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April 25, 2012
Online disadvantage is $23 billion and expanding

Following up on last week’s commentary (A dot com disconnect and Canadian e-commerce opportunity revealed), the legislative loophole that has U.S. retailers at a disadvantage to their Canadian counterparts was on display again this week during congressional testimony in Washington, D.C. Offering testimony was Katherine Lugar, EVP public affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), a trade organization where Target chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel serves as chairman of the board of directors.

April 17, 2012
RILA praises U.S.-Colombia trade deal

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has expressed its support of this week's announcement by President Barack Obama and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will enter into force on May 15.

March 7, 2012
RILA report highlights importance of multichannel strategy

E-commerce sales continue to grow and have a major impact on multichannel retailers, according to new report from The Retail Industry Leaders Association.

February 3, 2012
RILA to debut Labor and Employment Forum

The Retail Industry Leaders Association said Thursday that it will hold the first-ever Labor and Employment Law Forum on March 21-22, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

January 30, 2012
RILA report highlights retail sustainability leadership and innovation

The Retail Industry Leaders Association has released its first report on sustainability practices among some of its retail members.

January 27, 2012
Lowe's board looks to Dollar General leadership

Lowe’s has announced that Richard Dreiling has joined its board of directors.

January 23, 2012
A retail leader named chairman of retail leaders association

Target chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel was elected chairman of the board of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

January 23, 2012
A retail leader named chairman of retail leaders association

Target chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel was elected chairman of the board of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

January 23, 2012
Target CEO named chairman of RILA board

The Retail Industry Leaders Association has appointed new members to its board of directors, including a new board chairman.

January 11, 2012
RILA names tax policy VP

The Retail Industry Leaders Association announced that Kirt Johnson will join the association as VP tax policy.

November 8, 2011
RILA lawyers up to deal with regulatory climate

Deborah White was named EVP and general counsel at the Retail Industry Leaders Association to help the trade association's members cope with an increasingly challenging regulatory climate.

November 3, 2011
RILA and business groups urge Congress to close sales tax loophole

The Retail Industry Leaders Association, along with 125 business groups and employers nationwide, on Wednesday asked the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to include in their recommendations to the House and Senate a provision that would close the online sales tax loophole that is harming brick-and-mortar retail businesses and the communities they serve.

November 2, 2011
RILA responds to Bank of America decision to abandon debit fee charge

The Retail Industry Leaders Association on Tuesday issued a statement in response to Bank of America’s decision to abandon its plan to charge new fees on debit card users.

October 20, 2011
A common cause unites retail competitors

Under most circumstances, Walmart and Target are like oil and water, but when the issue is fighting retail crime even fierce competitors see the wisdom of coming together to battle a common enemy.

October 17, 2011
RILA opposed to national sales tax; would stunt consumer spending

With the presidential campaign in full swing and discussion of a new national sales tax as a component to tax reform being discussed, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) reiterated the strong opposition of the retail community to any sort of national sales tax or Value Added Tax (VAT).

October 6, 2011
RILA applauds introduction of Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) applauded House Education and the Workforce Chairman Jon Kline for the introduction of the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act and urged for its speedy passage.

September 30, 2011
Life’s unavoidables: Death, taxes and bank fees

Reduced fees for debit card transactions go into effect on Monday and the architect of the authorizing legislation, Senator Dick Durbin from Illinois, was feeling a lot of love from a retail industry that's convinced ample justification remains for even deeper fee reductions.

September 26, 2011
RILA praises California ‘e-fairness’ legislation

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) thanked California Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation that would help level the playing field between online-only retailer Amazon.com and brick-and-mortar stores across California.

September 6, 2011
Economic challenges should not dissuade retailer sustainability

The economic challenges sweeping the country have been tough, but, like most things in life, it’s not the challenging times that define you, but what you do during them. For leaders in the retail industry the last few years have led to great innovation, providing the retail industry every opportunity to reinvent in areas across their operations including in the area of environmental sustainability.

July 14, 2011
RILA members arrive in Joplin, Mo., to help cleanup efforts

Members of the Retail Industry Leaders Association on Wednesday arrived in Joplin, Mo., to help clean up the Midwest city that was hard-hit in May by a category F-5 tornado.

June 23, 2011
Two new executives join RILA board

The Retail Industry Leaders Association announced that Louis D'Ambrosio, president and CEO of Sears Holdings and Joseph DePinto, president and CEO of 7-Eleven, have been named to its board of directors.

May 9, 2011
Long-time Washington insider named RILA's top lobbyist

The Retail Industry Leaders Association announced that Bill Hughes has joined the association as SVP government relations. Hughes, a 27-year veteran of Capitol Hill, will serve as RILA’s top federal lobbyist.

May 3, 2011
RILA names VP government relations

The Retail Industry Leaders Association announced that Christine Pollack has joined the association as VP government relations, focusing on healthcare policy and serving as one of RILA’s lead advocates on core retail industry priorities.

April 6, 2011
RILA and CargoNet align to prevent cargo theft

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and CargoNet jointly announced that they have strategically aligned to combat cargo theft across the retail industry.

March 16, 2011
RILA responds to swipe reform legislation

First it was NRF and now the Retail Industry Leaders Association is coming out against efforts to delay swipe reform legislation.

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