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National Association for Retail Merchandising
Services (NARMS)
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. |
National Association of College Stores (NACS)
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. |
National Association of Convenience Stores
(NACS)
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. |
National Association of Recording Merchandisers
(NARM)
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. |
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National Catalog Managers Association (NCMA)
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. |
National Grocers Association (NGA)
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 Federation (NRF)
Offices: Dayton, Ohio
The National Retail Federation 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.
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National Retail Hardware Association (NRHA)
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. |
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Nebraska Retail Federation (NRF)
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. |
New Jersey Retail Merchants Association
(NJRMA)
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. |
North American Retail Dealers Association
(NARDA)
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. |
North Carolina Retail Merchants Association
(NCRMA)
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. |
North Dakota Retail Association (NDRA)
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. |
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Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
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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