When April and Lacy McClung’s two sons had the opportunity to be student ambassadors to China and Europe, they didn’t know how they would pay for the trips, so the family held hands as Lacy prayed. April recalls that after…
This year’s Shop Alabama for the Holidays campaign kicks off in the city of Florence. The Alabama Retail Association will begin its statewide shopping initiative and holiday hashtag campaign, #DoubleYourGift, during Florence Mayor Steve Holt’s State of the City program….
Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made endorsements in Alabama’s appellate court races for the 2020 election cycle. “The Alabama Retail Association believes these candidates understand retailers and will give retailers’ interests a fair hearing,”…
Photos upon request Media releases for the individual winners linked below BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association today recognized 17 retail businesses with operations in 23 Alabama cities as Alabama Retailers of the Year or Centennial Retailers. Together, these businesses…
MONTGOMERY – “Adams Drugs competes with national chains and somehow makes it work,” said the Retailer of the Year judges, who chose owners Mike and Lee Vinson for the 2019 Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year award in the Annual…
DOTHAN – Jim Whaley opened his first tire store in 1986 on the Montgomery Highway in Dothan when he was still in his 20s. That first store had five employees. Thirty-three years later, he operates seven stores in five cities…
VESTAVIA HILLS – Jamie Pursell, proprietor of Leaf & Petal garden centers in Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook and Birmingham, is the 2019 Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. Pursell was…
VESTAVIA HILLS – David Dawoud, owner of a nine-store Domino’s Pizza franchise, has an impressive claim on the American dream. An immigrant from Jordan who has been a U.S. citizen since 1990, Dawoud began his career with Domino’s as a…
OPELIKA – Jimmy Wright began working in the Opelika grocery store he now owns when he was 12 years old. Wright’s Market in Opelika began 46 years ago as a 2,100-square-foot convenience store. The now 22,000-square-foot independent grocery is the…
FAIRHOPE – Fairhope Brewing Company opened its doors in 2013 with only two beers on tap and a limited draft distribution in Mobile and Baldwin counties but has grown exponentially over the last six years. Today, the company’s managing partners,…