George Wilder began his menswear career when he was a senior in high school in Columbus, Miss. “The truth is that I was in the store so often, that I ‘hung around so much,’ they finally offered me a job,”…
All Alabama Retail Association members received a 17 x 22 4-in-1 state workers’ rights poster with the November issue of Alabama Retailer magazine. The updated poster contains a July 1 change to the Alabama Child Labor Law portion of the…
Video announcement Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association this year honored 12 retail businesses with operations in 22 Alabama cities as Retailers of the Year. Together, these businesses employ…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made its 2022 endorsements for the Nov. 8 General Election. Alabama Retail Association PAC, Alabama Retail’s federal political action committee, also has made endorsements for the U.S….
OPP – Joe and Kelli Richburg know that if you want people to shop with your business, you must offer them service that they can’t get anywhere else. “Taking care of customers is what sets us apart,” Joe Richburg said…
ENTERPRISE – “Our goal is simple: Make the best possible body products but deliver them with an unprecedented retail experience,” said Chad Wester, who with his wife, Kendra, own Boll Weevil Soap Company on Main Street in downtown Enterprise, just…
HOMEWOOD – Babbie Styslinger, owner of At Home Furnishings, a furniture, home décor, clothing and accessory retailer in Homewood, is Alabama’s Bronze Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. At Home Furnishings is…
HOMEWOOD – S.G. Shaia, a Lebanese immigrant, began peddling notions and household goods in 1905 in Jefferson, Shelby and Walker counties. In 1922, he moved his family from the southside of Birmingham to lots he purchased on a dirt road…
HOMEWOOD, CAHABA HEIGHTS and HUNTSVILLE – Amy Jason, founder and owner of Cookie Fix, is Alabama’s Gold Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $1 Million to $5 Million category. Cookie Fix is one of 11 businesses honored as…
FOLEY – Foley Fish Company, Baldwin County’s longest operating fresh seafood market, was founded in downtown Foley in 1921 by John Hesse. Today it’s owned by Tracy Ward, who purchased the company in 1999 from the second owners, Eddie and…