MONTGOMERY/BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association will honor 15 retail businesses with stores in 78 Alabama cities as Retailers of the Year and Centennial Retailers on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Birmingham during the 2018 Alabama Retail Day luncheon. Carr, Riggs &…
Stacy Brown, founder of Auburn-based Chicken Salad Chick, will be the keynote speaker for the Annual Alabama Retail Day luncheon and awards program set for Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Vestavia Hills. The stay-at-home-mom, along with her late husband, Kevin, turned…
Since 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, eight Alabama counties in southwest Alabama have been under a state of emergency related to Tropical Storm Gordon. The counties covered are Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington. >> Governor’s Proclamation >> Governor’s…
The wedding industry has undergone a great deal of change over the past 50 years. Few couples have witnessed that evolution more closely than Max and Mary Andrews, husband and wife owners of Andrews Bridal Shoppe in Dothan. The couple…
Did you know Alabama Retail Association members have access to free telephone or e-mail consultation with a team of the state’s top labor law attorneys? Your association partners with the Birmingham law firm of Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C.,…
“We are all very much addicted to chocolate,” Nancy Curl exclaimed, as she motioned toward the beautifully wrapped gourmet candies on the table next to her. As the owner of Decatur’s Morgan Price Candy Company, Nancy is a self-proclaimed chocoholic….
David Gray’s passion for the automotive business began as a youngster working odd jobs and helping clean and prepare cars for sale at his grandfather’s used car dealership. During his high school years, he swept floors at a Wetumpka automotive…
If there’s one surefire way to gauge a restaurant’s popularity in Alabama, it’s the number of cars in the parking lot during the Sunday lunch rush. The standard holds true at 306 Barbecue in Athens. “Some Sundays, we have over…
The summer shopping season is in full swing at Painted Pink in Montgomery. “When the weather heats up, so does everyone’s event calendars,” said Pat McDonald, who owns the women’s boutique. This year, Painted Pink celebrates 16 years in business…
For Jheovanny Gomez, the path to the American dream began by pursuing his high school sweetheart to Tuscaloosa. In his native country of Colombia, his life choices were pursuing drug cartel members as an undercover Army intelligence operative, going to…