The Alabama Retail Association will accept nominations for the 2019 Alabama Retailer of the Year and the Alabama Centennial Retailer awards through Monday, May 13. In its 20th year, the Alabama Retailer of the Year awards recognize outstanding retailers who…
Without a dissenting vote and with 74 co-sponsors, the Alabama House approved legislation Thursday that would provide oversight and regulation for retailers of vape and other alternate nicotine products in Alabama. The bill now goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee…
The Alabama House on Tuesday, April 2, approved HB46 by Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, which would allow bars to make up to 5-gallon batches of infused liquor for on-premises consumption. The bill next goes to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee….
Two bills to reduce or eliminate sales tax on groceries have been introduced in this session. Neither have been scheduled for a committee hearing. HB322 by Rep. Laura Hall, D-Huntsville, would remove the state’s four percent sales tax from groceries…
Legislation that ties the granting of a city or county business license to usage of the federal E-Verify system is headed to the full Senate. On a 9-1 vote Tuesday, the Senate Governmental Affairs approved SB71 by Sen. Arthur Orr,…
The Alabama Legislature resumed its regular session March 19 after spending five days on an infrastructure special session. So far, the House dealt with sunset bills, while the Senate repealed the standard used to measure education progress in Alabama schools….
Retail and restaurant renovations and investment will benefit from bipartisan legislation before the U.S. Senate and House. S. 803, the Restoring Investments in Improvements Act, corrects a typo in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate measure was…
Several bills have been introduced in the 2019 regular session to ban and set penalties for telephone solicitors who intentionally use misleading caller identification information. A coalition, including the Alabama Retail Association, worked to amend the first of those bills…
The Alabama Woman, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental foods program is transitioning from a paper-based to an electronic-based delivery system known as eWIC. Food benefits automatically will be added onto a card, much like a debit card. The first phase…
Crestline Bagel Company opens in downtown Birmingham (al.com, March 11, 2019) Member since 2016 When Alabama Retail or its members make the news, we’ll link the articles below. Email Melissa Warnke and Nancy Dennis when your store makes the news so we can share it! Lavish…