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Alabama Retail Association (ARA)
Offices: Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama Retail Association was formed in
1943 for retailers by retailers who saw
a need for representation when public policy
was made. Today, ARA represents almost 4,000
members ranging from large national chain
stores to small family owned retail stores
with some 6,000 locations statewide. Their
primary objective is to lobby the Alabama
Legislature on behalf of the interests of
retailers. ARA continually monitors legislative
activity and represents retailers. |
American Booksellers Association (ABA)
Offices: Tarrytown, New York
Founded in 1900, the American Booksellers
Association is a not-for-profit organization
devoted to meeting the needs of its core
members of independently owned bookstores
with retail storefront locations through
advocacy, education, research, and information
dissemination. The ABA actively supports
free speech, literacy, and programs that
encourage reading. |
American Specialty Toy Retailing Association
(ASTRA)
Offices: Chicago, Illinois
The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association,
better known as ASTRA, believes in the right
of all children to achieve their full potential
through fun and positive play; believes
in educating parents and the community at
large about the importance of play and expanding
their information about appropriate toys
and playthings; and believes in the value
of ASTRA in providing an association for
the specialty toy industry so that we may
further our common goals with regard to
children, the community and our individual
businesses. |
Arizona Retailers Association (ARA)
Offices: Mesa, Arizona
Arizona Retailers Association is a voice
of retail in Arizona. ARA is the link between
retailers and legislators at the Arizona
State Legislature. ARA also represents the
interests of the Arizona retail industry
through state regulators as well as through
a grassroots network with the Arizona Congressional
delegation. Their members include large
and small independent retailers as well
as regional and national chain stores.
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Association for Retail Technology Standards
(ARTS)
Offices: Dayton, Ohio
The Association for Retail Technology Standards
is an international membership organization
dedicated to reducing the costs of technology
through standards. ARTS has been delivering
application standards exclusively to the
retail industry. ARTS has four standards:
The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS,
IXRetail and the Standard RFPs. Membership
is open to all members of the international
technology community—retailers from all
industry segments, application developers
and hardware companies. |
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Booksellers Association (BA)
Offices: London, England
The Booksellers Association, which represents
over 95% of booksellers in the UK and Ireland,
is committed to providing the widest possible
range of services to its membership, the
value of which far outweigh the cost of
being a member. Their services range from
the commercial to the practical, such as
the 'Christmas Books' catalogue and carrier
bags, to the intangible but invaluable,
such as representation to Government and
the EU. |
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California Retailers Association (CRA)
Offices: Sacramento, California
The California Retailers Association was
founded and incorporated in 1933 to meet
the needs of a growing company of retailers
marketing a variety of goods in the State
of California. The California Retailers
Association is a trade association representing
all segments of the retail industry. Their
members have more than 9,000 stores in California
and account for more than $100 billion in
sales annually. |
Colorado Retail Council (CRC)
Offices: Denver, Colorado
The Colorado Retail Council was founded
in 1966 by a group of concerned retailers
that desired a stronger voice in the government
law-making process. Three decades later,
the mission of the Colorado Retail Council
remains the same: to promote an environment
that encourages profitable retail growth
through strong advocacy on government actions
and superior services to our members. The
Colorado Retail Council is a trade association
representing the interests of retailers
both large and small at their state's capitol
in Denver. |
Connecticut Retail Merchants Association
(CRMA)
Offices: Hartford, Connecticut
The Connecticut Retail Merchants Association
has been representing retailers at the State
Capitol and in the marketplace since 1910.
They are the only statewide business group
that represents only retailers. Their mission
is to provide quality service for Connecticut
retailers. CRMA negotiates better rates
on services to members-services that would
be more costly to an individual retailer.
At CRMA it is their goal to help by using
the group purchasing power of a large association
to secure programs and pricing not available
to individual businesses. |
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