Government Affairs: State: Issues & Briefs

IMRA monitors a wide variety of legislative issues of concern to mass retailers and their product and service suppliers. To the right is a list of the issues we monitor on a daily basis. Please click on each issue for more information. More issues and information will be added in the coming months.

Please keep in mind that the State Retail Associations serve as the ground forces in each state capital. IMRA does not lobby at the state level.

Issues & Briefs (coming soon)

• Blue Laws
• Cell Phone Bans
• Contests and Pomotions
• Corp. Contribution Bans
• Electric Deregulation
• EBT
• E-Commerce
• Employer Practices
• Flammable Products
• Fraud
• Gift Cards
• Grey Market
• Information Privacy
• Item Pricing
• Living Wage
• Loss Prevention
• Sales and Use Taxes
• Sales Below Cost
• Sales Restrictions
• Sales Tax Holidays
• Sales Tax (Internet)
• Scanner Accuracy
• Service Contracts
• Stable Stacking Merch.
• Tort Reform
• Streamlined Taxation
• Smart Growth /Consumer Choice