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Florist and Author Earns Silver Retailer of the Year Title

Florist and Author Earns Silver Retailer of the Year Title

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 12 retail businesses with operations in 72 Alabama cities and 31 states as Retailers of…

Silvertron Café Owners Earn Silver Retailer of the Year Title

Silvertron Café Owners Earn Silver Retailer of the Year Title

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 12 retail businesses with operations in 72 Alabama cities and 31 states as Retailers of…

Owner of 4 Troy Stores is Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year

Owner of 4 Troy Stores is Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year

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 12 retail businesses with operations in 72 Alabama cities and 31 states as Retailers of…

Avondale Local Produce Retailer Is Emerging Retailer of the Year

Avondale Local Produce Retailer Is Emerging Retailer of the Year

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 12 retail businesses with operations in 72 Alabama cities and 31 states as Retailers of…

ONE SPOT Goes Online Oct. 1

ONE SPOT Goes Online Oct. 1

Beginning Oct.1 with your September return, retailers can go to ONE SPOT to file and remit city, county and state sales, use and lease/rental taxes. The system, known as the Optional Network Election for Single Point Online Transactions, or ONE…

Alabama Has New Gun Law

Alabama Has New Gun Law

Read for Links to Gun-Related Posters, Sample Gun Policy for Your Store and Video Links Related to the New Gun Law and Workplace Violence A new law governing gun rights in Alabama took effect Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Your Alabama…

2013 Session Summary

2013 Session Summary

The Alabama Legislature applied the brakes slightly in the 2013 regular session to the dizzying pace at which it had been enacting legislation during the current term. Fewer bills were introduced and fewer were enacted. Even so, more than 400…

Tax Holiday Will Put Shoppers in the Spending Mood

Tax Holiday Will Put Shoppers in the Spending Mood

MONTGOMERY – The back-to-school buying season, which has become the second busiest shopping time of the year behind the winter holiday season, will boost sales in Alabama. One weekend shoppers are certain to fill Alabama stores is the first weekend…