RILA Report - Volume 4, Issue 3 

Letter From Sandy

Letter from Sandy: Seizing Opportunities Sandy Kennedy, President, RILA The nature of our rapidly changing industry does not often lend itself to moments of reflection. However, from time to time celebration is warranted. More >>

Asset Protection

Asset Protection Update Casey Chroust, Executive Vice President, Retail Operations, RILA With Congress back from its annual recess and retailers helping kids and families get ready for back-to-school, RILA is as busy as ever monitoring key retail loss prevention policy and operations issues during this important season. More >>

RILA Continues the Push for ORC Legislation Casey Chroust, Executive Vice President, Retail Operations, RILA When lawmakers were in recess and back in their districts, RILA did not relent in its efforts to pass meaningful legislation to curb the rise of organized retail crime. More >>

Executive Profile

Executive Profile: Jim Neill Jim Neill, Vice President, Product Safety, RILA Q&A session with Vice President of Product Safety Jim Neill about RILA's product safety initiative. More >>

Finance

Accounting Executives Seek to Educate Regulators on Practical Implication of Proposed Standards Laura Gerlach, Vice President, Retail Operations, RILA Leases, IFRS, tax accrual, benchmarking and more filled the agenda for the recent meeting of RILA's Financial Leaders Council. More >>

RILA Creates Task Force on Corporate Governance Mark Warren, Vice President of Tax Policy, RILA In light of the legislative and administrative proposals concerning executive compensation and corporate governance currently under consideration in Washington, RILA has decided to initiate a new task force on corporate governance issues. More >>

Human Resources

President Obama Speaks on Health Reform Sarah Arbes, Vice President, Government Affairs, RILA On Wednesday, the president addressed a Joint Session of Congress on health care reform. Next Monday, RILA's Health and Employee Benefits Committee will meet to discuss the industry's position on potential legislation. More >>

Update on Labor Issues Sarah Arbes, Vice President of Government Affairs, RILA Sen. Tom Harkin assumes the role of chairman of the Senate HELP Committee. With matters such as health reform, EFCA, the Healthy Families Act and more before the committee, this appointment will be watched carefully. More >>

Supply Chain

Retailers Advance Voluntary Consumer Product Safety Standards Marissa Zanno, Retail Operations Coordinator, RILA RILA and the British Retail Consortium continue to make progress in developing the retail-led Global Standard for Consumer Product Safety. More >>

Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Extension Most Likely Kelly Kolb, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Policy, RILA The inclusion of a national freight policy into law this year has been a hot topic with many industry stakeholders but the vehicle that would house a goods movement policy has most likely been pushed off until 2011. More >>

2010 Logistics Conference Update Autumn Lotze, Retail Operations Coordinator, RILA The senior retail supply chain executives who sit on RILA’s Logistics Conference Steering Committee have begun planning for the 2010 conference and have developed an outstanding program for the event. More >>

Current Trends in Inventory Management Nikki Baird, Managing Partner, RSR Research Retailers think they have a good handle on inventory - except for when they don't. Read more about RILA's work with RSR on a recent study of inventory management. More >>

Sustainability

RILA’s Sustainability Community to Convene in Dallas Next Month Sarah Walczewski, Retail Operations Coordinator, RILA Retailers leading the charge on sustainability initiatives will gather next month at RILA's ESCC outside of Dallas, Texas. ESCC is the only sustainability conference developed for retailers by retailers. More >>