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Offices: Plover, Wisconsin
The National Association for Retail Marketing Services represents the merchandising
& marketing sales and service industry on an international basis. grossing
over $2 Billion in merchandising services, sales marketing, and event marketing
services each year, NARMS has 4 major divisions: Merchandising Service Organizations,
Event Marketing/Mystery Shop & Demonstration Companies, Professional Installation
Companies, and Independent Food Brokers of America.
Offices: Oberlin, Ohio
The National Association of College Stores is a large national trade association
serving the collegiate retailing industry. NACS offers services to its members
such as a certificate program, educational resources, customer satisfaction
survey service, and a faculty satisfaction survey service. NACS members
include more than 3,100 college stores throughout the United States, Canada,
and more than 34 other countries.
Offices: Alexandria, Virginia
The National Association of Convenience Stores is an international trade
association representing 2,352 retail and 1,991 supplier company members.
NACS member companies do business in nearly 40 countries around the world,
with the majority of members based in the United States. The US convenience
store industry, with 138,205 stores across the US, posted $395 billion in
total sales for 2004, with $263 billion in motor fuel sales.
Offices: Marlton, New Jersey
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers is a trade association
that serves the music retailing community in networking, advocacy, information,
education and promotion. The Association's membership includes music and
other entertainment retailers, wholesalers, distributors, record labels,
multimedia suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services, as
well as individual professionals and educators in the music business field.
Offices: Bethesda, Maryland
The National Catalog Managers Association is an professional organization
dedicated exclusively to the interests of automotive aftermarket catalog
managers. Comprised of catalog, product management and marketing professionals
from manufacturers, distributors and retailers—their mission for more than
30 years is to help members sell products, reduce costs and increase efficiency
through accurate catalogs, efficient production processes and new technology.
Offices: Arlington, Virginia
The National Grocers Association (NGA) is the national trade associations
representing the retail and wholesale grocers that comprise the independent
sector of the food distribution industry. Their mission is to o ensure independent,
community-focused retailers and wholesalers the opportunity to succeed and
better serve the consumer through its policies, advocacy, programs and services.-National Retail-
Offices: Dayton, Ohio
NRF is the world's largest retail trade association with membership that
comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department,
specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores as well as the
industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. In its role
as the retail industry's umbrella group, NRF also represents 32 national
and 50 state associations in the US as well as 36 international associations
representing retailers abroad.
Offices: Indianapolis, Indiana
The National Retail Hardware Association's mission is to: provide the services
and information retailers need to be better and more profitable merchants,
provide services and programs that retailers cannot provide for themselves,
represent retailers' interests at all levels of government, and to provide
an unbiased and reliable source of industry information. Their purpose is
to help independent home improvement retailers become better and more profitable
merchants.
Offices: Lincoln, Nebraska
The Nebraska Retail Federation's primary mission is to represent member
interests to state and federal government officials. The Nebraska Retail
Federation ensures a retail voice for Nebraska that is united and strong.
The NRF protects retailers' interests at the state level. Member participation
in the Nebraska Retail Federation assures that member's interests are being
represented. The Nebraska Retail Federation does not favor one type or size
of merchant over another.
Offices: Trenton, New Jersey
The New Jersey Retail Merchants Association was founded in 1967 by a group
of retailers who were extremely concerned with the thousands of bills and
regulations developed by the Legislature and state agencies every year that
directly impacted their business operations. Members include the largest
national chains as well as medium and small retail establishments. No retail
store is too big or too small to join NJRMA.
Offices: Lombard, Illinois
NARDA's mission is to provide the power of knowledge to independent retailers
and servicers through progressive education, information and services, with
friendly and prompt service. NARDA members are independent retailers, selling
and servicing kitchen and laundry appliances, consumer home and mobile electronics,
computers and other home and small office products, furniture, sewing machines,
vacuum cleaners, room air conditioners, and other consumer home products.
Offices: Raleigh, North Carolina
The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association was organized in 1902 to
improve the business climate for retail merchants in North Carolina. The
NCRMA is a voice of the retail industry in North Carolina. NCRMA represents
the interests of individual merchants before the members of the General
Assembly and serves as a vital link to state government. The Association's
membership includes more than 25,000 stores from across the state whose
businesses represent 75 percent of North Carolina's retail sales volume.
Offices: Bismarck, North Dakota
The North Dakota Retail Association is comprised of large and small retail
businesses across the state. The association’s mission is to promote and
enhance retail business, improve the business climate in the state, provide
training and education to members, and monitor legislative and regulatory
activity on the state and national level. The association serves large and
small retailers, multi-state chains and "Mom and Pops," all types of merchants.-Ohio-
Offices: Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants is constantly expanding its horizons
and looking for new ways to help Ohio's retailers. The Council's purpose
is to make certain that the voice of retailing is heard clearly and accurately
by state legislators, government officials other trade groups, the news
media and the public. The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants also serves as
an advocate for retail interests. The Council is also dedicated to services
for its members. Council offers membership programs and benefits that would
be beyond the reach of any individual merchant.
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