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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

Retailers Champion Bill Aimed at Dismantling Organized Crime
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 04/10/2025
Retailers Urge Governor Bowman to Allow Lower Debit Rate
- By [Austen Jensen]
- 04/10/2025

Retailers Urge Ambassador Greer to Discuss Affordability
- By [Blake Harden]
- 04/08/2025
Congress can fulfill its duty by passing Trade Review Act
- 04/03/2025

Americans Cannot Afford Another Round of Price Increases
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 04/02/2025
LaBruno Named Exec. Director of RILA Communities Foundation
- 04/01/2025

Retailers Urge POTUS: Forgo Policies that Create Uncertainty
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 04/01/2025
Retailers Submit Comments Opposing USTR Shipping Proposal
- 03/24/2025

Product Safety Executives Discuss Leading Retail Issues
- By [Susan Kirsch, Luisa Lobo]
- 03/18/2025
Many products hit by more than one tariff
- 03/14/2025

RILA Urges USTR Caution in Use of Tariffs
- By [Blake Harden]
- 03/12/2025
Retailers urge President Trump to prioritize renewing TCJA
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 03/04/2025