In an era when most storefronts look the same from one state to the next, Alabama Goods built its identity on a simple but uncommon premise: everything inside has an Alabama story.
Step through the doors of the Homewood shop and you’ll find shelves lined with pottery shaped by local hands, glass blown in small studios, specialty foods crafted in family kitchens and even coasters cut from reclaimed carpet in the shape of the state itself. But the store’s real inventory isn’t just merchandise — it’s relationships.
Sherry Hartley co-founded Alabama Goods in October 2007 with business partner Beth Staula after the two realized there was no single retail source dedicated exclusively to Alabama-made products. “We believed there would be a demand from retail customers and businesses for items made in Alabama,” Hartley said…