Merchant Resources

Storm Preparation

How to prepare for Earl and beyond

Career Center

A resource for furthering the skills of your employees and potential hirees. Visit the Retail University Career Center for information regarding careers in the retail industry.

Our Job Postings webpage is a free member service provided by the Retail Merchants Association allowing Association member employers to post employment opportunities online. Non-member companies pay $50.00 for each posting. More >>

The Retail Employer

A monthly publication providing valuable information on all aspects of retail employment. More >>

Retail Industry Information

National Retail Industry information may be available through the National Retail Federation at www.nrf.com. Click here to view and sign up for the National Retail Federation's SmartBrief Retail Industry Newsletter.

Retail Foward's Retail News Today newsletters including retail briefings is available online at http://www.retailforward.com/Newsletter/sign_up_dynamic.asp.

George Whalin's well-known Retail Management Letter is now a FREE e-mail newsletter. Each issue is jam-packed with ideas and strategies you can use to increase sales and maximize profits. Click here to subscribe https://www.keysecure.com/whalinonretail.com/index.html .

Bob Phibbs, The Retail Doctor gives you exclusive access to articles, tips, and other great ideas that can help your business thrive! Best of all, membership is free and we promise not to give your email to anyone else. Click here to subscribe to The Retail Doctor's free newsletter at http://retaildoc.com/index.html.

Contact your local or regional jurisdiction's taxation department to inquire about retail sales.

You may also contact Preston Perrin at pperrin@retailmerchants.com if you have further questions.

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Materials Available Free from the Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice provides free ADA materials. Printed materials may be ordered by calling the ADA Information Line (1-800-514-0301 (Voice) or 1-800-514-0383 (TDD)). Automated service is available 24-hours a day for recorded information and to order publications. Publications are available in standard print as well as large print, audiotape, Braille, and computer disk for people with disabilities. Many of these materials are available from an automated fax system that is available 24-hours a day. To order a publication by fax, call the ADA Information Line and follow the directions for placing a fax order. When prompted to enter the document number, enter the specific number from the following publication list.

ADA Guidelines are available online at http://www.ada.gov/publicat.htm#Anchor-ADA-35326 .

Product Recalls

Click here to find out what products have been recalled, and sign up to receive recall notifications.

Tax Information

What You Need to Know About Small Business Tax Provisions Expiring in 2011

Small business owners could be in for what’s effectively a wave of new taxes next year. I’m not talking about taxes relating to health care reform, but to the fact that many of the tax cuts put into effect in 2001 and 2003 (some people call them the “Bush tax cuts”) are due to expire January 1, 2011. Read more >>

Tax Rules You Should Know About for 2011

There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about federal taxes for 2010 and 2011. Will proposed tax cuts, such as 50 percent bonus depreciation on equipment purchases, an extension of the research credit, and an increase in the deduction for startup cost for small businesses be enacted this year? Will the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of 2010, pushing personal tax rates for ordinary income and capital gains considerably higher in 2011 and eliminating special treatment for dividends? Amid this uncertainty, there are some new rules that will take effect in 2011 and they may impact your actions for this year. Read more >>