Retail Association, in their continuing partnership to limit driver license fraud, today presented the Examiner of the Year Award to Janice “Becky” Townsend (right) and Driver License Specialist of the…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made its first major endorsements in advance of the 2014 campaign cycle. Included are statewide judicial candidates previously endorsed in November of 2013. Alabama Retail Association PAC,…
MONTGOMERY – From Friday, Feb. 21, to Sunday, Feb. 23, Alabama shoppers will be able to purchase severe weather preparedness supplies tax free. During the three-day tax holiday, consumers can stock up on these needed supplies and save money. Recent winter…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2014. Their terms of office began Jan. 1. The officers for 2014 are: Chairman: George Wilder, president, The Locker Room, Montgomery and Auburn; Vice Chairman: Frederick…
Closing Online Sales Tax Loophole Could Add Billions in GDP and Thousands of Jobs in Alabama, Study Shows MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s hometown, Main Street, mom-and-pop, small retailers have one wish this holiday season: That the U.S. Congress closes the online…
2014 Return is Largest ARC Retro Return Ever MONTGOMERY – Alabama Retail Comp will return almost $6.6 million to qualified participants in 2014, an amazing 20 percent more than last year’s return. The retrospective return is the largest in the fund’s…
BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association, in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business, today recognized outstanding Alabama retailers representing 12 retail businesses with operations in 72 Alabama cities and 31 states as Retailers of…