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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
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USTR nominee should secure trade deals that promote growth
- By [Blake Harden]
- 02/05/2025
RILA Statement on Tariff Announcement
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 02/01/2025

Retail Litigation Center Announce Leadership Transition Plan
- 01/29/2025
Commerce Secretary Should Work To Grow U.S. Economy
- By [Blake Harden, Courtney Titus Brooks]
- 01/29/2025

RILA Congratulates Treasury Sec. Bessent's Confirmation
- By [Blake Harden, Courtney Titus Brooks]
- 01/27/2025
RILA BOD Adds Four Leaders, Re-Elects Best Buy CEO as Chair
- By [Brian Dodge]
- 01/27/2025

RILA Adds NBC Vet Ginger Gibson to Media Team
- By [Jason Brewer]
- 01/23/2025
RILA LINK Preview: Top Trends for 2025 are True Gamechangers
- By [Jeff Ashcroft]
- 01/17/2025

Treasury Secretary Should Prioritize Economic Stability
- By [Blake Harden, Courtney Titus Brooks]
- 01/16/2025
RILA’s 2025 Public Policy Agenda
- By [Austen Jensen, Michael Hanson]
- 01/13/2025

Retailers Welcome Tentative Deal to Keep Ports Open
- By [Jess Dankert, Sarah Gilmore]
- 01/09/2025
Retailers Urge ILA-USMX: Don’t Gamble with U.S. Economy
- By [Jess Dankert, Sarah Gilmore]
- 01/06/2025