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Temporary Roster Available Online for 2016 Alabama Legislature

Temporary Roster Available Online for 2016 Alabama Legislature

The Alabama Legislature began its 2016 regular session Tuesday, Feb. 2. The Legislature made committee, rooming and phone changes right up to the session’s start and has more committee changes planned. The Alabama Retail Association each year prints a legislative…

Avoid Unnecessary Costs; Get Your Workplace Posters from ARA

Avoid Unnecessary Costs; Get Your Workplace Posters from ARA

With your Alabama Retail membership, you receive the workers’ rights posters that are required by federal and state law to be posted in your workplace. These posters can cost as much as $200 from other sources, but yours are absolutely FREE from Alabama Retail! Despite what poster companies…

Alabama Legislature basics for 2016: Q&A with ARA’s VP

Alabama Legislature basics for 2016: Q&A with ARA’s VP

When does the Alabama Legislature meet in 2016? Alabama lawmakers went into session Tuesday, Feb. 2.  They must meet no more than 30 legislative days (days when the Legislature is in formal session.  This does not include days when there are…

Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is Feb. 26-28

Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is Feb. 26-28

MONTGOMERY – From Friday, Feb. 26, to Sunday, Feb. 28, Alabama observes its fifth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. The Alabama Retail Association encourages Alabamians to restock emergency supplies in homes, workplaces and vehicles during this three-day tax holiday. Certain…

Check Your Mail for Our New Magazine, Alabama Retailer

Check Your Mail for Our New Magazine, Alabama Retailer

Retailers are people. They are your neighbor, your Facebook friend. They are who you ask advice about what to wear, what ingredients to use for your evening meal, what over-the-counter medicine is best when you have a cough, what color and kind of paint to use in…

Member Profile: Werner’s Trading Co. Works to Build Community

Member Profile: Werner’s Trading Co. Works to Build Community

Tucked inside a beautiful, vine-covered entrance along Cullman’s busy Fourth Street is one of the growing city’s most distinctive retailers. Werner’s Trading Co., a second-generation family owned store, is in its sixth decade of business. Rob Werner’s father, Robert, opened the business in 1952 as…

Take Advantage of the Low-Cost Credit Card Processing ARA Offers

Take Advantage of the Low-Cost Credit Card Processing ARA Offers

“I literally get calls weekly from folks wanting to quote us credit-card processing rates,” said George Wilder, owner/president of The Locker Room, a 14-employee, men’s clothing store in Montgomery and Auburn. The Locker Room uses Huntsville-based processor CHECKredi®, the Alabama Retail Association partner that offers group negotiated rates typically reserved…