OPELIKA – The Alabama Retail Association has selected Opelika as a 2018 host city for its third annual Shop Alabama for the Holidays tour! Just in time for the busiest shopping weeks of the year, Alabama Retail will kick off…
By Rick Brown On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Alabama voters have the privilege and responsibility of choosing our state’s leaders for the next four years or more. There are a lot of races on the ballot, including ones for governor, Supreme…
Courtney Thompson and Meagan Richardson are living out their childhood dream. The women, both 34, are first-cousins, and as children, they always wanted their own store. In fact, they once operated a pretend store out of their grandmother’s home. Now,…
Photos upon request BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association today recognized 15 retail businesses with operations in 78 Alabama cities as Alabama Retailers of the Year or Centennial Retailers. Together, these businesses employ 2,278 people at 97 locations in Alabama….
MONTGOMERY / DADEVILLE – “It’s no wonder that Renfroe’s Market was recently voted the best grocery store in Alabama,” the 2018 Retailer of the Year judges said about the family owned business currently operating two stores in Montgomery and one…
MONTGOMERY / AUBURN – The 2018 Retailer of the Year judges called the entry submitted for The Locker Room in Montgomery and Auburn “the best (of the 54) we read. It covered everything we are looking for” – sales performance,…
TUSCALOOSA | NORTHPORT – “We are local. We are fresh.” Those two statements sum up B&W Foods Inc., which operates four Piggly Wiggly grocery stores, three in Tuscaloosa and one in Northport. All grocery stores “have the same can of…
BIRMINGHAM – Hibbett Sports began 73 years ago as “an Army surplus store,” said its current president and chief executive officer, Jeff Rosenthal. By 1949, the business had evolved into selling athletic uniforms to high school and Little League teams. As…
NORTHPORT – Chick-fil-A Northport owner and operator Ashley Gill has been named the 2018 Gold Retailer of the Year in the $5 Million to $20 Million Annual Sales category. The franchise owner impressed the Retailer of the Year judges with her adaptability,…
BIRMINGHAM – On March 1, 1973, Charlie and Sandra Wrape served 27 dinners on their first day of business. That’s when they opened a restaurant in a former bait shop on the shores of Wolf Bay in the tiny Baldwin…