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Retailers rely on complex global supply chains to ensure customers have access to the products they need and want at the best possible prices. This past year supply chains and retailers have been tested as countries around the world dealt with the devastating impacts of the coronavirus.
Innovation was imperative, and retailers responded by launching new contactless ways to shop in record speed. These challenges and opportunities highlight why it is critical for public policy to support retail. When policies are fair and allow retailers to compete, customers, communities, and workers all benefit.
A Deeper Look into Supporting Free Markets and Fostering Innovation

Competition
RILA believes that strong competition in industries connected to retail will benefit consumers and allow retailers to thrive.
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International Trade
As the largest U.S. importers, retailers remain concerned about the impact tariffs will have on consumer prices and American family budgets.
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Payments
RILA is working with regulators to enable retailers’ right to route online debit transactions over networks other than Visa and MasterCard networks.
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Innovation
RILA educates policymakers on the challenges and opportunities that technologies and innovations bring to the retail ecosystem.
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Secure Supply Chains
For 20+ years, our members have implemented some of the most rigorous measures to ferret out unethical manufacturing practices around the world.
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Retail Privacy
RILA believes a federal privacy framework should be designed to protect consumers and provide clear rules for individuals, businesses, and government.
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RILA is engaging with regulators and policymakers to identify the anticompetitive practices that harm consumers and is also contributing constructively to the development of potential solutions. RILA believes that strong competition in industries connected to retail will benefit consumers and allow retailers to thrive.
Nicholas Ahrens, Vice President, Innovation
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- By [Austen Jensen, Michael Hanson]
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- By [Blake Harden]
- 01/13/2021
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- By [Blake Harden]
- 12/28/2020

Letter to USTR on Vietnam Currency
- By [Blake Harden]
- 12/18/2020
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- By [Blake Harden]
- 12/16/2020

Response to Enforcement Actions to Prohibit XPCC Cotton
- By [Blake Harden]
- 12/02/2020
Statement on House Passage of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention
- By [Blake Harden]
- 09/23/2020

Online Marketplaces Should be Required to Verify Seller Info
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 07/23/2020
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- By [Blake Harden]
- 07/23/2020

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- By [Austen Jensen]
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- By [Brian Dodge]
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