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The Michigan Retailers Association is the unified voice of Michigan`s retail industry and a trusted resource for all types of businesses. Retailers provide more than 870,000 jobs to Michigan workers and are responsible for 20 percent of Michigan`s total economic activity. Michigan Retailers is the nation`s largest state retail association. We serve as a valuable and trusted business resource for 5,000 member businesses and their more than 15,000 stores and websites across the state. Through its expanding national network of credit card processing referral partners, Michigan Retailers serves businesses of all types in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Membership services range from legislative advocacy and expert credit card processing to business insurances, discount programs and college scholarships. Michigan Retailers also established and operates the popular Buy Nearby campaign, which encourages all consumers to shop at retail businesses in the state to strengthen local communities and Michigan`s economy. MRA`s affiliated corporate entities are: Michigan Retailers Services, Inc.; Retailers Insurance Company; Michigan Retailers Foundation; and Michigan Retailers Association Political Action Committee. We have several divisions representing a broad range of retailers: • Michigan Floor Covering Association • Michigan Grocers Association • Michigan Jewelers Association • Michigan Retail Hardware Association • Michigan Shoe Association • Michigan Tire and Vehicle Services Association We also are affiliated with these national groups: • Council of State Retail Associations • Food Marketing Institute • National Association of Chain Drug Stores • National Grocers Association • National Retail Federation • National Shoe Retailers Association • Retail Industry Leaders Association • Tire Industry Association
The Virginia Bankers Association has served as the organized voice for the Commonwealth`s banking industry since 1893 providing solutions to aid in resolving differences, unifying efforts, and accomplishing objectives otherwise not achievable. The VBA represents all Virginia state and commercial banks from the smallest to the largest and works to represent the issues and activities that are of utmost importance to the banking industry. The government affairs and legal department work effortlessly with the legislature and congress to protect the values and standards around which the banking industry was built. The professional development team ensures that there are a multitude of quality seminars, workshops, and conferences each year to promote lifelong learning among bank associates. Through partnerships with trustworthy and cost effective vendors, the VBA is able to offer products and services banks need in order to be successful in serving their customers. While working to better the industry as a whole, the VBA also cares about the well-being of its members and of the community. Through the VBA Benefits Corporation, members of the Virginia Bankers Association are able to obtain health benefits, coverages, and rates not available otherwise.
47th St. Business Improvement District is a New York, NY-based company in the Non-Profit sector.
Outdoor Industry Association was founded in 1989 by a group of visionary outdoor industry professionals who realized that “outdoor” could be much more than a passing consumer trend. Today, OIA is the leading trade association and voice of the outdoor recreation industry, serving more than 4,000 manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, sales representatives and retailers in the active outdoor lifestyle. With offices Boulder, Colo., and Washington, D.C., OIA is the title sponsor of Outdoor Retailer and the trade voice representing a $646 billion industry. OIA supports the growth and success of the outdoor industry through its focus on government affairs, sustainability, outdoor consumer insights, industry trends and youth participation. OIA hosts an annual industry leadership forum and delivers on-demand and in-person education, tools and resources to help its members grow and succeed in the dynamic and ever-changing outdoor recreation marketplace.
Money Management Institute (MMI) is the leading voice for the global financial services organizations that provide advice and professionally-managed investment solutions to individual and institutional investors. Through industry advocacy, educational initiatives, regulatory affairs, publications, data reporting and professional networking, MMI supports and advances the growth of advisory solutions. MMI members` advice-driven investment solutions serve an evolving worldwide financial landscape, and their organizations are committed to the highest standards of fiduciary responsibility and ethical conduct and to creating the most successful outcomes for investors at every level of assets.