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Tax Free Holiday Starts Friday!

Don’t miss out on this major promotional opportunity.  ANY retailer can take part in the holiday and absorb the tax. 

You are invited to attend the High-Speed Rail update presentation

This is an hour long presentation including a question & answer section about the progress that is being made advancing high-speed rail, the different funding sources.  For more information, click here.

Retail Partners Newsletter 4th Quarter—
Saving Trees, Etc!

  • TSBL Special Advertising pages are now SOLD OUT!  If you want to do this again in the future, please contact Pat at patricia@retailmerchants.com. The pages of low cost ads for TSBL participants will appear in the newsletter, and will also be copied to both consumer and business locations of the TSBL website, plus the entire issue can be downloaded from the RMA website. (1/12 pg was $60, 1/6 pg was $110.) Regular ad spaces are still available. 
  • For the future, only one newsletter will be mailed to each member.  All other members, friends and interested businesses or individuals can see the latest newsletter, as well as back issues, by going to the website. To see the newsletter on the website, visit http://retailmerchants.com/retail-partners.asp

Retail Marketing Expo a Big Success

Thanks to those who have sent many early comments and congratulations on this year’s Retail Marketing Expo.  And special thanks to the many sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers and friends who gave of their time, energy and support.  Watch for continued updates on the Retail Merchants Association FaceBook Fan page, our LinkedIn Group page or the conversation on Twitter #RVARME (We’ll have our own Twitter page in September!)

Not on any of these Social Media? RMA STRONGLY recommends that you sign up for the one that will work best for you…then put it to work getting out your message and developing new contacts and customers.

Think. Shop. Buy. Local Campaign Grows 

So far, 206 member companies have signed up to participate and they have window clings on their doors letting customers know they are involved.  Many have purchased car decals for their staff and customers and many others have jumped onto the advertising specials with Richmond Times-Dispatch, Retail  Partners, Main Line Broadcasting and others.  We even had an inquiry from a store-owner in Hawaii!  Check out www.retailmerchants.com/local  for the latest news, stories, logo sightings, offers and more.  You can still sign up!  Just call Len East at 662-5500 or email len@retailmerchants.com.  It’s never too late to Think. Shop. Buy. Local

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