BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association, in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business, today recognized outstanding Alabama retailers representing 13 retail businesses with operations in 51 Alabama cities and 30 other states as Retailers…
BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association, in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business, today recognized outstanding Alabama retailers representing 13 retail businesses with operations in 51 Alabama cities and 30 other states as Retailers of…
BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association, in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business, today recognized outstanding Alabama retailers representing 13 retail businesses with operations in 51 Alabama cities and 30 other states as Retailers of…
BIRMINGHAM – The Alabama Retail Association, in cooperation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business, today recognized outstanding Alabama retailers representing 13 retail businesses with operations in 51 Alabama cities and 30 other states as Retailers of…
MONTGOMERY– Gov. Robert Bentley signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, Oct. 6, as “Alabama Retail Day.” The day is designed to celebrate the retail industry in our state and the impact it has on Alabama and its communities. Retail, including food…
Halloween has become one of the most popular consumer holidays of the year. According to new research conducted for the National Retail Federation. Nearly two-thirds of adults, 157 million people, will celebrate the holiday in some way. “We’ve seen increases every year in…
A change at checkout, involving a major shift in liability, is officially in effect. As of Oct. 1, the credit card industry now expects merchants to be ready to accept chip-based credit and debit cards. Retailers who haven’t upgraded to chip processors can…
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses throughout the country are hoping to see passage of federal e-fairness legislation this year. Right now, they are disproportionately impacted by an online loophole that allows their Internet competitors to evade collecting sales tax. This artificial…
If your business sells consumable vapor products, there is a new law that changes the way you must remit state sales tax. During the second special session, Alabama lawmakers passed HB3 (Act. No. 2015-535), which raised cigarette taxes by 25-cents-per-pack and shifted where sales taxes…
If you haven’t upgraded your credit card processors yet, your business could be left holding the bag on counterfeit and other fraudulent purchases. Starting Oct. 1, a major shift in liability takes effect. On that date, businesses without EMV-card-reading technology…