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Check your mailbox for the Holiday Alabama Retail Quarterly

November 30, 2015

The Holiday Edition of the Alabama Retail Quarterly should be arriving in your mailbox soon. If yours has yet to arrive, you can read it now online.

HolidayCoverInside This Issue:

Alabama 2015 holiday sales
to near $11 billion

Alabama Retail Comp to give back
$7.6M to participants

How Alabama Retail board member Terry Shea ended up testifying before a congressional committee about the U.S. Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule change, which could become effective in 2016.

Other information on this issue is available at:

Overtime Rule Change Could Become Effective in 2016

Wrapsody’s Terry Shea to Congress: Overtime Proposal is ‘Not a Good Fix’

The Cohen family show that the best service and the best price can coexist.

Tax-exempt sales, use and lodging certification standarized as to Jan. 1

More information available at:

Revenue Department clarifies tax-exempt sales notice

Retailers may want to review record-keeping in light of new law for tax-exempt groups

2015 Retailers of the Year employ 1,600 at 80 stores in 51 Alabama cities

Federal ruling opens door for Alabama class actions

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Retail Report: Week 5 Legislative Recap

Retail Report: Week 5 Legislative Recap

The fifth week of the 2026 Legislative Session brought steady movement in both committee rooms and on the chamber floors, with several bills of interest to retailers advancing in the process. Legislation Pulled Following SSUT Lawsuit Withdrawal, New Distribution Bill…

Alabama Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday Set for Feb. 20–22, 2026

Alabama Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday Set for Feb. 20–22, 2026

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabamians will have an opportunity to prepare for severe weather while saving money during the state’s Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, which begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, February 20, 2026, and runs through midnight Sunday, February…

Retail Report: Week 4 Legislative Recap

Retail Report: Week 4 Legislative Recap

While this legislative week may have felt a bit like Groundhog Day, with fewer bills directly impacting retailers, the Legislature continues to move at a steady pace. Below is a summary of the key measures Alabama Retail Association is tracking as…

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