FLORENCE – In 2015, Grogan Jewelers celebrated 100 years in Florence. That same year, Lon Brown, the owner of Lon’s Jewelers, purchased the store and merged the two businesses. With the merger, a new name was introduced that both preserves…
ATHENS – Ulysses Grant White founded U.G. White Hardware and Implement Co. on the southeast corner of the square in Athens in 1917. By 1937, the business moved to 101 N. Jefferson St., where it continues to serve as an…
MONTGOMERY – Sid, Shea, Brian and Gina Schroll operate “Montgomery’s great cover-up for kids” and “the store with everything for your baby,” two stores in a single 15,000-square-foot building in south-central Alabama’s premier shopping area. The Schrolls. owners of The…
AUBURN, HOOVER and TRUSSVILLE – While Christie Howell was a student at Auburn University studying early childhood education, she worked part time for the downtown Auburn gift store, Wrapsody. At the time, Wrapsody was a two-store chain that began in…
AUBURN – Sarah Jane Levine, owner of Lily Jane Boutique in Auburn, has been named a Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales Less Than $1 Million category. “I am grateful to receive this honor,” said Levine,…
DAPHNE and SEMMES – In 12 years, JBT Power has grown from a two-person lawnmower shop to a 25-employee outdoor power equipment, utility trailer and tractor dealer with locations in Baldwin and Mobile counties. Gregg Wood, owner and president, says…
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 11 a.m. Annual Meeting; Noon Luncheon Wynlakes Golf and Country Club, Wine Dining Room 7900 Wynlakes Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36117-5165 The Annual Meeting is open to all Alabama Retail Association members, but the seating for the meeting…
Alabama parents plan to take advantage of the savings associated with Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday. According to the National Retail Federation, parents of kindergarten through high school students plan to spend almost $900, while families with children in college…
Starting Aug. 1, the volume of alcoholic beverages that can be sold curbside in Alabama will align with what is permitted under the state’s home delivery law. Tuesday, the governor signed Act No. 2023-287 by Rep. Parker Moore, R-Hartselle, and…
Hotels that have a restaurant or special retail license can hire 18- to 20-year-olds to serve alcoholic beverages, under legislation the governor signed into law Thursday. The 18- to 20-year-old servers cannot work as bartenders, cannot deliver alcohol to a…