Some members of Alabama’s Joint Study Commission on Grocery Taxation expressed a desire Feb. 12 to find a way to go forward in 2024 with another 1% reduction in the state’s 3% grocery tax. Alabama Arise and Alabama Grocers Association…
Casinos, sports betting, lottery – oh my! A proposal to legalize gaming in Alabama got the most attention in the first week of the Alabama Legislature’s 2024 regular session. By the end of the third legislative day, 242 bills had been introduced,…
DALTON PHARMACY GROUP OPERATES NINE ALABAMA PHARMACIES, INCLUDING ITS 121-YEAR-OLD SLOCOMB LOCATION Twenty-year-old pharmacist Jep Paul “J.P.” Dalton set up shop in downtown Slocomb in 1903 to support his brother’s medical practice. The small Geneva County town, known for its…
In 1950, Taylor Gee drove all over the Southeast selling pants to retailers out of the trunk of his Mercury. People digging through the bins for deals on pants at Taylor’s Leeds warehouse dubbed the business “The Pants Store.” Wholesale…
By McKenzie T. Meade, Esq., and Whitney R. Brown, Esq. Every employer should put these three key action items on your company’s front burner in 2024. Here’s why: Revise your Employee Handbook to Include a Unified Request for Accommodation Process…
In anticipation of ice, snow, sleet and freezing rain, Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency in 25 Alabama counties as of 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14. Governor’s Proclamation The counties covered by the proclamation are: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee,…
Mandy Henry, owner of Queen City Market in Selma, has been elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Her two-year term began Jan. 1. Home décor and furnishings occupy one side of Queen City Market’s two connecting buildings…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2024. Their terms of office began Jan. 1. The officers for 2024 are: Chairman: Michael Gee, president and co-owner, Pants Store, Leeds-based; Vice Chairman: Susan Anderson,…
Bradley Bailey, owner of Bradley’s Market in Tuscaloosa, has been elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Her two-year term began Jan. 1. Trained as a registered dietitian, Bailey worked in clinical nutrition for eight years after graduating…
Holiday spending in Alabama should near $18.75 billion, growing 4% from last year. Alabamians spent 5.6% more during November and December 2022 than they did during the same period in 2021. Through November 2023, total taxed sales in Alabama had…