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Leading retailers are at the heart of every community in America providing consumers with essential goods and services, stable jobs, and a legacy of volunteerism and supporting local charities. However, challenges emerge that place substantial financial burdens on retailers.
Given the common nature of these challenges across the industry, RILA pursues coordinated legislative, regulatory, and operational strategies to ensure retailers can continue to support and enhance the communities they serve.
A Deeper Look into Building Communities

Keeping Taxes Stable & Fair
RILA is urging policymakers to ensure all profitable companies pay a minimum tax before they consider raising the corporate tax rate.
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Keeping Supply Chains Open & Resilient
RILA supports infrastructure policy that invests in American growth & upgrades the nation’s aging & congested ports, highways, airports, and bridges.
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Retailers Commitments to Communities
As the trade association for America’s retail leaders, we know that retailers are so much more than a store; retailers are part of the community.
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RILA and our members support infrastructure policy that invests in American growth and upgrades the nation’s aging and congested ports, highways, airports, and bridges. We will continue to work with coalitions of likeminded organizations, including the DRIVE Safe Coalition and Americans for Modern Transportation (AMT), to advocate for modern solutions to our nation’s infrastructure challenges.
Blake Harden, Vice President, International Trade
Discover How Retail Builds Communities

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- 06/02/2023
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- By [Michael Hanson]
- 05/31/2023

New Hire Reflects Expanded Focus on Asset Protection
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- 05/30/2023
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- By [Devon Byrne]
- 05/25/2023

Key Supply Chain Legislation Advances
- By [Sarah Gilmore]
- 05/24/2023
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- 05/16/2023

Operation Overloaded nets recovery of $50M in stolen goods
- By [Lisa LaBruno]
- 05/16/2023
Retail Realities: Employee Expectations Have Changed
- 05/11/2023

Retailers Crave Normal; Urge Debt Ceiling Agreement
- 05/09/2023
Leaving Denver Stronger, Smarter, More Resilient Than Ever
- 05/04/2023

Strengthening Connections, Developing Leaders
- 05/02/2023
Resiliency in Action
- 05/01/2023