HUNTSVILLE / BIRMINGHAM – Lisa Jackman makes popcorn a cool gift to give. “She doesn’t wait for you to figure it out,” said the Alabama Retailer of the Year judges. Jackman has found “different ways to market her business beyond just…
MONTGOMERY / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – “We’re about so much more than selling shoes, or getting people to be more active. We get up every day thinking about how we can use our time and our business to…
GADSDEN / BIRMINGHAM – What started in 2013 as a single push cart on the streets of downtown Gadsden by year’s end will grow to 30 retail stores across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas as well as product placement…
MOBILE / BIRMINGHAM – For five generations spanning 100 years, Greers have owned and operated Autry Greer & Sons Inc., now doing business as Greer’s Markets. The Mobile-based grocer has 32 stores – 19 in Alabama, 10 in Mississippi and three in Florida. Three…
“It hasn’t been an easy thing to stay in business for 100 years, but it has certainly been rewarding,” said William P. “Buddy” Swift III, current owner of Swift Drug Co. Inc., a third-generation, family owned retail drug store in…
AUBURN / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Auburn-based Scarlet & Gold is the Alabama Retailer of the Year Customers’ Choice Award winner. The lifestyle and gift retailer garnered the most votes in a Facebook contest, receiving 964 of the…
ORANGE BEACH / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – George W. Skipper III, managing partner of Tacky Jacks, today earned the Silver Alabama Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales $5 Million to $20 Million category. The waterfront…
TUSCALOOSA / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Pursuing his high school sweetheart to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, had more allure for Jheovanny Gomez Zuluaga than pursuing drug cartel members as an undercover intelligence operative or going to college in his native…
MOUNTAIN BROOK / BIRMINGHAM – Oct. 18, 2016 – Linda Flaherty, a grandmother of seven, began designing baby linens as a business venture 11 years before she even had her first grandchild. “I started out as a little cottage industry…
MONTGOMERY/BIRMINGHAM – The governor signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, Oct. 18, as “Alabama Retail Day.” The day celebrates the retail industry in our state and the impact it has on Alabama’s economy and its communities. Retail, including food and beverage establishments,…