MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2016. Their terms of office begin Jan. 1. The officers for 2016 are: Chairman: Frederick W. “Ricky” Bromberg, president Bromberg & Co. Inc, Birmingham; Vice Chairman: Jacob…
MONTGOMERY – Dec. 28, 2015 –Avery Ainsworth, owner of Fleet Feet Sports in Montgomery, was recently elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Ainsworth’s term begins Jan. 1. Fleet Feet Sports Montgomery has been an Alabama Retail member…
MONTGOMERY – Dec. 28, 2015 –Michael Gee, president and co-owner of the Pants Store, was recently elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Gee’s term begins Jan. 1. The Pants Store first joined the Alabama Retail Association in 1992….
MONTGOMERY – Dec. 28, 2015 – Terry Wakefield Shea, co-owner of Wrapsody in Auburn and Hoover, was recently elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Shea’s term begins Jan. 1. Wrapsody has been an Alabama Retail member since 2004….
MONTGOMERY – Dec. 28, 2015 –Jeremy Walker, a store team leader for Target Corp., was recently elected to the Alabama Retail Association’s board of directors. Walker’s term begins Jan. 1. Target has been an Alabama Retail member since 2003. Walker has…
With less than a week until Christmas, retailers are hoping to see a cold snap to heat up the sales of winter weather apparel. Much of the country has experienced unseasonably warm temperatures in November and December. Retailers, who based…
The clock is ticking for holiday shoppers, making for an extra busy time for retailers and shippers. Standard shipping deadlines will hit in the next week or so, and those who still have gift shopping and shipping left to do…
For the 38 years they owned a business, Dennis and Dianne Wammack’s biggest competitors were out-of-state sellers who weren’t required to collect sales taxes. From the beginning, competition came from New York mail-order sales. Still, it wasn’t until remote Internet…
The Holiday Edition of the Alabama Retail Quarterly should be arriving in your mailbox soon. If yours has yet to arrive, you can read it now online. Inside This Issue: Alabama 2015 holiday sales to near $11 billion Alabama Retail Comp…
Every year small package carriers FedEx and UPS evaluate their shipping rates and make adjustments that can have a substantial effect on you and your business. UPS rate increases will be effective Dec. 28, while the new FedEx rates take…