Good Hope Store Owner Named Alabama Retailer of Year
Larry Allred of Jack's Western and Outdoor Wear received the Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year award from the Alabama Retail Association.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Local Shops
The Alabama Retail Association named Larry Allred the Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year. Jack's Western and Outdoor Wear, which Allred runs in Good Hope, opened fifty years ago as a small store connected to Jack's Truck Stop and Café.
Why it matters
The award recognizes five decades of work building a local business into a nearly 30,000-square-foot destination for western and outdoor wear. It also highlights a small-town retailer's reach beyond its community through e-commerce and social media.
The store grew from 35 pairs of boots to tens of thousands of boots and western and outdoor apparel, occupying nearly 30,000 square feet in Good Hope. The business was established fifty years ago and expanded onto land Allred purchased in 2013.
The players
Larry Allred
Owner of Jack's Western and Outdoor Wear, whose family has owned land in the Good Hope area across several generations.
Alabama Retail Association
Statewide trade organization representing retailers in Alabama that presents annual industry recognition awards.
The details
Allred bought the land once owned by his great grandfather in 2013 and built the current store there. His daughters Sara Allred Barnett and Kristin Allred Mazur and son-in-law Les Barnett help run the business, which supports local schools, events, and community organizations through food and toy drives and clothing donations.
Timeline
Fifty years ago: Jack's Western and Outdoor Wear opened as a small store connected to Jack's Truck Stop and Café.
2013: Larry Allred purchased ancestral land and built the current Good Hope store.
November 5, 2026: The Alabama Retail Association named Allred Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year.
Local Shops Landscape
Jack's Western and Outdoor Wear is a member of the Alabama Retail Association, the statewide body whose Bronze Alabama Retailer of the Year award Allred received. The recognition places a multigenerational Good Hope store within the state's organized independent retail sector.
Shoppers across Alabama and beyond can buy boots and western and outdoor apparel through the store's e-commerce site and social media. The store's food and toy drives and clothing donations give residents local channels to support community needs.
The takeaway
Independent retailers can build lasting regional reach by combining a strong physical location with online sales and community involvement. Jack's shows how multigenerational family ownership can sustain a business across five decades.
Further reading
Explore more independent retailers in the Local Shops section.
More information
Visit Jack's Western and Outdoor Wear to shop its western and outdoor apparel and boots.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Cullman Tribune.
